endlong

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Then he rode endlong the gates of that manor nigh half-an-hour.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

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

Nor in vain: with a reluctant sob its bed of sand gave up the stubborn rock, and as it rolled endlong a devil that had urged excuse went from Christian.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence

At North Berwick in 1590 seven score witches 'danced endlong the Kirk yard.

From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice