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Keith came back, and saw that she was trembling—not violently, but in a subdued, helpless sort of way which was pathetic in its very causelessness.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

And measuring her niece by the same romantic standard—with Gwen’s capriciousness thrown into the account—she ignores everything else; even the absurdity of such a step from its sheer causelessness.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

And measuring her niece by the same romantic standard—with Gwen's capriciousness thrown into the account—she ignores everything else; even the absurdity of such a step from its sheer causelessness.

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne

He meant the sense of profound mystery, the revolt against utter causelessness, which had tormented to no clearness so many generations of minds.

From Cytherea by Hergesheimer, Joseph

But the third has its roots apparently in mere haphazard and causelessness, and isn't explicable by any means whatsoever, and yet is far and away the violentest of the three.

From My Friend Prospero by Harland, Henry