A pale elderly lady lay on the sofa working—he felt sure it was Herbert’s mother.
— from Tippoo Sultaun: A tale of the Mysore war by Meadows Taylor

Prof. E. L. Larkin, of the California University, said recently: "The earth has a permanent charge of negative electricity, and the atmosphere is positive.
— from The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Geo. W. (George Woodward) Warder

Professor Emil Losch loomed on the screen; he was in swimming trunks, a small gray man who seemed hard as nails, his lean tanned body belying his years.
— from We're Friends, Now by Henry Hasse