lay a wager

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We resemble not the celebrated comedian, Mademoiselle Duclos, to whom somebody said: "I would lay a wager, mademoiselle, that you know not your credo!"

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

I durst lay a wager," said Don Quixote, interrupting him, "that now thou art suffered to prate without interruption, thou feelest no manner of pain in thy whole body.

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Nobody is stirring there yet, I'll lay a wager.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma

“And I’ll lay a wager you fellows started the ball rolling and Beverly had to brace up and stop it,” he nodded.

From A Dixie School Girl by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)

They know that they have done wrong; and I’d lay a wager, there’s not an hour of the day that they’re not thinking of me, and dreading that I will make my appearance.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.