It will be nothing but plain self-defense, he added righteously.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper
Says I to wife-standin' beside him one day, and he black in the face-says I, "Wife," says I, "I reckon you an' me better try to live mo' righteously 'n what we've been doin', or he'll be took from us."
"Sonny, A Christmas Guest"
Ruth McEnery Stuart
To be sure, we had coffee and bread and butter and cold ham for dinner that day; and we took our tea "standed round," as Barbara said; and the dishes were put away in the covered sink; we knew where we could shirk righteously and in good order, when we could not accomplish everything; but there was neither huddle nor hurry; we were as quiet and comfortable as we could be.
"We Girls: A Home Story"
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney