—Finally, just as the response of animal tissue is exalted by stimulants, lowered by depressants, and abolished by poisons, so also we have found the response in plants and metals undergoing similar exaltation, depression, or abolition.
— from Response in the Living and Non-Living by Jagadis Chandra Bose
on a most unpleasant surprise, especially disagreeable to his olfactory nerves.
— from A Book of Exposition by Homer Heath Nugent
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