"What recked she at the storm, or that the dull November day was passing into darkness?" from Birkheda Vicarage by Johanna Christina Augusta von Hofsten, 1874.

"He passed whole mornings in his study, immersed in gloomy reverie, stalking about the room in his nightcap."  From Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock, 1818.

An illustration from an 1870 issue of The Quiver magazine.  The caption reads: "In the face of the wind I fought my way."