This, too, stirred me profoundly, brought about the glow transmutable into creative effort.
"San Cristóbal de la Habana"
Joseph Hergesheimer
Thus everything needed for Christmas was there in sight: the mistletoe-the holly-the liquor of the land for the cups of hearty men-the hams and the sausages of fastidious housewives-the turkey and the quail-and crops transmutable into coin.
"Bride of the Mistletoe"
James Lane Allen
Admiration itself is paralysed by a contrivance so simple, so transmutable, and so sufficient for every need that time and change could bring.
"Concerning Animals and Other Matters"
E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)