Half-way to Amersham found Hob Carter's Wagon, with Father's Organ in't, sticking in the Hedge, without Man or Horse; and, by-and-by, came upon Hob himself, with a Party, carousing.
"Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary"
Anne Manning
Young Tresslyn was drinking, but he was not carousing.
"From the Housetops"
George Barr McCutcheon
Down in the Howling Wilderness I am bound to say the carousing began early, and with a vigor that promised more headaches than the camp had known since the Widow first set foot in the Forks.
"First Fam'lies of the Sierras"
Joaquin Miller