The officer's swarthy face turned pale for a moment, and all the men who had heard Ned's reply broke out into loud VIVAS for their great commander-in-chief, the illustrious victor of the bloody field of Angostura.
"Ahead of the Army"
W. O. Stoddard
Now through the dense shade we broke into a blaze of light, where a great buffet stood; and round this we all swarmed at once, and glasses were filled with champagne, and VIVAS shouted again and again, and I heard that my health was toasted, and a very sweet voice-the lips were on my ear-whispered I know not what, but it sounded very like wishing me joy and love, while others were deafening me about long life and happiness.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
Amid a storm of VIVAS the gray wave, with its crest of glistening steel, surged up the few remaining yards of glacis, topped the parapet, and overwhelmed the defenders.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell