"A Christian would curb his passion and let the evildoer go his way," continued the rector.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
No sooner had that villain Eulaeus' letter reached him, than he thought himself justified in believing that I too was spellbound by a glance from his eyes, and would spread my wings to fly into his arms; and so he put out his greedy hand to catch me too, and threw aside the splendor and delights of a royal banquet to hurry by night out into the desert, and to risk a hideous death-for the avenging deities still punish the evildoer.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
But just as Hanno was rising to look around him for the invisible evildoer, the loud shouts of many voices startled him.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers