| 单词 | venturesome |
| 例句 | “You little sharp thing! you’ve got quite a new way of talking. What makes you so venturesome and hardy?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z After Eratosthenes’ discovery, many great voyages were attempted by brave and venturesome sailors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Aiko, who lives in Los Angeles, takes a similarly venturesome approach to her beauty regimen. Jhené Aiko Talks Vampire Facials and IV Vitamin Drips 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But in its venturesome recreations, history and stunning landscape, Madeira is a place quite apart. The rain forest destination Americans are missing out on 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z This lively dissection and reanimation of an early classic of Yiddish theater arrives courtesy of the venturesome Target Margin Theater. Theater Listings for March 28-April 3 2014-03-27T22:14:01Z Even a drawn-out dinner, it seems, can’t do justice to such a venturesome life. Review | Alan Cumming gets chummy in his gossipy and insightful book ‘Baggage’ 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z But mostly the 1976 “Einstein” cast was an assembly of artists, skilled in some things and amateurish in others, but with a kind of venturesome summer-camp atmosphere prevailing during the rehearsals and performances in Avignon. ‘Einstein on the Beach’ Revival at BAM Raises Questions 2012-08-31T14:06:50Z The program — a Beethoven Concerto and a Mahler Symphony — was unusually conventional, at least for a venturesome conductor. In a tumultuous world, conductor-composer Esa-Pekka Salonen is focusing more on the present 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z And there were pleasing oddities that suggested a venturesome actor not content to do as his agents told him, like Richard Kelly’s extraordinary heroic failure of an epic, Southland Tales. Dwayne Johnson: fast, furious and fun 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Phil will reach out to feisty, venturesome small ensembles and composers in downtown L.A. and the environs, providing exposure to young musicians. L.A. Phil centennial plans: Unprecedented commissions, new Gehry-designed home for YOLA 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Phil had become the most venturesome major orchestra in the land. After five years of Gustavo Dudamel, what's next? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z As is often true in venturesome, learning-as-you-go art, precise methods and ingredients are hard to reconstruct and identify. Susan Bee: ‘Photograms and Altered Photos From the 1970s’ 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z This highly regarded and venturesome string quartet offers more than a standard concert: a “Discovery” presentation of a Haydn quartet, complete with historical and musical details as well as the performance. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for October 2018 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Still, the show leaves you eager to see what other venturesome work Ibrahim will bring from Africa. ‘Harmattan Tales’ looks at what it means to be a woman in the African Muslim world 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Compiled from work featured in Tribe, a Dubai art magazine founded in 2015, the exhibition at the American University Museum presents a culture that’s modern, venturesome and, well, rich. Review | In the galleries: Contemporary images cast a striking new light on the Arab world 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Every few years a venturesome vocal ensemble presents a concert or recording of works by various of Bach’s uncles or cousins, typically repeating the same pieces, which are indeed wonderful. Review: Vox Luminis Explores Bach’s Family Tree 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Here’s hoping that some venturesome, well-endowed university or cultural institution is seeking a beautiful home. The Best Architecture in New York of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The black box is smaller than Zipper Hall at the Colburn School across the street, where the four original members of this venturesome series perform their annual recitals. Aron Kallay experiments, triumphs in Piano Spheres' 'Nothing Is Real' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z As the great Southern California music retreat, the Ojai Music Festival offers venturesome refuge from normal life for locals and visitors to this blissed-out valley. Worlds meet and worlds beyond at Ojai Music Festival 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z In another venturesome series, Ms. Liao asked migrant workers in Shenzhen to create self-portrait dolls, and then take the dolls to a place that was, or could be, important to them. This Young Artist’s Works Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Alive 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Facing destruction of their underground warren by a housing development, a small party of yearling bucks led by a venturesome rabbit named Hazel flees in search of a new home. Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z We may be in for one of his more venturesome outings. Hit the road, Jack Reacher: why Tom Cruise should ditch the goody two-shoes act 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z For nearly two decades, “Cubist Blues” languished in used bins, awaiting extrication by some venturesome crate-digger. Play It Again (for the First Time) 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Phil in a venturesome repertory direction, although he never initiated his plan for novel star-spangled arrangements by contemporary composers of the national anthem, which is traditionally played before every orchestra concert. Leonard Slatkin is traditional and bracing at Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z It is still a small proportion of Indian travelers who are so venturesome — but, by the numbers, even a small proportion qualifies as a mass movement, globally speaking. Travel Industry Wooing Tourists From India 2010-05-19T05:40:00Z That much becomes evident the moment he starts talking about “Dolores,” a dashing, venturesome tune he recorded with Davis in 1966. Jazz icon Wayne Shorter can play anything. He’s still trying to say everything. 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Ever venturesome, he insisted: “I design for tomorrow. I never look backward.” Pierre Cardin, Designer to the Famous and Merchant to the Masses, Dies at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Some of this was perhaps the byproduct of a more venturesome jazz culture. Music: Miles Davis Reissue, ?Live in Europe 1967? 2011-09-09T16:30:32Z Now the tables have turned, and even while it has grown, the Met has come to seem the nimble, venturesome one, more intimately loved. Critic’s Notebook: Defending the Former American Folk Art Museum Building 2013-05-12T20:36:47Z This celebrated vocal ensemble is both venturesome and versatile, with a repertoire that includes yodeling, Broadway belting, Inuit throat singing, multicultural works and Death Metal. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for March 2018 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Not long ago it was the most venturesome modern art museum in the country, recasting the history of postwar American art in shows like “A Minimal Future?” The Los Angeles Art Scene Looks to the World 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Ms. Arnold, 34, grew up in a Mormon family in South Jordan, Utah, and was known for being studious and devoutly religious, but also venturesome and independent. A Spiritual Meeting in the Sand and a Wedding There, Too 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z More to the point is how much a natural she is for this versatile and venturesome orchestra. Susanna Mälkki brings more news to the Los Angeles Philharmonic 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z And venturesome is what art institutions need to be in a time when the pandemic continues to morph and — the 2020 census tells us — the American population continues to shift. Counting New Art Blessings Amid the Uncertainty 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The venturesome Seattle Modern Orchestra, conducted by Julia Tai, opens its 2011-12 season with "Music on Words," exploring how composers incorporate text in their work. 3 orchestras in play this weekend 2011-10-26T21:12:03Z Mo Willems, whose books about a kvetching pigeon and a venturesome stuffed bunny made him a star of children’s literature, has focused his powers of silliness onto a sometimes stuffy medium: opera. ‘A Nightmare’ 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z But he has also dipped into venturesome producing models. A play about a werewolf, with the audience in the middle of the woods 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Still, few were prepared for Jackson’s venturesome debut in the court’s first sitting. New Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes herself heard 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z In addition to chronicling episodes from this brave, venturesome life, Drury depicts modern-day nurses, mothers and other caregivers, sometimes imagining them as time-traveling avatars of Seacole herself — hence the plural of the title. Review | Mosaic Theater’s ‘Marys Seacole’ is an ode to mothers of all stripes 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, whose intricate and powerful lyrics, venturesome melodies and sweeping stage visions made him a central figure in contemporary American musical theater, died Nov. 26 at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 91. Stephen Sondheim, central figure in American musical theater, dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The composer and brilliant sound technician Mark Grey has proved especially invigorating and thought-provoking in music theater, most recently and originally in “Frankenstein,” written for the venturesome La Monnaie in Brussels. Fall Preview: 12 classical music makers to watch in a topsy-turvy SoCal season 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Phil’s unprecedented, epic centennial season, which confirmed its position as the world’s most artistically venturesome and socially committed major orchestra. Commentary: How will the L.A. Phil carry on amid COVID-19? Dudamel and Smith lay out a plan 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z This venturesome chamber-music series has a social mission: presenting powerful new works based on themes of the Holocaust and other international victims of persecution and exclusion. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for November 2019 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z On paper, it appeared business as usual for any other orchestra but the uniquely venturesome L.A. Review: Gustavo Dudamel begins a new L.A. Phil season with no need for a gala 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z And what this year’s venturesome Salzburg Festival — the world most extravagant and ambitious performing arts festival — says about L.A. Commentary: Placido Domingo wins a long ovation in his first concert after harassment allegations 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z For the first time, two venerable, venturesome L.A. concert series, Piano Spheres and Monday Evening Concerts, dipped their toes into the summer concert waters with what felt like festival-ish programming. Commentary: L.A. needs a summer music festival. Piano Spheres and Monday Evening Concerts show the way 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z TrillaKay was spinning polychromatic Rico Nasty tunes while the venturesome rap duo Model Home was gearing up for a set of improvised turbulence. Opaline is an underground feel-good party for all five senses 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z His answers were a blend of generic Democratic positions and suggestions that more venturesome ideas should be considered. Pete Buttigieg has everything except positions on major issues 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Even though there was plenty of basketball left, the play was confirmation that the game was safely in the hands of the venturesome Wall. Perspective | Wizards reach their breaking point against Raptors. Then they get it together. 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z The authorities may be particularly keen on attracting venturesome “sea turtles”, meaning foreign-educated or foreign-born Chinese, but they help non-ethnic Chinese too. Chinese cities are competing to woo overseas entrepreneurs 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “The Girl Who Knew Too Much” features a venturesome protagonist who’s in trouble from the first paragraphs of the novel. Amanda Quick takes action to new place and time in ‘The Girl Who Knew Too Much’ 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z He praised what they created: "But those venturesome pioneers crafted a system that unleashed human potential and their successors built on it." Analysis | How two of the most closely watched CEOs see the economy in the Trump era 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z In Byam’s own words: “To strive endlessly to stir a venturesome spirit…,” the new “Leave it Beautiful” initiative is a nod to this pioneer’s grand sense of adventure and all that he created. Living the Dream: Have Airstream, Will Travel Only to the extent, officials say, that Khrushchev is made more bold and venturesome. From the Archives: Russia's 1961 Triumph in Space 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z And while she thrived in San Francisco’s venturesome psychedelic-rock scene, Joplin emulated traditional blues and soul performers. Janis Joplin, with all her contradictions, in ‘Little Girl Blue’ 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Amanda Quick’s “The Girl Who Knew Too Much” features a venturesome protagonist who’s in trouble from the first paragraphs of the novel. Amanda Quick takes action to new place and time in ‘The Girl Who Knew Too Much’ 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Bush challenged a group of executives to “do something bold and venturesome about cancer.” Lenovo's Yang Yuanqing Joins CEO Roundtable On Cancer 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Finally, if you’re more venturesome, you might try to predict where all those baby boomers are going to live. 4 Ways to Invest in Baby Boomers 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z As venturesome as the material is in many ways, it is ultimately about family relationships, about as universal a subject as there is. As 'Boyhood' Reaches Crossroads, Here Are Four Keys To Its Success 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z At another level, they have failed to anticipate and keep up with the challenges posed by a new and more venturesome Scottish nationalism. Scottish independence: catalogue of errors that has brought UK to the brink 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The Grammy Award-winning male ensemble celebrates its 35th anniversary with a performance of original interpretations of vocal literature from Renaissance to jazz and from gospel to venturesome new music. Religion events from across the Washington area 2014-05-02T20:49:49Z They have joined venturesome eaters from Columbia University and Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in the quest for more gratifying neighborhood dining. Downtown Food Goes North 2014-03-28T20:43:45Z "Any CEO is going to be much more cautious or deliberate about doing something that looks venturesome or aggressive. I think that does make people more cautious," he said. DEALS-Activism, economy weighed on M&A in 2013, issues could linger 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z It must be frankly conceded that the occupation by flocks and herds nearly forty years ago of what was then known as the Barcoo and Thomson country was venturesome to the point of recklessness. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Unfortunately, that Candlemas morning, either she had come out insufficiently provided with ammunition or the birds were particularly venturesome. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z A weaker man would have shrunk from going into Egypt and would have preferred to see his flocks dwindle rather than take so venturesome a step. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Its gigantic strength seems but to play with every work of venturesome enterprise, till its cities seem to the stranger to overflow with riches, and its country to be overspread with exuberant prosperity. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z There is nothing venturesome about Lord Stanley—therefore there is nothing great. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Spirits would seize these venturesome ghosts and carry them away to the spirit-land, where special punishments should be meted out to them. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z Youth is daring and originative; middle age is less venturesome, but it possesses, on the other hand, a wider range of experience. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z As five of his seventeen men were then unable even to walk, his venturesome courage in this journey could not be surpassed. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The more venturesome hazarded their money afar, buying shares in steamship companies in the West Indies, in diamond mines in Brazil, or in cattle companies in Mexico. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Was there ever such a lively, acrobatic, venturesome, plucky baby as I, even when I was a day old? Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Before we had been here a year, my father grew venturesome. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Sammy, the venturesome, pushed round the corner of the house, and beckoned with a grimy hand for them to follow. Little Friend Lydia 2012-02-14T03:00:25.563Z But a few spirits, more venturesome or more prophetic, took the trouble to test the new ideas. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z There is simply a "blaze" through the forest and occasional marks where some floundering traveler has preceded the venturesome explorer through the depths of some yawning mudhole. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z But I have often noticed in the course of my life that the strictest masters have the most venturesome and reckless servants. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Following his venturesome and nimble master, he pursues his pathway gravely, judicially, somewhat heavily. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Risk′y, dangerous: venturesome.—Run a risk, to incur hazard. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z It is a venturesome thing for a man over fifty, who has not "kept up his classics," to tackle a boy fresh from school. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:22.100Z His venturesome spirit prompted him to take one step forward,—then another. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z H. Devilin was one of the most active and venturesome pioneers in discovering and making known to others the country on the Flinders. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z I here likewise found a rash, venturesome character, about starting off on a trapping and trading excursion among a somewhat numerous band of Indians, and nowise well disposed toward the whites. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z I was afraid it would—they were so venturesome. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z The venturesome son of the minister proposed to the prince that they should dive into the waters and get at the palace below. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z No other man was ever blessed with such a combination of the safe, sane, intellectually comfortable and the restless, daring, venturesome. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Another haven is foreign stocks or foreign-company mutual funds, and — for the more venturesome and sophisticated — foreign currencies. Where should you put your money? These days, that?s a tough one. 2011-12-31T23:16:30Z She pointed out to those two restless and reckless younger ones that there must be no such venturesome escapades during the remainder of this winter vacation as that connected with the ice-scooter. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z The march of the former was as cautious as that of the latter was venturesome. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Cyrus pushed his questions further: 'If such a venturesome man should appear, how might he accomplish his aim?' The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Few are venturesome enough to brave the dangers and hard work that the pursuit of ibex in winter must entail. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z One day, Klaas, who was sometimes a bit too venturesome, got caught in the open by a black rhinoceros, a savage old bull. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z She wears a riding costume and has just returned from her venturesome interview with De Nevers, who, as she joyfully announces, has released all claim to her hand. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z These men, whom an oppressive monopoly could not keep down, were the most venturesome explorers in all this vast region; they were known as coureurs des bois, or "wood rangers." Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z Later, he grew more venturesome, and crawled out over the ground to make the acquaintance of his neighbours. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Everywhere people were attracted by his captivating individuality; but most thought this new expedition too venturesome. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z "I bet I will," said the venturesome one; and he set off to try his luck. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z “Law is a venturesome sport, my lord,” ironically exclaimed Sam. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Some more venturesome than others, after seeing Ralph and Alfred, began to question them. The Boy Volunteers with the French Airman 2011-11-07T02:00:17.100Z They were, indeed, venturesome, for to undertake such a trip, one took his life in his hands, and the result was that many of them paid the penalty for their daring. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z And it was but once in a while that the most venturesome lads, enticed by the tales he had devoured in that favorite story-book, dared pry into the secrets of that enchanted land. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z In the modern growths, springing up among us every year, the singer has a chance to create, to trace new paths, to take venturesome flights. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z No doubt all this is true; but it remains, nevertheless, a little venturesome to assert that up to the eighteenth century Frenchmen neglected to learn English. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z The lieutenant announced the news to the boys, and added: "I suppose, of course, you wouldn't like to go on such a venturesome mission?" The Boy Volunteers with the French Airman 2011-11-07T02:00:17.100Z He could not rid himself of the suspicion that Helen’s volatile nature and venturesome disposition had led her into some fearful predicament. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z You know how venturesome she is, and having found no one to be afraid of perhaps she has gone right over the island, and sprained her ankle or something. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Drownings of venturesome travellers, under the same circumstances, were frequently reported in those days. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z Judith, you are light-hearted and daring, and you love to be venturesome; but I know you better than you know yourself, sweetheart. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Five minutes, and still no sound came from their venturesome scouts. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Panics were certain to occur more or less often in so speculative and venturesome a mercantile community, where there was such heedless trust in the future and such recklessness in the use of credit. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z There is none I find, None in the world, so venturesome and wild, And yet withal, so tender, true, and mild, As he can be. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z About this time several suburban settlements were formed, but bears, wolves, and Indians soon drove the venturesome suburbanites within city limits. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Then she became more venturesome and spoke more definitely and practically, as she knew he wished her to. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Only a few venturesome spies had galloped down to take observations, and had then ridden away to join their brothers in arms, and plot our destruction. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z “Well,” said Miss Sallie, after a moment’s reflection, “it is very dangerous and very venturesome; 62 but, having got thus far, let us proceed on our way.” The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z The reverse of this route was taken by the venturesome French colonists who, as we have seen, endeavored to make a settlement in the heart of the Iroquois country about the time of Tekakwitha's birth. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z Quite a crowd of people were on the quay to witness her departure on her very long and venturesome cruise. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z The Moriscos had destroyed the bridge, and only a few tottering planks remained, by which a venturesome scout might cross if needful. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z You, who are neither bold nor venturesome, will find yourself there as comfortable as here in our little town. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Boys never feel quite so venturesome on an empty as a full stomach. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z Let us return to our ventriloquist detective and his venturesome expedition. No title 2011-08-23T02:00:29.833Z If you go up to your chin, the slightest wavelet will lift you off your feet, and in that way many too venturesome people have been drowned not twelve inches from safety. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Many a child when exploring a new and dark room, or still more venturesomely wandering alone out of doors, has suddenly woke up to the strange homeless look of things. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Why not convert it into homes for thousands, who, like himself, though less venturesome, were dreaming of a home of their own. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z Or there was the yearly glimpse of the Branch, or Schooley's Mountain, and on rare occasions venturesome parents took their offspring to Hobuck for a fortnight—especially if they were marriageable daughters. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Before Columbus sailed the Atlantic, only a few venturesome land creatures, mostly insects and birds, had crossed the oceans and established themselves. The Real Story of Globalization 2011-08-05T23:59:24Z There were few venturesome visitors to the beach in the daytime and the matinee entertainments were curtailed. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z So the bees are carefully watched and tended, as the blue tomtits find to their cost if they become too venturesome. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Anusia, for her part, did not doubt the likelihood of the Emperor's effective interference; but a journey to the far-off capital appeared to her as dangerous and venturesome as an expedition to the moon. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z It marked the northern boundary of the Minneconjoux hunting grounds, and few of even the most venturesome hunters cared to risk going farther into the north unless accompanied by a strong force of their tribesmen. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z “I told you before,” said Nyoda, “that my venturesome landlady went to the Exposition and left me out in the cold.” The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z Outside, it is a dismal, deserted-looking cantonment, with scarcely a 68 sign of life, save now and then a venturesome canine mascot scuttling from one sheltered spot to another. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z Dane was a trifle staggered by the matter-of-fact manner in which Miss Castro mentioned the way she had disposed of one whom he surmised had been too venturesome a suitor. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z This is a venturesome theory, and is admitted, apparently, to have its exceptions. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z We cannot be really kind without being a little venturesome. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z "Was he—" Frank turned and looked squarely at his friend, as he always did when he had a venturesome question to put—"was he fond of his daughters?" Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z But the crackers were the most popular and that helped one ingenious and venturesome chap to evolve a money-making scheme. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z She set sail upon the venturesome voyage to America with this added weight of sorrow on her heart. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z Carrie was gracious to him, save when he was too venturesome, but he saw that her regard for him was widely different from what it had been. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z Follow the fragile, venturesome forms of our delicate, modernly dressed ladies to the ball room. A Discourse on the Evils of Dancing 2011-07-10T02:00:22.780Z The anxiety was exceedingly great, for at any moment we were liable to be run down by something or another, whose commander was more venturesome than ours. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z One terrified glance at the set face and glazing eyes, and the whole half-dozen venturesome ones turned and stampeded wildly from the terrible spot, muttering citations from the Koran to avert further evil. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z Service bushes turned cream color with bloom and sage put out new growth; calves, high-tailed and venturesome, frolicked between frequent meals from swollen udders, birds nested and shy mountain flowers completed their scant cycle. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Besides, there was always the chance of getting lost, and patrols offered some good opportunities to the venturesome. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z The experiments being new, venturesome, and dangerous, in the eyes of the hospital directors, I was only suffered to operate on the moribund. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z The streets were empty save for prowling dogs, pigs, and venturesome wild beasts. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z You could have borne the exposure, rough though the life was, and it would have been as compound oxygen to your brave and venturesome nature. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z When the time came, however, that put the most venturesome to the test, the coward was found to be the one who went to the front, and distanced all by his cool unflinching English courage. Blackie & Sons Catalogue - 1886 Books for Young People 2011-06-16T02:00:16.233Z Let us now return to the venturesome young man who was voluntarily placing himself under this oft-repeated and portentous ban. The Story of Bacon's Rebellion 2011-06-16T02:00:14.737Z The first white man who crossed this tract did a venturesome thing. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z A third boy, still more venturesome, had almost reached the vacant seat at Miss Kendall’s side, when above the din of hoots and laughter, sounded an angry voice and a sharp command. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z The barn roof was about twenty-five feet high, but Andy could plainly make out the venturesome pilot, and his mechanical eye ran over the strange machine with interest and delight. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z Scarcely a day passes without imminent risk to life and limb of the hardy and venturesome men engaged in the work of breaking log landings and jams, and running boats. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The wind blowing in the sandy deserts drives him headlong towards the watery solitudes into which the quay plunges venturesomely. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The constitutionals were promenades up and down the court, with digressions sometimes out onto the paths when he felt particularly venturesome. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Then one of the guests more venturesome, descended the steps. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Such a move seemed strange, and indeed somewhat venturesome; but nevertheless it was possible. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z If the fellow was asleep, yet to gain the deck above, the venturesome prisoner would have to pass within arm's length of him. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z In the new plays, on the contrary, women of a courageous and venturesome spirit and with a self-possessive assurance are portrayed by preference and with unmistakable approval. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z A step and another, slowly, gracefully, as she bent her lithe figure, her eyes opening now in venturesome inquiry as she took the place which Helen had just vacated. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z "Well, get ready to hear something, but don't faint or scream," and I whispered to her the names of the venturesome boys. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z One of these venturesome wanderers named Durion, who had lived twenty years among the Sioux, was picked up on the river and accompanied Lewis to the mouth of the James, as a much-needed interpreter. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z "Lucky, too, art thou, Saxon, to escape with thy life, and wondrous venturesome withal, in thrusting thy neck a second time into the halter." The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Indeed, at this instant, there was no more evidence of excitement in Lem's face and mien, than had the revenuer been a venturesome fox squirrel gamboling about. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Do not be too venturesome; an honest maid should be still at home, as if she had one leg broken. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z My hope which would not die had made her gay, And unafraid and venturesome and hopeful. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z For a minute or two they circled the corral; then one old cow, more venturesome than the rest, sprang over the fence, breaking the upper wire in the effort, and all followed her to liberty. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z So I started easy, and reversed her, and played around that way for a while, till naturally I got venturesome. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z Some, more venturesome than others, plunged into the water and swam swiftly after the boats. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z "Ah, sir!" said Sancho, "he is not mad, but terribly venturesome." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Elenor, Who had no caution, venturesome and brave, Wrote letters more than frank to one she loved Whose tenor leaked out through the censorship. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z In dry seasons, swine could pick up some feed there, and, now and then, a venturesome cottager turned out a cow, keeping watch lest it should be bogged. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z And George had always been reckoned a daring boy by his schoolmates, in football games or on the diamond; so that this venturesome spirit was no new freak on his part. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z This nettled them, and one lad more venturesome than the others shouted— "So you've found somebody to trust you at last, Brick; I hope they'll not be sorry for it." The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z Some respectfully enough—the show of rank suffices at times to exact this—others, more venturesome, stared at the beautiful girl, and then looked at the worn and feeble figure who walked beside her. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Fool Lacon, Esq., treated it with a little venturesome, trembling contumely, whereupon Charles set him quietly down on the floor, from where he as quietly got up. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z And some of the venturesome were dealt with harshly. Libya?s Experiments With a Free Press Often Rattle the News Media Lab Rats 2011-03-17T00:01:09Z Indeed, he had all he wanted to take care of in following out the rather venturesome plan of campaign he had arranged. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z Everybody agrees that she was a bold, venturesome girl, and the idea appealed to her, as she had never been up. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z A venturesome robin, impatient to be away from the south and back at the all-important business of building a nest and rearing a family, had taken a chance on the weather. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z She was so young, so small, and withal so wise, so venturesome, so defiant. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Our "Archies" were strafing a German plane, venturesome over our country. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Now both infantry and cavalry were ordered out in an effort to intercept the venturesome Rebel artillerymen as they sought to descend from their steep pinnacle of rock. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z He spends each night at it, and his regiment's trenches are now rarely disturbed by even the most venturesome German sharpshooters. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Later on, it was reported that these venturesome craft had been scouting as far north as the Orkneys. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Under the sway of opium a man does venturesome or immoderate things that he would never think of doing otherwise, simply because he has lost the sense of responsibility. Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy 2011-02-15T03:00:18.787Z When a set of the hardy youths start out for the venturesome pilgrimage, they are dressed in white cotton clothes, shod with straw sandals, and have their long hair thoroughly washed and hanging loose. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z The venturesome explorer who plunged into these unknown recesses chose out his own particular route, fought a way through the entanglement of undergrowth, while none might ever follow in his footsteps. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z She bit her lip: "I have found it slightly venturesome on one or two occasions." The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z In the daytime we could not get to these, but at night some of the more venturesome spirits crawled out and returned with their haversacks full. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z It is rather venturesome on your part to place yourself thus boldly on a par with me. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Because many of the would-be boatmen were more venturesome than experienced, seasoned sailors were inclined to eye such pilots with distrust. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z New settlers had lately come to Burnfield, and Miss Jerusha's nearest neighbors, the parents of the venturesome little Smith, lived within a quarter of a mile of her. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z I have always told him that some accident would happen to him for being so venturesome. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Here, too, she surprised everyone by her venturesome spirit no less than by her irrepressible zeal in making collections. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Soon after another venturesome settler brought in a general merchandise store and then the rush began, all fearing they might be too late to secure choice locations. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z He grew more and more impatient and venturesome, and, in the end, naturally met with the reward that he might have expected: lost his balance and went heels over head into the water. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z They were in the service of fiends and fairies, and came at their bidding to avenge the intrusion of venturesome mortals, daring to meddle with sacred things. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z As the program grew, more venturesome and abstract artists were added to the realists first commissioned, including Robert Rauschenberg. Robert T. McCall, Space Artist, Dies at 90 2010-03-05T06:23:00Z It was an expedition into new waters, somewhat venturesome, and for that reason it appealed to him. The Girl From Tim's Place The Captain told us that the description of this very venturesome trip he had heard from Comeau's own brother as the elder one had described it in the heart of his own family. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. It was assumed that the latter had been too venturesome and were captured. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The Jesuit emissaries were brave men, none more so; they were self-sacrificing to an extreme, venturesome and tenacious, indifferent to danger, and fearless of death. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical But for all that, he was so full of malice that he could be quite venturesome rather than miss a chance to work harm to those whom he hated. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies This creek was a much smaller and narrower one than the others, and the rocks were too precipitous to offer foothold even to the most venturesome climber. The School by the Sea But a man of daring puts his trust in chance, and chance favored the venturesome youth by an extraordinary opportunity. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Vehement is the energy displayed in the great dances, they are venturesome in their springs, jubilant in their joy; everywhere there is the poetry of enjoyment of the senses. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Whether this or some better method shall finally prevail depends on so many uncalculated and incalculable contingencies, that he would be199 a very venturesome prophet who should attempt to forecast the future. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Like a venturesome miner, I descended into the psychological depth. The Progressionists, and Angela. As a rule every Chinese is as wide awake to opportunities for laying claim to the property of some one else, as a cat apparently asleep is to seize an injudiciously venturesome bird. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Just as they spread their sails and weighed their anchors, a venturesome French privateer entered the harbor's mouth. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 "It was pretty venturesome to come this far west." The Guns of Europe I would ask as a favor to me," said Mary, with earnestness, "that you will not be too venturesome: the Major is a wiser man than you, so be governed by him. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency First, as the pans rocked under me, I was scary, next I warmed up, gettin' venturesome, until I came near sliding into the wet, and after that I'd look before I lep'. A Man in the Open A lily a very lily lily is accurate and described and surrounded and so venturesome that there is risk and writing, there is even inlaying. Geography and Plays On Liza's next visit she suggested that he might make a parlour too, she thought, and old Joe, getting quite venturesome, jumped at the idea. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves This little pamphlet may serve as a warning to venturesome boys of the twentieth century who yearn to go a-pirating and to bury treasure. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day A far different scene was shortly to be looked upon by our venturesome friends. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Therefore, people who have money never do anything original; that is to say, venturesome; that is to say, courageous. H. R. Now she would be demure, now venturesome, now childishly merry, now assuming a premature sedateness. The Great Miss Driver The bubble goes on growing, until the more venturesome and unscrupulous speculators have borrowed many times as much money as they themselves really possess. Political economy One of my venturesome fancies painted for me the Murillo-woman gliding through those rooms. A Top-Floor Idyl I may further add, as a brave and venturesome soldier. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency That is perhaps true," she said at last; "Guise is vain, and venturesome because he is vain. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion The surplus capital must therefore find a vent, and the larger this surplus capital, the more venturesome it grows and the more insistently it demands that the state back up its enterprises. American World Policies Restless and venturesome, driven by a force he wots not of, the little island of Britain could not confine him, much less his father's shop. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence There could be no doubt that Colonel Burr had actually embarked upon one or more of his venturesome enterprises, and that there had ensued more or less public agitation, if not an armed conflict. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois These little shavers are so venturesome—with horses in particular," said the visitor; "it's Providence, Colonel, takes care of 'em. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Thus, and for this reason, we have started on our venturesome journey, whether or not to a successful issue the future alone can show. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 20, 1887. Psychologically the account fits the Englishman less exactly than the Frenchman, who is industrially less venturesome. American World Policies The more daring and venturesome did not quit the pack, now fretting in their leashes to start in pursuit of the deer across the thickets. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century This was the prospect which greeted them after their venturesome flight with a canoe belonging to other people, after rowing over one hundred miles in twenty-five hours, down the river. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa A little more venturesome, ma'am, than I wanted him to be," replied Horse Shoe; "but he did excellent service. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency You’re the most venturesome young fellow I have ever come across, and if all goes well, as I feel sure it will, we shall meet again before long. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War And then the dark shadowy depths of the surrounding trees would be alive with responsive mutterings and cackles, where the less venturesome of the troop lurked, awaiting further developments. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising With sweeping blows he held the enemy at bay, and as the more venturesome rushed in, the stake went up with a whirl, there was a crash, and another man fell to the ground. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War MacLester was far from being a coward but by nature he was more timid than calm, self-possessed Phil Way, or bold and venturesome Paul Jones. The Auto Boys' Mystery Rather was he inclined to be venturesome; and in addition to that he had carefully schooled himself to fear nothing that Sube was not afraid of. Sube Cane Master Lord refused to answer, and I asked myself if Hiram could be so venturesome as to think it possible we might carry these two Tories out of the town. The Minute Boys of Boston Spitzhase began to repent that he had been so venturesome, but he was ashamed to turn back now, and he had a certain amount of pluck. Black Diamonds I was near to laughing at these words of caution, thinking how completely the tables were turned between us, when it was him who seemingly had grown timorous, and I showed myself the venturesome one. The Minute Boys of York Town Out of its promptings come the heroism of the least venturesome or the poetry of the least romantic! Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier And then boxes and boxes on a brick parapet, with hardy Golden Glow, scarlet geraniums, California privet, and even a venturesome Crimson Rambler. Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half She was at first a venturesome guesser, till her many bad shots drew scathing comments from her teachers and smiles from the rest of the Form. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story Our brother, who was very venturesome, said he could jump over it to the opposite brim. The Adventures of a Cat And a Fine Cat too! Surely you are not so venturesome as to take to the water on a course to the right of Gloucester Point, when by so doing we must pass the king's vessels? The Minute Boys of York Town But when Earl Teja, next morning, caused their heads to be thrown over the walls at the Flaminian Gate, even the most venturesome lost all desire to follow their example. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 But after awhile C——, who was on every occasion the most venturesome of our group, approached the old man, and endeavored to lead him into conversation. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 The water was frozen under the falls, and a natural bridge, formed by the ice, was being used by venturesome people to cross the Niagara River on. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things Once only, after my cousin's death, when I was seated in the place, and in the attitude she herself was accustomed to assume, did a venturesome little creature undertake to pay me a closer visit. The Adventures of a Cat And a Fine Cat too! All this was done under the careful instruction of Captain Kerns, who knew the business of whaling thoroughly, and was determined that the venturesome boys should not be entirely helpless through ignorance. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine The most venturesome gamblers did not stake so recklessly as he did, and therefore did not lose so heavily. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart Following the first tide of venturesome, strong-limbed men came the weaklings, the maimed and crooked of body and soul, the parasites and idlers. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Two or three venturesome spirits were already whispering. Loyal to the School The majority of the deaths were those of too venturesome, or poorly equipped, travelers or prospectors who had perished from cold. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) The record of their trip overland eastward and of their home-coming is bound to be full of interest and incident; for the boys, besides being hospitable, are also very enterprising and venturesome. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine They forced him to crawl up the steep sides of the narrow rocky gorge, by means of holes hewn therein at regular intervals, and serving as footholds and resting-places to venturesome climbers. Pretty Michal Perhaps some call from friendly tribes, some fruitful expedition planned by the more venturesome. Sónnica This new cruise of ours is somewhat venturesome; and I think it 345 needful to warn you not to be in a hurry to suppose us dead. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) When the whole story was told, Don's father reprimanded him severely, and Don promised never to be so venturesome again. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest "What a bold and venturesome lad you are, my boy!" The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres But those girls were, to some degree, seasoned climbers, both,–sure-footed as venturesome! Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl Marmon and Pratt have both been up; and Hill Ki tells me so have two venturesome white women climbers, whose names he does not know, but "they weren't scare." Through Our Unknown Southwest But when England began trading with the Orient, the cockroach grew venturesome, and began putting to sea as a stowaway. The Crow's Nest It is a contrariety of human nature that men devoted to venturesome forms of sport should often be tender-hearted as children. Cynthia's Chauffeur "I declare, Miss Garnet, I—I wish——" She turned her eyes to his handsome face lifted with venturesome diffidence and frowning against the blustering wind. John March, Southerner The Basques of Bayonne and St. Jean de Luz, a race of men quaint, venturesome, and fabulously bold, left many widows, from their habit of sailing out into the roughest seas to harpoon whales. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages At length one venturesome spirit remarked, "I hear as he's a great man in his own country." Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies Curiosity and a too venturesome spirit may lead to mischief and trouble too great to be remedied. The Colored Girl Beautiful The wealth of his glimpses "de omni re scibili," the abundance of his intuitions and his reasonings, have a brilliant and at times a venturesome character. The Forerunners He must climb venturesomely to the very tip of the slippery limb, gnaw the cone from its hold, then run down the tree and gnaw it to pieces for the tiny seeds within. Old Plymouth Trails However that may be, the object of our rapid all-night march, and of our venturesome stand, out here, in front of the Spottsylvania line, was accomplished! From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw His words had the effect of scattering the few venturesome persons who had collected to see what the bear might do. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone Twice or thrice as I looked down I saw a spasm of pain break over Harold's face; but when I paused and glanced inquiringly, he motioned me to go on with my venturesome task. Miss Cayley's Adventures A venturesome robin perched upon the bare bough of a cherry tree that grew near one of the sitting-room windows, and gave vent to his short and frequent song. Peggy Owen and Liberty The free-traders in the woods were aware of this necessity for exposure, and waited until a man started on his venturesome journey. The Wilderness Trail She was too small to find at a moment's notice any terms in which she could dissuade Dave from so venturesome a project. When Ghost Meets Ghost One venturesome grasshopper had made a spring toward the food, but had been caught and had his energies turned in a far different direction. Two Little Women No thought of fear entered venturesome Ruby's mind. Ruby at School She was generally very good and only now and then broke out with a venturesome enterprise that hurt nobody. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The greatest jesters, the most arrogant, the most venturesome, have their days of anguish. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations The Vera Cruz highway clung to the mountain side, but the Contra Guerrillas took a venturesome little bridle path which dropped abruptly down into the rich valley of a thousand or more feet below. The Missourian The man-life was clearly astir in them still; and so even the nearest and most venturesome among the dingoes sat a good hundred yards distant from the camp. Finn The Wolfhound It was not the weaklings of the Danes or Normans, Jutes, Saxons, or Angles who came to conquer Britain, but the bold, the hardy, the venturesome of each tribe or people. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations He soon feels quite at home with her and grows more venturesome. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements The surprise of these venturesome visitors is impossible to be described, when they found us at Jala-Jala, calm, and in perfect safety. Adventures in the Philippine Islands With knowledge of her identity, the project that was building in the stranger’s dark mind loomed more and more dangerously venturesome. The Missourian Jim was more interested in their venturesome trip across the Plains than in reasons for doctrinal affiliation, and he steered the conversation by saying: "How did you come out on the Plains trip?" The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country The little child pushes through its first month of venturesome encounter with the rough world it has entered upon bravely; and the household is restored to its uniform placidity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 “I have no doubt of that, but there are others just as venturesome as he, and they will try it.” The Great Cattle Trail Still higher are the rugged bare prominences, reserved for the wild goat or mountain sheep, and the snow fields traversed by the more venturesome seeking to gain the summits. The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists Ahem! yes, of course, my boy; but you must not be so venturesome. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam Once it had been a venturesome bluejay that had wintered near the Mohunk; but the wary bird was awing before the first snowball struck near its perch. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School It was a great setback to the enthusiasm of the girls, but as Reliance told Esther Ann, she should not have tried so venturesome a thing at the very outset. A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays But coming events do not always cast their shadows before; and just at that moment none of the venturesome scouts could so much as guess what awaited them in the disturbed country beyond. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields It could not have been improved if created especially for the yacht, the motor launch, the row boat and even the venturesome canoe. The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists He seized the most venturesome by the skin of his back, and in spite of several blows from his claws, threw him heavily against the trunk of the tree and broke his back. A Romance of the West Indies "Well, none of our ministers ever went such a venturesome way before," said the timid little old lady. Diana This satisfied the less venturesome, and they all sat down on the floor to make a selection. A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays In proof of this it is said there are fine apartments underneath the ground, to explore which several venturesome persons have gone down, only one of whom ever returned. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Only a few venturesome spirits have plucked up heart to establish farms where the soil is the richest. The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries Father Griffen recalled his two slaves who were too venturesome and would have penetrated into the orchard. A Romance of the West Indies Three miles outside of Tombstone stood an adobe building wherein a venturesome saloon-keeper had installed himself, a barrel of that remarkable whisky known as “Kill Me Quick,” and sufficient arms to maintain possession against road-agents. When the West Was Young She played ungodly songs, but Mary Hope had a venturesome spirit. Rim o' the World Ardent chimera, effort venturesome Of Art and Pleasure�figure fanciful! Enamels and Cameos and other Poems It was not a time to take venturesome risks, for he could not spare a man. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War I'm not sure whether it was Correy's argument or my own venturesome disposition which swayed me, but immediately after lunch Correy and I, with a picked crew of men, started out from the ship. The Death-Traps of FX-31 He's too venturesome, though I'll admit that it would have been different if he had succeeded. Blake's Burden Yes, sir; the skipper would show the Jolly Harbour folk how near a venturesome man could come to letting daylight into a Jolly Harbour hull without making a hopeless leak. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys And the dove, grown venturesome, Shall upon thy shoulder come, And its rosy beak shall sip From the nectar of thy lip. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Quarter was neither given nor asked, and unlucky was the too venturesome Austrian regiment that penetrated the Serbian lines the first few days without sufficient support. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War After pausing on the threshold to see who was present, Lady Barbara Neave entered the room falteringly and with a suggestion that she was belatedly repenting a too venturesome effect in dress. The Education of Eric Lane He is curious, he is venturesome, he enjoys change, he relishes novelty, he is eager to better his condition. The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation She became venturesome much as a mouse might; she would risk Vesta's presence on the assurance of even short absences—two or three days. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel With calls and cries and beat of wings, Grown eager now and venturesome, The swallows hold their twitterings, To see the blight of winter come. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems But the venturesome spirit of many German submarine commanders knew no bounds. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Vaughan looked up and saw that his venturesome friend had climbed even higher than the platform, and was standing right on top of the main casting, and was waving his arms towards the south. In the Musgrave Ranges The adventurous find something romantic in dangerous enterprises; the venturesome may be simply heedless, reckless, or ignorant. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The river carried him swiftly toward a town whose electric lights sparkled on a high bluff, Hickman, and he saw the cabin-boat of the young and venturesome woman clearly outlined between him and the town. The River Prophet An idea occurred to her, venturesome indeed, but certainly feasible. The Madcap of the School That is, they were venturesome, but not courageous with the steadfast courage of civilized men. A Boy's Town We should, even in trifles, avoid every circumstance which can tend to make girls venturesome; which can encourage them to trust their good fortune, instead of relying on their own prudence. Practical Education, Volume II All great explorers have been adventurous; children, fools, and criminals are venturesome. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Stuteley, being of venturesome mind, must needs attempt all manner of tricks upon this motley company of soldiers. Robin Hood And there were rambles in the lanes, going after wild strawberries, and even the venturesome ones went on the sly to Dunk's Ferry and had their fortune told by Old Alice. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Two or three of us American women, eager to learn all we could, because we were daily told that the war was over and we should soon be going home, were rashly venturesome. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China The snow made riding a little venturesome because the horses slipped a great deal, but Chub is dependable even though he is lazy. Letters on an Elk Hunt In the face of his work in these directions, it happened that a venturesome and enterprising saloon-keeper bought a vacant property adjacent to the church, and opened up an aggressive business—much to Maxwell’s dismay. Hepsey Burke A life so strange and venturesome she did not know what to think of herself. The Saracen: The Holy War I came from a venturesome stock, and the instinct of commercial enterprise may be regarded as hereditary in my family. The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories He ran because he couldn't help it; because of the sheer excitement of the running; because he was venturesome, and because of the very mystery and danger of the adventure. The Combined Maze On reaching Melville Bay, Kane decided to take the middle passage, direct through the dreaded pack—a most venturesome route for a sailing-vessel. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History One of the earliest was built by James W. Gerard, a prominent lawyer, who was regarded as a most venturesome pioneer to establish his residence in such a remote locality. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century But he had little doubt of the course things would take as he stopped to look at that venturesome star, that seemed to be going altogether too near the moon for safety. Somehow Good Citizens hurried home after the first alarm and did their part by looking under every bed in their houses, after which the more venturesome visited garrets, cellars and woodsheds. Anderson Crow, Detective So precipitate, so venturesome was Ranny, that in a month from that memorable Sunday he found himself married and established in a house. The Combined Maze But nothing, we imagine, could long have deferred her next step, strange and venturesome though it was. Famous Women: George Sand When a person was sufficiently venturesome to build a house for himself, he selected a residence suited to his tastes and directed a builder to erect one like it. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century His spirit, which danger had made bold and venturesome, seized upon an idea. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain This proceeding took place the day before the match, so that batting must occasionally have been a venturesome business. Highways and Byways in Surrey For when Ranny's mother said he was that venturesome, she meant that he was fond, fantastically and violently fond of danger, of adventure. The Combined Maze "The child is just dazed, your honour!" cried a voice from the crowd, which rang strangely in Elsie's ears, but the venturesome individual was silenced immediately. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Should he do so, then, indeed, would the life of the venturesome hunter be in deadly peril. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mignon had hardly driven away when Mary caught the venturesome youngster in her arms. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore Right," she said, "was all the time so venturesome that from morning till night I died of worry and anxiety. It, and Other Stories From the very first his mother said that Ranny was that venturesome. The Combined Maze There is nothing like being on your guard when dealing with a venturesome as well as a treacherous enemy.” Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills "But Mr. Hunter was saying only to-day that you are too venturesome." Only an Irish Girl She had already started down the driveway with her venturesome charge. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore "How long will it take you to get there?" enquired the old woman, immensely impressed by Bouzille's venturesome plan. Fantômas Accordingly he grew venturesome, and began to go out-of-doors at all hours of the day or night. The Doomsman Yet a venturesome spirit impels me to use words of sight and sound whose meaning I can guess only from analogy and fancy. The World I Live In His place is secure among the venturesome, strong, self-reliant men who in various ages and countries have for a time hastened, or stayed, or diverted from its natural channel the great stream of affairs. Stephen Arnold Douglas Fortunately for the too venturesome tern the fisherman was a lover of birds, and he managed with some difficulty to reel it in gently, after which it was released none the worse for its mistake. Birds in the Calendar On went the boats, all large and safely manned, In competition not too venturesome. The Woman Who Dared This venturesome infant hopped about four inches from the walls of the cottage, looked upon the universe from that remote point, then hurried back to his brothers, evidently frightened at his own boldness. Little Brothers of the Air The two venturesome Americans who came to Europe in this ship had but scant pleasure either in their voyage itself or in their visit to France and England. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" This led him to examine the face of the venturesome Indian. The Riflemen of the Miami And there was nothing for the venturesome rider, or would-be rider, to cling to but this strap or blanket. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery He had always been of a roving and venturesome disposition—a vicious habit formed when he was a soldier. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan The hill-tribes, emboldened by their success, became more venturesome, more unruly. The Hero From those venturesome and spirit-night-wanderings I came home with garments wet with melted snow; they believed I had been in the garden. Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It would be venturesome to suggest very definite generalizations with respect to the precise influence of these conditions, because, so far as the writer is aware, the psychology of isolation has not been worked out. Chapters in Rural Progress A fellow of his venturesome and restless spirit forced to remain in a dungeon-keep for such a time! Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure The most venturesome of the group faced P�p. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan They were pained and indignant at hearing all she had suffered, but they both said it would prove a good experience, if it should teach her to be less rash, venturesome, and self-assured. Stories of Many Lands Long before the coalition was ready Napoleon's mind had recurred to his venturesome project for the invasion of England. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) They was too venturesome; they went too far ahead, and must have perished of sheer cold; leastways that's what I've heard. The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys There was, too, in these repeated silent visits to the dump a possibility of discovery that appealed to that venturesome spirit so characteristically a trait of the Ten Hundred. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry The island turned out hardy and venturesome priests. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan At length, one of the most venturesome of the party discovered an eagle's nest on one of the smallest towers, and with great difficulty he secured the bird and brought it down to the king. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends I am venturesome enough to believe that I was a very passable Pedagogue; and of this I am certain, that I was entirely beloved by my Scholars. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Don't you know that human nature is the same the world over in all time and in all places, and that the venturesome fellow appeals to all classes—rich as well as poor? A Pirate of Parts The forgeries became numerous, and the total amount on that day when the passage of a new tariff saved the venturesome speculator, was very large. A Black Adonis To base on such a point the theory that the comet of 1680 was visible at the time of the fall of Troy, the date of which is unknown, is venturesome in the extreme. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy Sometimes when he was tired he took a turn at keeping the enemy from becoming too venturesome on the cliff brink. The Tale of a Trooper How the party escaped death by poison is a wonder, for they were very venturesome in their essays, and not unfrequently were punished for their boldness by severe vomitings and other unpleasant symptoms. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Following the most venturesome methods of analogy, it has constructed conceptions of the world made up almost wholly of feelings and images—symbolic architectures. Essay on the Creative Imagination Bradford was one of that venturesome company which, in 1607, embarking at Boston, in Lincolnshire, sought to flee from English tyranny, and find a home in Holland. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History And somewhere floating the high seas are a venturesome sailor-captain and a crew, who when in their cups tell, 'tis said, strange tales of bags of gold and mysterious documents. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated This ascertained, and the exact line you have to travel being now clear before you, it is evident that you cannot be so venturesome as to attempt the excursion without your slippers and dressing-gown. Happy-Thought Hall Never had the venturesome Connecticut lad been so near death as he was at that moment. Far Past the Frontier Whence arise, if we leave out the mixed forms, two principal types—the calculating, the venturesome. Essay on the Creative Imagination "Yes, Frederic, who has been listening to you for some minutes, and who thinks you a little venturesome in your remarks." The Son of Monte-Cristo Its imposing form, placed near the Boer position, had an air of lifelike reality, and naturally the enemy jumped at a chance of riddling so venturesome a foe. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 We know how persistently the cultivated venturesome East overflowed Eastern Europe, and how religious Europe thrust itself into the East, and on these broad bases we plant our imaginings. The Tapestry Book Still farther up the hollow Wilson's warblers were trilling blithely, proclaiming themselves yet more venturesome than their gorgeous cousins, the Audubons. Birds of the Rockies Even Annie the cook, a bold venturesome person, had never quite penetrated to a full discovery of this hallway. Chimney-Pot Papers The majority do so, but, as I have said, the race produces in its way its quota of venturesome explorers, who now and then are encountered many hundreds of miles from home. Camp-fire and Wigwam And now, it seemed, Janice's father had paid the toll for heeding his own venturesome spirit. The Mission of Janice Day Here one goes on from task to task, each one bigger and more venturesome than the last; acre added to acre, a gasoline tractor to the horse-plow, another quarter-section broken. Prescott of Saskatchewan I’m afraid he’s inclined to be venturesome just now.” The Long Portage Perhaps early in the summer the water at the ends may be up to one’s shoulders, but now it is scarcely above the waist, and none but the cleverest and most venturesome dare to dive. At Plattsburg But as the years rolled by, venturesome hunters and trappers from Virginia began to thread their way through the tangled woods of the region lying to the south of the Chesapeake. In Ancient Albemarle But it appeared that the love of money was too great for all their dread of punishment, and a vehement desire of gain is natural to men, and no passion is so venturesome as covetousness. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 And scarcely a month ago, a venturesome young man from Bartfa climbed the road to the castle in the dead of night on a wager. The Secret Witness A venturesome player, however, will omit this, especially if he should tag another player from behind, and trust to his own powers of dodging for getting safely away. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Some boys are very venturesome, and will rush into danger, no matter how often they read of accidents that happen to others, and constantly disobey the commands of their parents. The Skating Party and Other Stories He did not keep near the duke that day, but went dashing about wherever his venturesome spirit led, performing almost incredible feats of arms. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds Brave, reckless, idealistic chaps—careless of peril, unafraid of death—who deliberately sought danger and the venturesome life as found during the war, over there. Barbarians Within reach of the protection of these forts, lived some British traders and trappers, and a few venturesome settlers. Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola With his heart in his throat the venturesome lad groped like a blind man, grievously barking his shins and his knuckles, until he bumped into the timbers of the bulkhead. Blackbeard: Buccaneer As each settlement became more thickly settled the more venturesome spirits pressed on into the mountains. Blue Ridge Country With years, speculation as well as action becomes less venturesome, and I look increasingly to the changeless past as the quiet field for my future labors. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Frank, curious and venturesome as he might be, was yet keenly alive to hidden dangers, and, as he rowed around among the rocks, kept a sharp lookout for treacherous currents and submerged ledges. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 The venturesome explorer who brought his ship into some uncharted port not only opened up a new source of wealth but also established a reciprocal relation that quickened civilization at both ends of his route. A History of Sea Power It was masked by a curtain, and this too she pulled aside, slowly and nervously like some small animal that is timid and yet venturesome. "Unto Caesar" The girl was of a venturesome disposition, and, with a number of others, had gone out rowing. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch At the time it was quite the thing for venturesome Americans to go and join the rebels and help the fight for "Cuba libre." Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude He was a venturesome being who never cared what he said or did. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths Several of the most venturesome members of the school had tried to follow the figure, but when they came round the corner, to their immense surprise it had utterly disappeared. A harum-scarum schoolgirl I’m afraid, Simon, you were a little too venturesome entering for an examination like this. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story We’ll go on till I get you into the parts where none but the most venturesome guides have been. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps Button-Bright, who was rather venturesome, dashed away after her and also became invisible to them. The Lost Princess of Oz "Oh, don't be too venturesome, darling!" said Mrs. Bruce. An Australian Lassie Six hands were stretched out to help her as she completed the venturesome journey. A harum-scarum schoolgirl Tradition does insist, however, that he wore a derby hat when he arrived, which was considered highly venturesome. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Then he did a bold and venturesome thing. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger These gentlemen thought the young men were rather venturesome to undertake the voyage before them in so small a craft; but the best wishes of all of them went with the party. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Yet Dot had never been "too venturesome" in her life. An Australian Lassie I drew back from the green mass as though I had been doing something venturesome. Greener Than You Think No venturesome one must go down there and try the ice without Mr. Pease, or Samuel, being on hand. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall I've known a wheen o' lassies in my time that would do queer things for the lads they had their hearts set on, but ne'er a one as venturesome as her. The Northern Iron "I don't think we shall, though we were protected by half a dozen rifles," replied the captain, who had been the leader in the venturesome exploit. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics It was a venturesome business; but there was no help for it. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols There is a venturesome twinkle in his smile, and even a playful permission in her own as she shakes her head. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana "Will you pardon my saying you are a trifle venturesome?" A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike "I should never have forgiven you if you hadn't," said Phyllis, as they started eagerly down the mean street, in which noisy trams threatened the lives of ragged, venturesome children. Old Valentines A Love Story The Governor thought it an excellent, but venturesome plan. A Little Girl in Old Quebec They say ye are a prudent lad, not over venturesome; and I think I could trust my property to ye. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols “Well, ladies are not expected to be as venturesome as men.” Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow A venturesome expedition had also been essayed by our host, in the shape of a voyage down the chasm in a boat. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy We never considered that we were doing anything venturesome; the sport described was followed by all and sundry, quite as a matter of course. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Thou art getting to be such a venturesome midge that it may be well to have so devoted an attendant. A Little Girl in Old Quebec That night the contractor and his men got off; the players sobered up, and we resumed operations; but the playing was not so large, nor the players so venturesome. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi The enemy had lately grown wonderfully bold and venturesome—skirmishing with picket outposts, bullying reconnoitring parties, and picking quarrels upon unconscionably slight provocation almost daily. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy To him was entrusted the most venturesome part of the night's work. Adventures in Many Lands One consequence of this peculiarity of mind was that he “took his bearings” on short and known distances, as well as on long venturesome rambles; he tested himself and his compass, as it were. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication He was enthusiastic and venturesome, and before the close of his twentieth year had led several expeditions against the Osages and Sioux. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 “Oh Harry, don’t be too venturesome,” cried Mrs Boyns earnestly, as her strapping boy was about to follow his father out into the pelting storm. Saved by the Lifeboat I became more venturesome from a sudden feeling as of fire rushing through my veins. The Gray Nun If he can furnish more than two tricks, he will declare, and the Dealer can then, if he so desire, continue the No-trump, but to bid without first hearing from the partner is obviously venturesome. Auction of To-day His airy play with the texts of Holy Scripture had been too venturesome for many. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation Natives join them from various motives, for it would be venturesome to assert that they are all moved by religious conviction. The Philippine Islands There must be in the quaint little backwaters of Mala Strana a certain indigenous type which considers it bold and venturesome to cross the Charles Bridge, a proceeding smacking of foreign travel. From a Terrace in Prague The activity of the great roads was the march of armies, the roving of marauders, the journeys of venturesome merchants or well-armed knights. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Even the most venturesome doublers realize that, except in the unusual case, it is unwise to double a bid of one, whether it be in a suit or No-trump. Auction of To-day Perhaps it was rather venturesome thus to trust myself in the hands of an unknown man, but I slipped on my clothes, and keeping touch of his arm, accompanied him into the dimly-lighted corridor. At the Point of the Sword They appeared to take great interest in the Christian religious rites and received baptism, although it would be venturesome to suppose they understood their meaning, as subsequent events proved. The Philippine Islands It showed the same venturesome originality in color-use, the same breadth and fidelity that marked Mr. Key's later pictures of Sumter, Charleston harbor and scenes on the James river. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Some critical historians do not altogether discredit the assumption that these two venturesome traders ascended the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and even reached the Mississippi, twelve years before Jolliet and Marquette. Canada As the war continued, venturesome skippers eluded British men-of-war and found their way to European or Dutch West India ports, bringing home rich cargoes in exchange for tobacco, flour, and rice. Union and Democracy While they, in company with hundreds of others as venturesome, trudged heavily up the narrow trail, a roar as of an earthquake suddenly sounded their death-knell. A Woman who went to Alaska Even though there might be venturesome collectors who would dislodge the last nests, the wet season fortunately sets in and prevents their being reached, hence the bird is at length able to continue propagation. The Philippine Islands One venturesome little gray form clinging to the branch overhead by its tail, timidly touched Piang’s shoulder. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old The little fellow was a venturesome boy, and tried to cross the bay in a heavy sea. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast In fact, it was only by continual alertness that the clothing of the venturesome travelers was not ignited. Steve and the Steam Engine Had it not been for the strange face, had the venturesome girl not followed the face's owner, who could say how differently events might not have turned out? The Paternoster Ruby The Emperor now lost all patience, and determined not only to repress these venturesome foreigners, but to stamp out the last vestige of their revolutionary machinations. The Philippine Islands Had it not been for words of 'venturesome edge' spoken from the pulpits on necessary occasions, we cannot estimate how the liberties of Scotland would have suffered. Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series It was deemed advisable that Mr. Gourlay's case should be a perpetual warning to any and every person who might thereafter dare to tread in his venturesome footsteps. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion There was also Eric's son Leif, a venturesome young viking who had made a voyage south from Greenland, and reached a strange country with wooded shores and fragrant vines. Discoverers and Explorers Keeping safely behind the more venturesome brother, Dab followed at a slow trot. The Book of the Cat The cliff-side is as sheer as Gibraltar, affording not even a foothold for the most venturesome climber. Plotting in Pirate Seas He knew only too well that many anxious hearts would be suffering because of the dreadful uncertainty that hung over the fate of the quartette of venturesome aeroplane boys. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck These things may seem a bit wearisome, but they became an important part of the daily program with the venturesome small boat cruisers, and as necessary as partaking of their meals. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie For all Archie knew it was her own room that the venturesome Governor was ransacking and at that very moment he might be stuffing his pockets with her belongings. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Some, more venturesome than others, started to retreat, but the unexpected appearance of the Professor's warriors drove them back, and without firing a shot or loosing an arrow they submitted. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages It may seem too venturesome to call this the last stage of Paul's unconscious preparation for his apostolic career. The Life of St. Paul Again and again Cranley chucked out the counters he had lost, which the others gathered in, or pushed three or four bank-notes with his little rake in the direction of a more venturesome winner. The Mark Of Cain Each was, in his own way, venturesome, fearless, and more or less practised in cliff climbing. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers The jawbone of the King is said to have been picked out by one bold youth; smaller bones and such-like curiosities were the easy prey of the less venturesome. Westminster Abbey Occasionally a whole community emigrated, but usually hardy, venturesome individuals pushed out into the wilderness, opening up the frontier continually farther toward the setting sun. Society Its Origin and Development Something far stronger than a repeating shotgun was needed to extricate him from the difficulty into which his venturesome spirit had carried him. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat "You're too venturesome, Miss, to be coming out all this way in that little boat," he said. Priscilla's Spies On the 25th of November, 1852, all arrangements being made, Dr Barth set out on his venturesome expedition to Timbuctoo, intending to proceed first to the town of Say, on the banks of the Niger. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley “Nay, they might have been venturesome and gone down by ladders, same as the old ones used to be from sollar to sollar.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Twice more was this watched, when Mr Rogers, feeling alarmed lest the driver should be too venturesome, whispered to his sons to shoot. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers There was danger, of course; for the stream ran swiftly, and the venturesome wader might be swept away. Middy and Ensign The men of the corps were in high glee during the following days, the Boers making two or three attempts to cut off our grazing horses and oxen, but smarting terribly for being so venturesome. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer But ah! these summer reveries, these venturesome dreams, these fairy castles, builded for no good purposes,—they are haunted by impure spirits, who will fascinate, bewitch, and corrupt you. Pushing to the Front The ivory game is a rich one and there are always venturesome men who are willing to take chances with the law in getting the prizes. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country There was a cautious beginning with »their own Consuls»; it was too venturesome a task to begin the system at once with the question of their own Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents It was great fun for the boys to feed them, and to even catch some of them by their feet, so bold and venturesome were they. Winter Adventures of Three Boys Suddenly it came: a dog more venturesome than the rest sprang at the lion, and was caught by him. The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa The main body of the savages broke for cover, but several, more venturesome than the rest, sought to carry away the wounded chief. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen In the larger enterprises older men are proverbially less speculative, more conservative, less venturesome than the young. The Family and it's Members Their first bit of trouble on this somewhat venturesome tour occurred at Taiyneu; when the bill was brought for their night’s entertainment, they found it was most exorbitant. General Gordon Saint and Soldier In the meantime the men with the double-barrelled guns kept picking off the more venturesome of the wolves, while the men with the other guides rapidly loaded them. Winter Adventures of Three Boys Some other lads were as venturesome as myself, and we used to go up the Humber with the tides, for several miles at once. The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe The bravest and the best are usually the first to fall; the boldest and most venturesome the most liable to capture. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo It may have been noticed also that no one, even bold Lil Artha, the most venturesome of them all, volunteered to make the additional test when morning came. Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails "Tom was always venturesome and reckless of danger," replied Mrs. Gray with an ominous shake of her head. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer And so, I say, Mr. Jack MacKenzie continued to pour instructions into my ear for the venturesome life on which I had entered. Lords of the North Their first vacation was spent in an exciting ride over the Old Apache Trail in Arizona, following this with a venturesome journey on horseback across the arid waste of the Great American Desert. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers A few venturesome lads who had never seen a midget climbed up to the braces that held sill to pillar to get a better view. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story These Mormons were a most venturesome people and daring settlers. Ranching, Sport and Travel A rain of stones fell on the raft; one boy, more venturesome than the others, started up the hill but "Al-f-u-r-d's" fire repulsed him. Watch Yourself Go By A venturesome sunbeam, casting its light upon a picture on the heavy walnut dresser, seemed to recall the cause of her sleepless night and present uneasy state of mind. Pearl and Periwinkle His cotton would remain on his plantation until some venturesome buyer came, paid him cash, and carried it away with him. White Ashes For siege works against bold and venturesome men should be constructed on one plan, on another against cautious men, and on still another against the cowardly. The Ten Books on Architecture The nations of the world heard the cry; and the most enterprising and daring and venturesome—the wicked as well as the good—of the nations of the world started straightway for California. The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 |
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