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  • If it is gritty Fantasy you've been dying for than Tome of the Undergates will certainly be the answer for you as Sykes has made the name Adventurers out to be a vile thing with his debut effort.

    Today in Fantasy: March 20, 2010 Jeff C 2010

  • Just seven years before that, Edward Hall in his Chronicle provided the etymology: “He gave them a Pennon of St. George and bade them, Adventure of whiche they were called Adventurers.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Just seven years before that, Edward Hall in his Chronicle provided the etymology: “He gave them a Pennon of St. George and bade them, Adventure of whiche they were called Adventurers.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Just seven years before that, Edward Hall in his Chronicle provided the etymology: “He gave them a Pennon of St. George and bade them, Adventure of whiche they were called Adventurers.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Just seven years before that, Edward Hall in his Chronicle provided the etymology: “He gave them a Pennon of St. George and bade them, Adventure of whiche they were called Adventurers.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • [97.1] Genest (ii. 62) remarks: "The theatre in Dorset Garden had been built by subscription -- the subscribers were called Adventurers -- of this Cibber seems totally ignorant -- that there were any new Adventurers, added to the original number, rests solely on his authority, and in all probability he is not correct."

    An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I 1889

  • Antônio Jobim was hired by Paramount to compose a few songs for a Hollywood mortuary piece called The Adventurers, an adaptation of a Harold Robbins novel.

    Locust St. 2010

  • Antônio Jobim was hired by Paramount to compose a few songs for a Hollywood mortuary piece called The Adventurers, an adaptation of a Harold Robbins novel.

    Locust St. C. 2010

  • "Adventurers," as those were called who had advanced money on the faith of

    Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Henry Craik 1886

  • In 1580 the "Muscovy Company," as the "Adventurers" called themselves, sent out Arthur Pitt, who could not open the "pack" ice.

    Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

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