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Willard and so well known his character as a peacemaker and well-wisher to his country, that he might have remained unmolested and respected among his neighbors in spite of his royalist opinions; but, whether led by family ties or natural timidity, he sought refuge in Boston, and quick-coming events made it impossible for him to return.

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 Various

The very mention of Rome suggests the same continually repeated series of antecedent tragedy and consequent wandering, -- pointing backward to the fabled siege of Troy and the flight of Aeneas, -- "_profugus_" from Asia to Italy, -- and forward to the quick-coming footsteps of the

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various

"Oh! you didn't tell me!" she said, her voice little above a whisper on her quick-coming breath.

Trail's End George W. Ogden

Then for the first time the doctor noticed her pale face and quick-coming breath, and he was touched by her confidence in him.

Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Margaret Bruce Clarke

Suddenly the welcome report of a gun, followed by a second one, sounds behind you, and next instant the rush of the quick-coming shells is heard overhead.

With Rimington L. March Phillipps

There was the whisper of a tremulous sigh in his ears, the warm fragrance of quick-coming breath beat upon his nostrils, the radiance of love-lit beauty flooded his eyes.

Anthony Lyveden Dornford Yates 1922

You may describe a Mrs. Siddons with a faultless profile, a great statesman or writer with what an old family servant of ours called “an iron countenance”; but it is impossible to describe the intelligence, the nervous energy, the versatility of expression which quick-coming, eager thoughts throw upon the human face.

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

The burden of our fears has slipped from our shoulders in our attempt to do something for others; the unbelievable and long coveted miracle has happened -- at last to every soul who has grasped his chance of heroism quick-coming death has become a fifth-rate calamity.

The Glory of the Trenches Coningsby Dawson 1921

It is the last line that makes me smile rather quietly, "Or make quick-coming death a little thing."

The Glory of the Trenches Coningsby Dawson 1921

They all got dinner then, together, with many a sigh and quick-coming tear as everywhere they met some sad reminder of the gentle old hands that would never again minister to their comfort.

Miss Billy -- Married 1914