"No; I'm cold-proof now—so the old wives say when—— Come here a minute, Myles, and sit here and look at the moon and listen to the dor beetles.
— from Sons of the Morning by Eden Phillpotts

In fairness, however, we must note how little we understand of the modus operandi of influences which certainly pass in the other direction, from the reproductive organs to the body; we must recall Prof. Lloyd Morgan's warning that although we cannot conceive how a modification might as such saturate from body to germ-cells, this does not exclude the possibility that it may actually do so.
— from Herbert Spencer by J. Arthur (John Arthur) Thomson

Quite a number of my young companions had accompanied my mother and sister to the depot.
— from Walter Harland Or, Memories of the Past by Harriet S. Caswell

No Italian could have a more mellow and sonorous voice, and his method has all the conscientiousness, passion, and distinctness of [269] enunciation that characterize the German style.
— from Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Henry T. Finck

But Comte had a more methodical and scientific mind, and he thought that Saint-Simon was premature in drawing conclusions as to the reformation of societies and industries before the positive philosophy had been constructed.
— from The Idea of Progress: An Inguiry into Its Origin and Growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury

“We can hardly,” as Mr. Matthew Arnold says, “now look up at the sun without having the sensations of a moth,” and if occasion has not been given to the adversary to blaspheme, he has been supplied with ample material for banter and ridicule.
— from Myths and Dreams by Edward Clodd

He came home and met Margaret after she and I had confessed our love.
— from The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey

His request was at first met with a flat negative, but eventually the devil so played upon her cupidity, by the assurance that she could have as much money as she could count and add up while he was engaged in the work of removal, that she readily gave her consent.
— from Stonehenge, Today and Yesterday by Frank Stevens