So this was the test, the cruel probation, which she had dreaded with all her soul, through which she had expected to come dissected and unmasked, with every rag of concealment rudely torn off!
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
It treats of justification and sanctification as though they were two corpses to be dissected.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
It's always a matter of policy to grin and joke while you're being dissected.
"At Good Old Siwash"
George Fitch