"I think he is nearly nice enough to be Clem's husband," said Poppy curtly, "and too entirely nice for any other woman."
— from Poppy: The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley
To him I need not explain the disappointment that beset me when, after being whirled in a cab from the station to a big hotel, I wandered out into the streets.
— from The Works of Max Beerbohm by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
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