endlong

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And right so these four knights came into the field endlong and through.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

The hero goes "overthwart and endlong," just like the figures whom all readers know in Malory, and some in his originals.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

Sir Lancelot rode overthwart and endlong in a wild forest, and held no path but as wild adventure led him.

From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)

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

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