Towards noon, he experienced convulsive movements; the extremities became stiff, the pulse extremely small, and he died during an attack of cynical spasm.

The formulation with the bare infinitive was somewhat less common.

Well, I can't help noticing that you insult me and then you're polite to me alternately.

[…] camp-stools, telescopes, poetry-books, blue uglies, red petticoats, and parasols of every hue.