But a mill-village is one vast expanse of mediocrity and prosaicness, and it would take a bigger nature than Peter's to recognize the beautiful in such a life.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
Three days later Pia wrote: "My dear Trix, "The rainbow vanishes, and the sordidness and the prosaicness become rather horribly apparent, especially when one finds oneself obliged to look at them after having steadily ignored their existence.
"Antony Gray,--Gardener"
Leslie Moore
Its pretention to historic accuracy begot prosaicness in its approach to the style of the chronicles.
"Four Arthurian Romances "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot""
Chretien DeTroyes