"hyphae" hidden in books

his youth protecting him against emotion

‘I have given him a less amount,’ observed the Doctor, ‘his youth protecting him against emotion.
— from The Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson

he yet present himself at either

Neither did he yet present himself at either of those homesteads.
— from Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South Downs by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

his young pupils have and encourage

This latter is often spontaneous on the part of older pupils, and can be brought about with the smaller ones by the use of a little tact; many of the toys of the present day have some scientific principle at bottom; let the teacher find out what toys his young pupils have, and encourage them to use them in a scientific way.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 by Various

have you passed him anywhere Explanations

Do you know him, or have you passed him anywhere?" Explanations ensuing, it turned out, by one of the odd chances my friend thought himself always singled out for, that he had with him a letter of introduction to the brother of this gentleman; who then spoke to him of the popularity of his books in Germany, and of the many persons he had seen reading them in the steamboats [223] as he came along.
— from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster

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