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So Sir Percivale turned back, but Sir Launcelot rode on across and endlong in a wild forest, and held no path, but as wild adventure led him.

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo

And though ye cut them in never so many gobbets or parts, overthwart or endlong, evermore ye shall find in the midst the figure of the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesu. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

Not more amazement seized on Circe’s guests, To see themselves fall endlong into beasts, Than mine, to find a subject staid and wise Already half turned traitor by surprise.

From An Essay on Man by Morley, Henry

Plunging endlong into the water, the impetus created by my fall from such a height would be slowly resisted by this denser element.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

Again did Birdalone take heart, and they hastened a long way up the stair, till Atra stayed at last at a door all done with iron, endlong and over-thwart. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William