So completely had I been hurried on by feeling in every stage of the affair, and so entirely had all minor considerations given way to the paramount object of [294] securing Clara's happiness, with which, as I now felt, my own was indissolubly linked, that it was not until my eye rested on the cold, grey stone of Barstone Priory, and wandered over the straight walks and formal lawns of the garden, that I became fully aware of the extremely awkward and embarrassing nature of the interview I was about to seek.
— from Frank Fairlegh: Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil by Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley

As to those parts which Alice, through evident maidenly reserve, passed over hurriedly, he did not urge more explicit recital.
— from Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Levi Jackson Hamilton

[66] FOOTNOTES: [45] "Nec ullum mihi erat relictum auxilium nisi latrunculorum Ludus."— Opera , tom. i. p. 619.
— from Jerome Cardan: A Biographical Study by W. G. (William George) Waters