The hoary olive is their principal vegetation; so that Nature, in this part of the country, seems in a withering decrepit state, and may not unaptly be compared to "an old woman clothed in grey."
"Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents"
William Beckford
And then came in Mr. Inchbald; and they talked, a sort of whirlwind of talk, as his sister not unaptly described it; and then, the ruffles being in order Rufus put himself so, and Winthrop and he talked themselves all the way down to No. 11, on the Parade.
"Hills of the Shatemuc"
Susan Warner
To such a tract the history of our country during the thirteenth century may not unaptly be compared.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay