be surety for
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Having engaged to be surety for the son of a Hindoo judge, who was about to enter as a student in the Inns of Court, a new adventure befel me.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
So the merchant procured one to be surety for him, and they let him go.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
“Ay,” replied the baes, “if someone will be surety for you.”
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
"You certainly have done no evil," said Eva, "I will be surety for that."
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
I will myself be surety for his truth.”
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George