I tell this honestly to the reader, lest, when he finds me Dallying along, through every-day English scenes, he may hurry ahead, in hopes of meeting with some marvellous adventure further on.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
No wonder he sharpened his wits to keep his oddly diversified puppets Dallying.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay
They came down fast, for their blood was up, and there was to be no Dallying.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey