Dried the face, gave asperous patches on the abandon of my cheeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

My Señora prefers a Duero wine, which I fine just a tad asperous with an aftertaste that reminds me of olives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

A second past she had filled with spring this office damp with autumn; now she made it more asperous and grey than had.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Judge] Reference

Consider whereabout thou art in Cebes 'table, or that old philosophical pinax of the life of man: whether thou art yet in the road of uncertainties; whether thou hast yet entered the narrow gate, got up the hill and asperous way which leadeth unto the house of sanity; or taken that purifying potion from the hand of sincere erudition, which may send thee clear and pure away unto a virtuous and happy life.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation] Reference

Consider whereabouts thou art in Cebe’s14 table, or that old philosophical pinax15 of the life of man; whether thou art still in the road of uncertainties; whether thou hast yet entered the narrow gate, got up the hill and asperous way which leadeth unto the house of sanity; or taken that purifying potion from the hand of sincere erudition, which may send thee clear and pure away unto a virtuous and happy life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letter to a Friend] Reference

The poynt dounwarde/ryght harde and asperous.    From Wordnik.com.  [The cõforte of louers The Comfort of Lovers] Reference

To speak then particularly of oaks, and generally of all other trees of the same kind, (by some infallible characters) notice should be taken of the manner of their spreading, stature and growth, shape and size of the acorn, whether single or in clusters, the length or shortness of the stalks, roundness of the cup, breadth, narrowness, shape, and indentures of the leaf; and so of the bark, Τραχυς, asperous, or smooth, brown or bright, &c.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees] Reference