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But Eliza was a rare example
But Eliza was a rare example of a truly salacious and voluptuous nature, and proved herself in that way far in advance of Mary; although she was of a very warm temperament, Eliza’s passions were far more excitable, and in the end she became one of the most voluptuous fuckers possible, abandoning herself to all the wildest raptures that the most erotic nature could suggest.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

been entrusted with any responsible educational
This makes my situation different from yours, Professor Challenger, since, so far as I know, you have never been entrusted with any responsible educational work.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

brides endowed with a rich experience
Experimental marriage for a longer or shorter period, the preference for brides endowed with a rich experience in love-affairs and sundry children, all this has already existed.
— from Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau

back every witness and reject every
It is his office to stand at the door of testimony, and thrust back every witness, and reject every document, he can, upon pleas which, whatever their original ground or design, he very well knows do not impeach the real value of the evidence rejected.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

black eyes with a remorseless expression
He has a pointed face, a very black nose, and prominent black eyes, with a remorseless expression in them.
— from The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

being endowed with a rather eager
As an average man myself—perhaps, owing to my profession as a writer, having seen even more of life than the average man, and being endowed with a rather eager curiosity and liking for new scenes—I had never visited the East End, or been nearer to it than Liverpool Street Station, until the early part of the present year.
— from The Great Acceptance: The Life Story of F. N. Charrington by Guy Thorne

baste em well and roast em
"Jes take and have 'em stuffed with onions, baste 'em well, and roast 'em brown with a lot of gravy."
— from Camping at Cherry Pond by Henry Abbott


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