Why then, whereupon if that your ever gracious onnur would but be so all mercifool in goodness as to say the word, why we should be upon sure ground, and all our quips and Quandaries and afterclaps would a be chouse clickt.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
Yet if there was much she neither knew nor dreamed of, it passed between them at this very moment that he was quite familiar with himself as the subject of such Quandaries.
"The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2"
Henry James
The precise lady, having recruited her spirits by the help of some strong waters, began a soliloquy, in which she wondered that any man, who pretended to maintain the character of a gentleman, could, for the sake of a little paltry coin, throw persons of honour into such Quandaries as might endanger their lives; and professed her surprise that women were not ashamed to commend such brutality.
"The Adventures of Roderick Random"
Tobias Smollett