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This matter is so important that the man who undertakes it and fails should suffer death.
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, V 5. STORIES FROM SEVEN OLD FAVORITESEVA MARCH TAPPAN
She must suffer, her conscience must trouble her, in a way her life must be as hard to bear as his.
FAST AS THE WINDNAT GOULD
Oh that we had the traitor who has dragged this gallant young officer to death, so that he might suffer in his stead!
THE STORY OF AMERICAN HISTORYALBERT F. BLAISDELL
I did not suffer their entrance nor their exit to excite me.
SHORT STORY CLASSICS (AMERICAN) VOL. 2VARIOUS
But we calmly submitted to the numerous indignities heaped upon us, feeling that it was better to suffer wrong than to do wrong.
SCRAPS OF BIOGRAPHYVARIOUS
And will you suffer yourself to be driven frantic because you have not been wiser than the wisest men whom the world has seen?
KENILWORTHSIR WALTER SCOTT
Surely, in this respect, we modern Christians too often tread in the footsteps of the saints and suffer as they did.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES, SKETCHES AND POEMSHARRIET BEECHER STOWE
On the other hand, the men thus kept at arm's length have not been altogether satisfied to suffer in silence.
AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARISALBERT D. (ALBERT DRESDEN) VANDAM
But during the wretched hours one glance at the Colonel's face gave him courage to suffer and be—still!
A LITTLE DUSKY HEROHARRIOT T, COMSTOCK
My wretched fate is fixed; I have suffered beyond the bounds of endurance, and can suffer no more.
MARRIED LIFEJOHN BALDWIN BUCKSTONE

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cause célèbrenoun | [kawz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; French kohz sey-leb-ruh ]SEE DEFINITION