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In another moment I was hasting down the road, looking on all sides for a cab.

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose

NOW when Dawn in robe of saffron was hasting from the streams of Oceanus, to bring light to mortals and immortals, Thetis reached the ships with the armour that the god had given her.

From The Iliad by Homer

And now behind him every armiger and squire, every spearman and light-foot archer, was hasting Edinburgh-ward, eager to be first to succour the young and headstrong chief of his great house.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

To such reflections she was hasting with bent head back to her cottage, And trying to avoid a meeting with any of the few men and women about so early.

From A Daughter of Fife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

While this scene was enacting in the cottage, I was hasting up from the beach, where the lifeboat men had rendered good service that night.

From Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)