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Wal; ef you'll put trust in what Sime Woodley say, he sez this: ye'll find that game in the neighbourhood o 'Helen Armstrong; -- nigh to her as it dar' ventur '. "
The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850
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I would ventur to guess that you have read little or none of what we have published.
How can standard advice be so insulting? joshenglish 2007
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Steve Newcomb, a co-founder of search startup Powerset, is in the early stages of launching a ventur- capital fund that would accept green investments as low as $100, with a maximum investment of $1,000.
Powerset Co-Founder to Launch Crowdsourced Green VC Fund 2008
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"Mos 'feerd for to ventur' pon dis limb berry far — 'tis dead limb putty much all de way."
The Gold-Bug 2006
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We shall see what becomes of this, i shall await this moment, i shall see the story unfold, i shall see deeper in the hole next time i ventur out, but i shall never fall fully into it.
lethalpickle Diary Entry lethalpickle 2003
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"Mos feerd for to ventur pon dis limb berry far -- 'tis dead limb putty much all de way."
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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"Mos feerd for to ventur pon dis limb berry far -- 'tis dead limb putty much all de way."
Selections from Poe J. Montgomery Gambrill
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I doubt if they'll ventur to quitt with both, and I would fain hope that none of them will come soon.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Mrs. Thomson
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"Mos feerd for to ventur pon dis limb berry far -- 'tis dead limb putty much all de way."
The Short-story William Patterson Atkinson
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` ` ` No! 'was the rather grump reply; ` after what I saw at the deacon's I didn't want ter ventur' furder, but from there I could see 'em lightin 'fires in the village, an' I don't doubt by this time that most o 'the houses is in flames.'
Twilight stories 1905
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