Not a pimple nor freckle marred her lily-white skin

Not that he weren't capable of a gentlesome word or a tender touch, but such as that come to him less natural than any living creature I ever seen.

The ceptors convert (transduce) the various forms of energy to which they are sensitive into electrochemical bits of digitized information.

Old witches in the cities and country-side throve upon the sale of death spells and love philtres. They also made a trade of abortificants, and frequently practised the whiles of the procuress.