Many, indeed, are of the opinion that modern ideas, that materialism and infidelity, are to blame for this; but if that be the case, if they it be that produce such evil effects, then it must be in some strange, diabolical, and miraculous manner, and not by natural means; since the fact is that here the people read no books, either good or bad, so that I do not well see how they can be perverted by any evil doctrines the books in fashion may contain.
— from Pepita Ximenez by Juan Valera

A healthy woman that is not hysterical may be either good or bad, strong or weak, but she has more spiritual simplicity than man.
— from Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz

You are unfit to be a lubber, and would be log-booked for an or'nary by every gentleman on board ship.
— from Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef by James Fenimore Cooper

She was conscious of a delightful, quivering expectancy, and felt that she had awakened to something great and new,—something that she had waited for and been exceedingly glad over; but she could not at once remember just what it was.
— from Lisbeth Longfrock by Hans Aanrud

All the actions above adduced come strictly under the description of instinctive actions, being all performed by every generation of bees since the creation of the world, and as perfectly a day or two after their birth as at any subsequent period.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 2 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby