hasten away

Example Sentences

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It is I that must hasten away, and he that must remain.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

For a moment I had a feeling as if I must turn back there and then, and hasten away precipitately from this place, never stopping or staying till the distance gave me shelter.

From The Wish A Novel by Sudermann, Hermann

And now I would rather hasten away from Brussels, and wander on to other scenes; and yet there are many things I fain would speak of, and some people, too, worth a mention in passing.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

In the tribunals there was nothing but bribery, and the object of every one seemed to be to amass fortunes as rapidly as possible, and then hasten away from a country so insecure and dangerous.

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

"Now, my dear baron, hasten away," cried Count Bismarck, "and return quickly, and so act that Count Bismarck may soon welcome the Bavarian minister fully empowered to conclude peace."

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar