And this thing is plain to you, and needing not of many words, which do so irk me.
"The Night Land"
William Hope Hodgson
They indulged in a number of little practices caught, he supposed, from "society," but after all their modes were pleasantly trustful and informal and presently quite ceased to irk and to intimidate him.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller
Oblige me, therefore, if it irk thee not, among smoke of the genial Nicotium, by telling thy tale, and explaining what hard necessity hath driven thee to these distant shores.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore