1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8,
These thoughts may startle well, but not astound
The vertuous mind […]
1982, Paul Auster, “On the High Wire” in The Art of Hunger, Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1992, p. 240,
A young man had strung a wire between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral and walked and juggled and danced on it for three hours, astounding the crowds of people below.