There are spaces of intense light, and cool shadows and shrines of glass mosaic, inside them Buddhas in marble or bronze-the bronzes are beautiful pieces of cire Perdu castings-flowers droop before them, and candles are melting, their flame almost invisible in the sunlight, and two little children play with the guttering wax.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
Such a bough is very necessary when lying Perdu in a dry ditch in summer to shoot a young rabbit, and when it is essential to keep quiet and still.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
The king rose half pettishly, observing that "Son Excellence a apparement Perdu la tete," and I rushed forward to shake hands with Lord Callonby, totally forgetting the royal censure in my delight at discovering my friend.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)