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We looked out on Life, with its strange scaffolding, where all at once harlequins dance, and men are beheaded and quartered: motley, not unterrific was the aspect; but we looked on it like brave youths.

From Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Carlyle, Thomas

It is diversified with all that can compose luxuriant scenery, and with just as much of the approach to sublime as is in the province of unterrific beauty.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny