Nevertheless, though he did not accept what the agents of the packet offered, fate took the matter into its own hands and rewarded him not unsubstantially.
"Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates"
Howard I. Pyle
The front-door also grinds on the sill; it can only be opened by force, and quivers in a way that shows how unsubstantially it is made.
"The Nether World"
George Gissing