involuntary impulse

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Rivers yesterday was throwing flowers at me and Lucy, in play, as we were walking in the garden; I catched a wallflower, and, by an involuntary impulse, kissed it, and placed it in my bosom.

From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances

Then, moved by 11 an involuntary impulse he did not even pause to analyze, he shrugged his shoulders slightly.

From Shoe-Bar Stratton by Gage, George W.

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)

I heard a voice singing to the dip of oars, and had to be held down by five men to restrain an involuntary impulse to quit my company.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by Townsend, George Alfred

And yet, no, not a thought, only an involuntary impulse of his lips, as when a draught of water is withheld from a thirsty man.

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von