Whether standing or walking, whether abstractedly looking or Deafly listening, there is but one thought in her mind; one question perpetually asking itself, 'Is it really and solely for Prue's good that I have prevented her going?
"Doctor Cupid"
Rhoda Broughton
But on the edges of the Empire this decivilization became a definite barbarism, owing to the nearness of wild neighbours who were ready to destroy as Deafly and blindly as things are destroyed by fire.
"A Short History of England"
G. K. Chesterton