You have been warned of all the evils which a guilty life incurs upon those who go on their way defiantly!
"Mattie:--A Stray (Vol 3 of 3)"
Frederick William Robinson
We now come to the assertion that if the United States takes to itself interests beyond the sea-of which Hawaii is an instance-it not only adds to its liabilities, which is true, but incurs an unnecessary exposure, to guard against which we need no less than the greatest navy in the world.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
But a government which is both inefficient and exclusive incurs a weight of odium under which it must ultimately sink; and this was the kind of government which the Transvaal attempted to maintain.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce