unassured

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The passing mention of “civil war” is I believe an unnamed reference to the 1786 Shays’ rebellion which reminds us even from Justice Story’s 1837 vantage that our nation’s continued existence has often been unassured.

From Forbes • May 12, 2015

But we did not then venture to quote any long passages from the original, unassured how they might look on our page to the eyes of Young Britain.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various

But the four infants who were left would be burden enough for the mother in her unassured and unprotected state.

From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by Reid, George

The first act, however, afforded her so little scope for acting, that she left the stage unassured of her own success.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various

Graceful she entered the forbidden court, Her bosom throbbing with her purpose high; Slow were her steps, and unassured her port, While hope just trembled in her azure eye.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 by Various