Not even Old Man Coyote can catch him in a straightaway race.
"The-Burgess-Animal-Book-for-Children"
Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
For straightaway, long-time reading, or for reading in which the aim is to get at the words of the author with the least hindrance, the law of legibility holds to its full extent-is, in fact, an axiom; but not all reading is long-continued, and not all is apart from considerations other than instantaneous contact with the author's thought through his words.
"The Booklover and His Books"
Harry Lyman Koopman
Upon which, out of fear, he straightaway left the camp, took horse, and without effect returned to Mithridates.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh