1 Notwithstanding the high resolution of Hawkeye he fully comprehended all the difficulties and danger he was about to incur.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 26 2 I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence.
3 Few are willing to incur the odium attaching to the reputation of being a cruel master; and above all things, they would not be known as not giving a slave enough to eat.
4 No; neither do I wish to incur guilt.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian. 5 However, Jacopo insisted on following him, and Dantes did not oppose this, fearing if he did so that he might incur distrust.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo. 6 If I fail I shall, of course, incur all the blame due to this omission; but that I am prepared for.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS 7 There were some who accused him of lukewarmness in his adopted religion, and others who put it down to greed of wealth and reluctance to incur expense.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 8 She told me that her anguish had at last spurred Linton to incur the risk of liberating her.
9 Possibly the author may also incur censure at the hands of those so-called "patriots" who sit quietly in corners, and become capitalists through making fortunes at the expense of others.
10 The over-prudent, cats as they are, and because they are cats, sometimes incur more danger than the audacious.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV... 11 It was the first time she had received a direct communication from Bellomont since the close of her last visit there, and she was still visited by the dread of having incurred Judy's displeasure.
12 Every thought filled with apprehension for the previous treasure he had concealed in the cavern, the young man started to his feet, totally regardless of the hazard he incurred by such an exposure.
13 After this termination of the scene, Duncan wandered among the lodges, unquestioned and unnoticed, endeavoring to find some trace of her in whose behalf he incurred the risk he ran.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24 14 Some few years before, a negro woman, who had incurred Legree's displeasure, was confined there for several weeks.
15 Lonely as was Hester's situation, and without a friend on earth who dared to show himself, she, however, incurred no risk of want.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE