Have cabled to Lord K. expressing my profound sorrow and assuring him that "the grave loss suffered by the French, and indirectly by my whole force," is really most serious, as I know, I say, "the French War Minister cannot send us another General Gouraud."
— from Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1 by Ian Hamilton

She is so excited sexually that she is possessed of the almost imperative impulse to kiss every male person she meets on the street, and but for her position, she would have long ago yielded to this impulsive desire.
— from Love: A Treatise on the Science of Sex-attraction for the use of Physicians and Students of Medical Jurisprudence by Bernard Simon Talmey

"You who know everything, Mr. Pepper," she said, "tell us how did those wonderful French ladies manage their salons?
— from The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf