She felt as if a hot iron had touched her flesh, and she shrank back into herself, like a scared mollusk.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland
She had been gifted with a peculiar insight into human character, and having studied the nature of man as a scientist might that of a mollusk, she felt that she understood every masculine vagary.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
But of course, since I am as spineless as a mollusk, I sought to accept this heaven-sent visitation with due resignation.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick