venturer
Example Sentences
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If during this night the good God shall deliver into our hands Mr. McElroy and the venturer from Montreal, you will hear a panther's far-off call.
From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)
It was written, as were all the letters we received from this Cornish venturer, in a woman's hand, small and delicate, with upstrokes like spider's thread; written in French, too, quite easy and careless.
From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
"Who is that courageous but foolhardy venturer?" enquired the emperor.
From The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril by Balfour, Grant
Eliza, of course, recognized the Iron Duke, but the gas-light and the disguise prevented the latter from knowing his fellow venturer.
From Kathleen by Morley, Christopher
They were tired and travel-stained, with their belongings in packs on the shoulders of the men, and the joy of the venturer in their eager faces.
From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)