The girl's pure face was the picture of nubile candor, and her eyes met fairly the shock of the other's quick glance.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
For there may be a thousand reasons for a certain marriage, very obvious to a prudent parent, such as land, houses, plate, linen, vineyards, florins, and the like, all of which are of the utmost importance in the economy of a well-domesticated household, but are unhappily little calculated to attract the dawning senses of a nubile girl.
"The God of Love"
Justin Huntly McCarthy
Louise, who, although barely nubile, impatiently longed to become a mother, gave birth to her first child after four years of wedded life.
"The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.)"
Margaret, Queen Of Navarre