| Miss Cornelia personated the comedy that ever peeps around the corner at the tragedy of life. |
| Legitimate voters were refused a vote when they turned up at the polling station because someone else had personated them. |
| The clever rogues who had employed him and personated the members of the honourable firm were never traced. |
| The leader, a peacock-fan flashing in his head-dress, personated Krishna. |
| The stout lady with the wig personated the sentimental Julia from an inveterately tragic point of view, and used her handkerchief distractedly in the first scene. |
| In certain tragedies, these singers personated the Eumenides or Furies. |
