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  • But Arthur spake and said: Herein hath been the hand of Weird, and hath been heavy on us; but no blame have we to lay on our sister Birdalone, nor hath she done light-mindedly by us; though maybe she erred in not trusting to the good-hap of the Quest to bring us back in due time: and all that she saith do we trow as if it were written in the Holy Gospel.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

  • The Crawfords come a cropper, and Mary, intelligent and delightful, is severely blamed by the writer for being light-mindedly solicitous of her brother when he is exposed as a sexual delinquent.

    Ladies in Distress Miller, Karl 1978

  • In the quest after some fantastic beauty he light-mindedly passed by the true beauties with which the human soul is filled.

    The Crushed Flower and Other Stories Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev 1895

  • You are saying that I acted very light-mindedly in judging

    George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Clement King Shorter 1891

  • Birdalone, nor hath she done light-mindedly by us; though maybe she erred in not trusting to the good-hap of the Quest to bring us back in due time: and all that she saith do we trow as if it were written in the Holy Gospel.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865

  • The earth continued to turn light-mindedly around the sun, now coming nearer to it, now retreating coquettishly, and giving the impression that it fixed all its attention upon its household friend, the moon; the days were replaced by other days, and the dark nights by other dark nights, with such pedantic German punctuality and correctness that all the artistic natures were compelled to move over to the far north by degrees, where the devil himself would break his head endeavouring to distinguish between day and night -- when suddenly something happened to

    The Crushed Flower and Other Stories Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev 1895

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