... greediness is not an Italian fault. No greedy people would have a five-syllabled... — A Wanderer in Florence • E. V. Lucas
... chorus ended, the marriage proceeded. Sybil had disappeared. Had she fled? No! she was by the bride. Eleanor mechanically took her place. A faint voice syllabled the responses. You could scarcely have seen Miss Mowbray's lips move. But the answers were given, and the priest ... — Rookwood • William Harrison Ainsworth