Comparatively few persons correct the erroneous impressions they receive in these quarters by studying the face in profile, and most go away with a very incorrect and exaggerated idea of the precipitousness of this side of the mountain, because they have considered the question from one point of view alone.
"The Ascent of the Matterhorn"
Edward Whymper
With the bent head of the climber, Miss Horn was walking up a certain street, called from its precipitousness the Strait, that is difficult, Path-an absolute Hill of Difficulty, when she was accosted by an elderly man, who stood in the doorway of one of the houses.
"Malcolm"
George MacDonald
But unfortunately the precipitousness of the street encouraged its head-strong caprices, and a few seconds later all four shafts were broken, and the pantechnicon seemed to scent the open prairie.
"The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns"
Arnold Bennett