involuntary impulse
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They did not walk towards it with the light brisk step of men who had hopes of success; but rather mechanically, as if yielding to a sort of involuntary impulse.
From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Reid, Mayne
Springing into a sitting posture, and by an involuntary impulse reaching out my hand for my gun which lay close to me, I beheld a sight that was calculated to appal the stoutest heart.
From The Gorilla Hunters by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Didst thou ever before hear of a man uttering solemn things by an involuntary impulse, in defiance of premeditation, and of all his proud schemes?
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel
His own troops seemed to take the field with faintness and reluctance; but, in the heat of the battle, the Prætorian guards, almost by an involuntary impulse, asserted the superiority of their valor and discipline.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart
Well, but what was the result of this involuntary impulse on my part?—Wouldst thou not think; I was taken at my offer?—An offer so solemnly made, and on one knee too?
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel
