At all events, Verman finally yielded under great pressure, and consented to appear in the proper costume of the multitude of beaters it now became his duty to personify.
"Penrod and Sam"
Booth Tarkington
De Bisson's idea seems to have been to personify a second Moses: he came not only to colonize, but also to convert.
"A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People"
Henry Blanc
If I may say so, these two portraits, as it were, personify the two countries, and-er-and-er- His mind appeared to give way.
"The Woman With The Fan"
Robert Hichens