Walking at a rapid pace, for she was still a vigorous woman, she had taken a short cut across the fields to the small station where she knew she would be able to catch the slow local train which was run in connection with the London express.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
The cold enforced vigorous exercise.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
The land in pre-glacial times had evidently supported a vigorous vegetation; but now the general aspect offered a scene of frosty hopelessness.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook