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  • But Prince Stanila Moanatini, the only reasonably busy human creature on the island, was riding hot-spur to view this morning's landslip on the mountain road; the sun already visibly declined; night was imminent; and if he would avoid the perils of darkness and precipice, and the fear of the dead, the haunters of the jungle, he must for once decline a hospitable invitation.

    The Wrecker 1898

  • He hath ridden me hot-spur from Craven to prevent this marriage; and, Master Dick, ye know the way of him -- do so he will! "

    The Black Arrow Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

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