Doubtless it was fancy which plays us strange tricks, still but a year ago, having gone to set a Springe for a woodcock, I chanced to pass by yonder big oak upon a November eve, and I could have sworn that I saw it all again.
"Montezuma's Daughter"
H. Rider Haggard
But the little bird had ventured too far into the Springe, and the fowler was not the man to let it escape; before Ann could foresee such a deed he had both his arms round her, and she did not hinder him, nay, for she could not.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
Indeed he already had his foot in the Springe, inasmuch as that he could not say nay to the Marchesa's bidding that he would go to her house on her name-day.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers