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[39] More recent experiments have shown that a saline solution is even safer and more efficacious than the warm blood from another life; now, therefore, this has largely taken the place of blood in supplying the waste occasioned by severe hemorrhages.
— from The Covenant of Salt As Based on the Significance and Symbolism of Salt in Primitive Thought by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull
In fact, I cannot discover that any such secrecy is emphasized so long as the criminal is not publicly brought before a court of justice.
— from Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 2 of 2) by Rhys, John, Sir
Not that Sally was disagreeable, and it was not in her nature to argue, she simply ignored either suggestions or commands, always pursuing her own sweet way.
— from The Camp Fire Girls on the Field of Honor by Margaret Vandercook
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