The bell signalling to stop rang, and a vivaciously got-up woman with an extremely broad-at-the-base, pear-shaped Torse, arose and got herself carefully off the car.
"Walking-Stick Papers"
Robert Cortes Holliday
Battalion'd infantry and squadron'd horse Dash the silk tassel and the golden Torse; Flags from the forts and ensigns from the fleet Roll in the dust, and at Columbia's feet Prostrate the pride of thrones; they firm the base Of Freedom's temple, while her arms they grace.
"The Columbiad"
Joel Barlow