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peradventure

[pur-uhd-ven-cher, per-] / ˌpɜr ədˈvɛn tʃər, ˌpɛr- /




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Comanche Ruler returned $15.40 and $6 at 29-1 odds, while Peradventure was another three-quarters of a length back in third and paid $6.20 to show.

From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2014

Peradventure we might even have been near enough at hand to render you some timely aid in overcoming the rascals.

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert

"Peradventure you can inform me if he be still alive?"

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert

Peradventure," answered Balin, "thou hadst best have stayed at home, for many a man who thinketh himself already victor, endeth by his own downfall.

From King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Unknown

Peradventure, p. 181my husband will accompany you; and if so, you will find him highly useful. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry




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