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Yet I was not without uneasiness, for the summariness with which Castelroux had informed me they were in the habit of dealing with those accused of high treason occasioned me some apprehensive pangs.

From Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... by Sabatini, Rafael

Those houses, in all their summariness and primitive crudity, yet reminded one of the Cambridge homes; they exhibited some remains of the pre-Revolution style.

From Your United States Impressions of a first visit by Bennett, Arnold

Garnett hesitated; but it was not the summariness of the Baron's greeting which he resented.

From The Hermit and the Wild Woman by Wharton, Edith

"Oh no!" he protested, hurt by this summariness.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold