hazard of the die
Example Sentences
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I have set my happiness on another cast, and I will stand the hazard of the die.
From Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock
"Each had set his life upon a cast, and was ready to stand the hazard of the die."
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) Stevenson
I consider that you have acted honourably, and if you choose to risk the hazard of the die, no one can attach blame to you.”
From Valerie by Frederick Marryat
We decided that the thing could not be politely done, and we had set our own stomachs on a cast, and they must stand the hazard of the die.
From The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens
"She sets her life upon the cast, and she must stand the hazard of the die."
From Tales and Novels — Volume 08 by Maria Edgeworth
