The women appeared to ail through life, constantly being smitten down by one thing after the other, but at least they stayed alive; while the men, who went year by year out robustly to work, died after a single smiting.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
Cyrus had seen to it that the gathering at McCalloway's "house-raising" should not bear the prejudicial colour of partisanship, but that Carrs and Gregories alike should have a hand in the activities which were going robustly forward at the head of Snag Ridge.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
"You'll like it first rate, Milly," her father continued robustly, "once you get settled in it.
"One Woman's Life"
Robert Herrick