1 It is worthy of remark, as a curious physical instance of the efficacy of a sudden surprise in counteracting the effects of extreme fear, that her voice had quite recovered all its official asperity.
2 , the Bishop levied them on the wealthy with all the more asperity, since he bestowed them on the needy.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME 3 Three years had certainly not smoothed the asperities of his temper or his impatience with a less active intelligence than his own.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE