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"You certainly have done no evil," said Eva, "I will be surety for that."

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall

Oh, as to him, I'm not afraid of him," returned the keeper; "but will you be surety for the fifty boys that'll only make game of me if I don't make an example of him?

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald

I will be surety for her inoffensive conduct.”

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth

He answered, "Yes, O Commander of the Faithful, I will be surety for him for three days."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Yet I insist, without mercy; I make Emile blush for his lack of delicacy; I undertake to be surety for Sophy that she will undertake her share of the treaty.

From Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau




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