He tapped on the designated door, and a deep melodious voice, instantly identified with ancient abandonments, called gently: "Come in!"
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort
What we call Eternity, may be but an endless series of those transitions which men call 'deaths,' abandonments of home after home, ever to fairer scenes and loftier heights.
"Lucretia, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I always think there is something especially Shakspearian in Duncan's speeches throughout this scene, such pourings forth, such abandonments, compared with the language of vulgar dramatists, whose characters seem to have made their speeches as the actors learn them.
"Literary Remains, Vol. 2"
Coleridge