The String of Pearls (1850), p. 289

"No&£8212;no. Imagination would make me think that the c hurch had a leaning in all sorts of directions, until at last fancy might cheat me into a belief that it actually tottered."
The clerical-looking gentleman pronounced these words with so much feeling, that the person who was being shaved nearly got cut by twisting his head round in order to see him.

JOHANNA APPLIES TO TODD TO BECOME HIS ERRAND BOY.{Figure}

"True, sir," said Todd. "Very true&£8212;very true indeed, and very just; imagination does indeed play strange freaks with us at times, I well know."
The horrible face that Todd made as he spoke ought to have opened the eyes of any one to the fact that he was saying anything but what he thought, but no one saw it. When he pleased, Todd generally took care to keep his faces to himself.