[120] It must be added, however, that even if the semen is effused merely at the mouth of the vagina, without actual penetration, the spermatozoa are still not entirely without any resource save their own motility in the task of reaching the ovum.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Havelock Ellis

In short, there neither is nor ever was any reason, slavery excepted, why the Southern whites should not possess a character
— from Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman by Sarah H. (Sarah Hopkins) Bradford

Through the walls of hut and palace shoots the instantaneous throe, When the travail of the Ages wrings earth's systems to and fro; At the birth of each new Era, with a recognizing start, Nation wildly looks at nation, standing with mute lips apart, And glad Truth's yet mightier man-child leaps beneath the Future's heart.
— from Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell

Now, Emily was a remarkably silent little girl, and did not possess that liveliness of disposition which renders some children such excellent companions.
— from Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") by Nathaniel Hawthorne

There is not, beneath the canopy of heaven, this day, nor ever was, a religious system, call it what you please, possessing the very smallest claim to be called "the Church of God," or "the body of Christ."
— from Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume I by Charles Henry Mackintosh