Superficially, two rivers in the North Country are unlike only in this respect, that one has cut a deep valley through the hills and flows swiftly and shallowly to its sea, and the other has kept to the plateaus and drops leisurely by a series of cascades and short rapids, separated by long reaches of deep water.
"The So-called Human Race"
Bert Leston Taylor
In the room above lay the dying man-breathing quickly and shallowly under the influence of the drug that had been given him.
"The Case of Richard Meynell"
Mrs. Humphrey Ward
On the white bed lay Hester, breathing quickly and shallowly; bright colour now in each sunken cheek.
"The Case of Richard Meynell"
Mrs. Humphrey Ward