All the great blossoms of the hope that had shed beauty and fragrance over his rough life seemed suddenly to shrivel up into black unsightliness.
"Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906"
Lucy Maud Montgomery
After pointing out to the owner of the coveted top the frightful unsightliness of his treasure, and in other ways seeking to lower the price likely to be demanded as soon as negotiations opened, I at length secured the top in return for six marbles, a redoubtable horse chestnut, and a knife with a broken blade.
"Mushrooms on the Moor"
Frank Boreham
Do not care about the unsightliness of the aid-better a crutch than a lost limb; and do this tenderly and reverently and continually, and many a generation will still be born and pass away beneath its shadow."
"Vanishing England"
P. H. Ditchfield