I was, however, glad at my heart that Mrs. Moore came up so seasonably with notice that dinner was ready.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson
Perhaps no halt ever arrived more seasonably than this, or bid fair to be productive of more beneficial effects; yet so oppressive was the heat, that we had not resumed our march above an hour, when the banks by the way side were again covered with stragglers; some of the finest and stoutest men in the army being literally unable to go on.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
I am aware that we may be seasonably employed in suitable conversation to mutual advantage, and I trust I am not altogether a stranger to the value of sweet retirement; but there is a certain something in every mind which renders a change in the exercise of our natural faculties indispensable, in order to make us happy in ourselves and useful members of society; and it is under these considerations that I am induced to apply a few of my leisure hours towards some degree of intellectual attainment, in the humble hope that I may be preserved in that path which will procure at the hands of a wise Director that approbation which I greatly desire should mark all my steps.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley