Then spak the kene laird of Buckscleuth, A stalworthye man, and sterne was he- "For a king to gang an Outlaw till, Is beneath his state and his dignitie.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
sterne was a snuff-taker, and when his wife was about to join him in Paris in 1762, he wrote a letter in which he said:-"You will find good tea upon the road from York to Dover; only bring a little to carry you from Calais to Paris.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
Sermons like those of Jeremy Taylor and sterne contain poetry; they have ecstasy.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell