Many hasty surmises whirled together in the Commandant's brain-the first, and hastiest, that Vashti, unable to make her escape, had aroused Archelaus, and that Archelaus was unbarring the door for her on the pretence of hearing a knock.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch
There can be no doubt, however, of the accuracy of Warburton's statement that his edition was printed from Pope's, though the hastiest examination will prove the falsity of Warburton's other remark that Hanmer neglected to compare Pope's edition with Theobald's.
"Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare"
D. Nichol Smith
We know also, if we have eyes to see, that the very hastiest and slightest of them does credit to the author, and that the best of them are to be counted among the genuine and imperishable treasures of English literature.
"The Age of Shakespeare"
Algernon Charles Swinburne