He was standing in the middle of the room and speaking to himself: "The humour of his performance as Lieutenant pottle, a humour never exaggerated nor strained ..."
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
"The humour of his Lieutenant pottle as a performer-never strained...
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
The little, beacon at the head of the pier had suddenly loomed out of the fog not fifty yards away-a very needle in a pottle of hay, which the cunning of the pilot had found.
"Roden's Corner"
Henry Seton Merriman