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When I heard the archbishop was fled, and the king excommunicated, I threw myself on my horse, and would have hasted to Sj�borg, but they brought me back here half dead.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

The rivers having pierced the air with a rush of water, went forth like milk-cows; when your spotted deer roll about like horses that have hasted to the resting-place on their road.

From Sacred Books of the East by Various

And while the messenger seems to have hasted to meet his master and give an account of his mission, Rebekah descended from her lofty seat and covered herself with a veil.

From Notable Women of Olden Time by Anonymous

And if the Israelites were so enabled, then no further miracle is required; for them the sun would have "hasted not to go down about a whole day."

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

They meantime have hasted along where the pathway points, and now were climbing the hill which hangs enormous over the city, and looks down on its facing towers.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil