She did not attempt to make the embrace a lingering one, however, and Netta Ermsted took her impetuous departure with a piqued sense of uncertainty.
— from The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
He was a lover of humanity, and not even the biggest fool on the links (which is a liberal order) was made conscious of his folly when it came up against the Professor's learning.
— from Fifty Years of Golf by Horace G. (Horace Gordon) Hutchinson
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