| 1. | An ancient Hawaiian war-club or spear-paddle, in its full multiplicity and elaboration of carving, is as great a trophy of human perseverance as a Latin lexicon. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 2. | He took another step back, with the same elaboration and the same risks then another and another, and--a twig snapped under his foot His breath stopped and he listened. - from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) |