He confesses to a visitor that he used to bite his old servant, but that he gave it up, since the old Jew tasted bitter.
— from The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction by Dorothy Scarborough
“Yes, I will give it up,” said the organist, though not quite so enthusiastically as before; and as he moved closer to Anastasia Joliffe, she got up and left the room, laughing as she went out.
— from The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
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