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Say, young man, wilt thou accept this charge, and be surety for these haughty youths?

From The Lord of Dynevor by Everett-Green, Evelyn

And a brave and considerate young man he is, major; I'll be surety for his making of an honorable and a real gentleman.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

"We will ourself be surety for this knight," said Charles.

From Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy by Major, Charles

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

But she had already introduced Lord Sudleigh to these family treasures, and she could not endure to go to Sudleigh Castle and take with her no heirlooms to be surety for her respectability.

From A Singer from the Sea by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston




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