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If during this night the good God shall deliver into our hands Mr. McElroy and the venturer from Montreal, you will hear a panther's far-off call.

From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Vingie E. (Vingie Eve) Roe

It was written, as were all the letters we received from this Cornish venturer, in a woman's hand, small and delicate, with upstrokes like spider's thread; written in French, too, quite easy and careless.

From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

I that have sailed with Captain Drake and Captain Raleigh, and seen how a gentleman venturer needs to turn his hand to every guess craft?

From Harding's luck by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar

It is in threading these tortuous windings that many a fearless venturer has lost foot-hold and been utterly cast away.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Julian Sharman

I have always deemed myself a predestined bachelor, a lover of other people's children and a most timid venturer among spinsters.

From A Top-Floor Idyl by George Van Schaick

He offered wise, if unusual, advice to these aspiring venturers that can be applied beyond Japan.

From Forbes ● Nov. 28, 2011

Some of the early venturers, such as Gawker's Nick Denton, who'd already done several startups before launching his blog network, stayed the course and prospered.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2010

But I love the venturers who are seeking something real and better.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Colorado CAB must decide between applicants representing every shade of free enterprise, from well-heeled air lines to weathery, leathery extrovert ad venturers with shoestring capital.

From Time Magazine Archive

How the sound of the wave on the rock moved him and set him with the ships and galleys, the great venturers whipping and creaking and tossing in the night-time under the stars.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro