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Examples
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That seeks his praise more than he fears his peril,
Troilus and Cressida 2004
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But just as she was most disquieted by the thought of her peril,
The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003
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Strangely enough, the rather so - phisticated theories of ethical determinism developed by the rationalists found an echo in the primitive theory of legal liability that a man acts at his peril,
CAUSATION IN LAW THOMAS A. COWAN 1968
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All North Aston rang with the story of little Fina's peril,
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Various
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Strive as he would, and spurred on to redoubled labor by a knowledge of his peril,
Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat St. George Rathborne
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He called every day to see his friend; and each time he left the sick-chamber, he was uncertain whether his predominant feeling was that of sorrow for the illness and danger of so good a man, or rejoicing that, in his pain and peril,
The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn J. W. Keyworth
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Where is Cromarty's earl, with the fearless of peril,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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If I could have felt that we were in any way companions in peril,
The Little Nugget 1928
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I am afraid – afraid; I feel in peril – I feel in peril,
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My light, light of my eyes, you are escaped from great peril,
Poems 1918-21 1921
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