There was a singularity in the conduct of the merchant, with regard to her, which surprised me.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
The whimsical singularity of the latter, induced us to give it the preference.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
The quarter-deck of a British line-of-battle ship has often enough been a stage for the exhibition of bloody tragedies; but to witness a comedy and a farce upon that stage, and in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, was delightful from its very singularity.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig