Thetis aforesaid, I venturously made the same proposal to her of the Green. From Wordnik.com. [Redgauntlet] Reference
Here, at length, after sufficient tantalization by its means, Marlboro 'venturously intruded himself every day. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
No one perceived his adroit under-meaning; but Eva bethought herself of her school-phrases, and venturously selected one. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864] Reference
The impugners of the work were in the same helpless predicament as its author, who had, however, more venturously presumed to unravel unsearchable mysteries, concerning which, in the existing state of science, men can only conjecture, wonder, and adore, utterly unable to affirm or deny aught respecting them. From Wordnik.com. [An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges] Reference
Why did I venturously post off so great a business?. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live] Reference
Frisco, and venturously taken her young children to Belgium and. From Wordnik.com. [Pipefuls] Reference
But now her spirits were rising venturously, and she knew that she liked Ned. From Wordnik.com. [The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages] Reference
One of his guides, having pushed on venturously, fell into the midst of an outpost belonging to Rochambeau. From Wordnik.com. [Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography] Reference
Fuscus, Rabirius Hermodorus; without counting the sepulchres venturously ascribed to Seneca and the Horatii and Curiatii. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2] Reference
"Miss Ailsa," suggested the consul venturously, "will be pleased to hear again from her old friend, and know that he is succeeding.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bell-Ringer of Angel's] Reference
I wonder I did not visit the eternal shades sooner that I expected, for no squirrel ever skipped from bough to bough more venturously. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents] Reference
It is from the great book of Nature, the same through a thousand editions, whether of black-letter, or wire-wove and hot-pressed, that I have venturously essayed to read a chapter to the public. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley — Volume 1] Reference
"If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged," Virginia Woolf. From Wordnik.com. [Storytellersunplugged] Reference
A little later in the year, when the ferns are uncurling their long fronds, the troops of blue and white violets will come dancing down to the edge of the stream, and creep venturously out to the very end of that long, moss-covered log in the water. From Wordnik.com. [Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness] Reference
Up I jumped, sprang from the elevated station which constituted our orchestra, and, arranging my ideas as rapidly as I could, advanced to the head of the room, and, instead of offering my hand to the white-footed Thetis aforesaid, I venturously made the same proposal to her of the Green Mantle. From Wordnik.com. [Redgauntlet] Reference
Terry, sending his cavalry scouting up the Rosebud, found an unimpeded passage for miles and miles; and even as our friends at Russell were reading with gloomy faces the tidings from the front, a little battalion of cavalry, pushing venturously up the wild and picturesque valley, came suddenly upon a sight that bade their leader pause. From Wordnik.com. [Marion's Faith.] Reference
A thousand editions, whether of black-letter, or wire-wove and hot-pressed, that I have venturously essayed to read a chapter to the public. From Wordnik.com. [The Waverley] Reference
Perhaps you know Lord Blandamer? "he added venturously; yet with a suggestion that even the sodality of first-class travelling was not in itself a passport to so distinguished an acquaintance. From Wordnik.com. [The Nebuly Coat] Reference
Note her in particular whose form is so perfect, venturously running on the brink of the precipice, and turning back her head, as regardless of nothing but the graceful flow of her robe; with what captivating impatience doth she contend with the bushes for her veil! could it be she who threw the jasmine at me?”. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Caliph Vathek] Reference
Note her in particular whose form is so perfect, venturously running on the brink of the precipice, and turning back her head, as regardless of nothing but the graceful flow of her robe; with what captivating impatience doth she contend with the bushes for her veil! could it be she who threw the jasmine at me? ". From Wordnik.com. [The History of Caliph Vathek] Reference
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