Gladly would I grace my tale with decent horror, and therefore I do beseech the "gentle reader" to believe, that if all the Succedanea to this mysterious narrative are not in strict keeping, he will ascribe it only to the disgraceful innovations of modern degeneracy upon the sober and dignified habits of our ancestors.
"Humorous Ghost Stories"
Dorothy Scarborough
The "two economies which are the best Succedanea" for deficiency of temperament are concentration and drill.
"The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)
Much spare room is enclosed by the town walls: evaporation and Nature's scavengers act Succedanea for sewerage.
"First Footsteps in East Africa or, an Exploration of Harar"
Richard F. Burton