1827, “Some Speculations on Literary Pleasures”, inThe Gentleman's Magazine, London,vol. 97, pt. 2, p. 118:
We are fain to ask what is to become of Shakespeare and a host of others, who, with equal originality of thought, have avoided those vagrantexceptionalities of humour.
1998, National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, "Learning Disabilities: Preservice Preparation of General and Special Education Teachers,"Learning Disability Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, p. 185,
Educators who are earning degrees as learning disability specialists should . . . understand the differences between learning disabilities and otherexceptionalities.