With a curious, unpainful self-analysis he noted that the older members of the party, who in the course of nature were so much nearer death, did not shrink from its shows; but the young girl and the young man had not borne to look on them, and had quickly escaped from the place, somewhere outside the gate.
"Their Silver Wedding Journey"
William Dean Howells
Though even this is far from being unpainful, yet the Pain coming on more gradually, is less terrifying and horrid.
"Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health"
Samuel Auguste David Tissot