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I remember I heard the old King say of a good Sermon, that he thought the Preacher never had thought of his Sermon, till he spoke it; it seemed to him negligently and extemporally spoken.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John

This sarcastical Piece of Wit was, at the Gentleman's own Request, thrown out extemporally in his Company.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol

This sarcastical Piece of Wit was, at the Gentleman’s own Request, thrown out extemporally in his Company.

From Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) by Dick, Hugh G.