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1  A very good name, and, I dare say, handed down from honest forefathers.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
2  None dared to answer, though all listened in breathless expectation of what might follow.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 30
3  There was something so commanding in the distress of the old man, that Heyward did not dare to venture a syllable of consolation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16
4  It will be your duty to see that none dare to approach the ladies with any rude intention, or to offer insult or taunt at the misfortune of their brave father.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 17
5  As Duncan dared not retort upon his accuser by reminding him of his own premeditated treachery, and disdained to deprecate his resentment by any words of apology, he remained silent.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
6  Still Magua, though daring and much exposed, escaped from every effort against his life, with that sort of fabled protection that was made to overlook the fortunes of favored heroes in the legends of ancient poetry.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 32
7  His high and haughty carriage was not lost on his captors, who often bent their looks on his person, with eyes which, while they lost none of their inflexibility of purpose, plainly betrayed their admiration of the stranger's daring.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 23
8  Unlike other men engaged in the spirit-stirring business of war, they stole from their camp unostentatiously and unobserved resembling a band of gliding specters, more than warriors seeking the bubble reputation by deeds of desperate daring.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 27
9  But as they regarded the fatal accuracy of an aim which had dared to immolate an enemy at so much hazard to a friend, the name of "La Longue Carabine" burst simultaneously from every lip, and was succeeded by a wild and a sort of plaintive howl.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 12
10  Every few yards as he proceeded he was challenged by the sentinels; but he stalked sullenly onward, utterly disregarding the summons of the soldiers, who only spared his life because they knew the air and tread no less than the obstinate daring of an Indian.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 17
11  While, in the pursuit of their daring plans of annoyance, the restless enterprise of the French even attempted the distant and difficult gorges of the Alleghany, it may easily be imagined that their proverbial acuteness would not overlook the natural advantages of the district we have just described.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1
12  Bold and rapid as was the progress of the scout, it was exceeded by that of a light and vigorous form which, bounding past him, leaped, with incredible activity and daring, into the very center of the Hurons, where it stood, whirling a tomahawk, and flourishing a glittering knife, with fearful menaces, in front of Cora.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 12
13  But when time was given for reflection, and the warriors remembered that their formidable and daring enemy had even been in the bosom of their encampment, working injury, fearful rage took the place of wonder, and all those fierce passions with which the bosom of Magua had just been struggling were suddenly transferred to his companions.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 27