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A madness of tender caressing seized her. She purred as a tiger might have done, while she undulated like a snake.

— Elinor Glyn Three Weeks (1907)

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He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism which can only be called "It", and cats – as well as women – always knew when he came into the room.

No matter what he does, one always forgives him. It does not depend upon looks, either – although this actual person is abominably good-looking – it does not depend upon intelligence or character or – anything – as you say, it is just "it".

The Man and the Moment (1914)

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