venturer
Example Sentences
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He had gone in a tubby wooden craft, the winds his carrier, across oceans that were pathless, except to the venturer.
From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by Milne, James
And long before they reached Deer Lake word had been brought to that new venturer in his post on the Saskatchewan, Alfred de Courtenay, and he was keenly alert.
From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)
They were tired and travel-stained, with their belongings in packs on the shoulders of the men, and the joy of the venturer in their eager faces.
From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)
Romeo’s costume in exile is described in the poem as that of a merchant venturer, which is certainly a more appropriate dress than the conventional black velvet of the stage.
From Shakespeare in the Theatre by Poel, William
No such fortune, M'sieu," said Maren calmly, "Heard you not the cry before the gate in that unhallowed scramble what time they took the factor and the venturer?
From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)
