Upon the garrison, however, taking the alarm immediately afterwards, before his men came up, he quickly led off his troops, without waiting until it was day.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

And I hope, my dear father, you have quite left off all slavish business.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

But still, we have quite lost our dear Eugénie; for I doubt whether her pride will ever allow her to return to France.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Leur conclusion était basée sur ce qu'il est plus facile de tromper les hommes que les oiseaux.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

From the time that he had quitted London, on the fatal night of his defeat at the gaming-table, the king had received no tidings concerning him; and when, after the lapse of years, he exerted himself to discover him, every trace was lost.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

According to the plan first laid down, we were to have quitted London on the twenty-fifth of November; and, in pursuance of this scheme, two-thirds of our people—thepeople— all that remained of England, had gone forward, and had already been some weeks in Paris.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Hundreds of People T he quiet lodgings of Doctor Manette were in a quiet street-corner not far from Soho-square.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

y la mirada hasta que los ojos adquieran aquella potencia óptica que, en la leyenda alemana, hace salir la figura de las telas y animarse los mármoles y bronces, y veréis encarnarse el personaje tradicional, y pasearse con toda tranquilidad por esta noble ciudad de los Reyes.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

"You stay here quietly long o' us, honey, and don't let no one know who you air, and arter your chile comes, you may leave it with me ef you wants, and I'll tek keer of it till the good Lord makes a better way for it.
— from Dainty's Cruel Rivals; Or, The Fatal Birthday by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

I have been so long in obscurity, that hope has quite left off visiting me; the best years of my life are gone; and what is my condition?
— from A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father by William Cooper

They pooled the cigars for the mess and Tam went back to his quarters lighter of heart.
— from Tam o' the Scoots by Edgar Wallace

Arline Montague—Margie Fulton—once the blow had fallen, behaved rather well; she took Bennie in her arms and kissed him, then in answer to his quick look of dismay at her agitation, she patted him on the shoulder and said: "It's all right, son.
— from Flowing Gold by Rex Beach

It was Colonel Becker's London address—and Isobel's, and he quickly laid out for himself new plans of action.
— from Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by James Oliver Curwood