‘Say, “Little Blue Eyes, go back to your homes,” and, “Little Pink Ears, return to your places,” and they will do as you tell them,’ answered the little fairy.
— from The Piskey-Purse: Legends and Tales of North Cornwall by Enys Tregarthen

He had won enviable college honors ere he was twenty-one and after that he had known all the purple ports of the purple seas, and, with cool head, hot heart, and laughter, played every risk that promised and provided in the wild world of adventure that he had lived to see pass under the sobriety of law.
— from The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London