Peradventure

By that place called Peradventure in the Voshti Hills dwelt Golgothar the strong man, who, it was said, could break an iron pot with a blow, or pull a tall sapling from the ground.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

By that place called Peradventure in the Voshti Hills dwelt Golgothar the strong man, who, it was said, could break an iron pot with a blow, or pull a tall sapling from the ground.

Parables of a Province Gilbert Parker 1897

He conjectures, 'Peradventure 'tis one of the great designs, as 'tis certainly the interest, of those wicked agents and machinators industriously to hide from us their influences and ways of acting, and to work as near as 'tis possible _incognito_; upon which supposal it is easy to conceive

The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams

'Peradventure' is not the word on which a man can rest the weight of a crushed, or an agonising, or a sinking soul; he must have

Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868

"Peradventure," said Pwyll, "thou art of such dignity that thou shouldest not do so."

The Mabinogion Anonymous 1853

"Peradventure," replied Evan, "peradventure thou hast something to whisper apart to the King, which, as stranger and warrior, none will venture to question; but which from me, as countryman and priest, would excite the jealous suspicions of those around him."

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

"Peradventure," replied Evan, "peradventure thou hast something to whisper apart to the King, which, as stranger and warrior, none will venture to question; but which from me, as countryman and priest, would excite the jealous suspicions of those around him."

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

-- "Peradventure," replied Barton, "it will also prosper good ones; I speak but three words -- speed, silence, liberty."

The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Jane West 1805

"Oh, the Southern people are not all like this good lady, by any means," said I. "'Peradventure,'" said she, "'there be fifty righteous.'

The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) Nehemiah Adams 1842

Peradventure we shall learn something concerning the nostrum she hath ventured, contrary to law and the rules of art, to adhibit to these ladies, through the medium of the steward

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