Richard had bidden him to be kind to Ethie, and John had said he would; and after that promise was given had the farmhouse been on fire the sturdy fellow would have Periled life and limb to save her for Dick.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes
He was re-elected in 1792 and in 1796 was elected President of that Republic for which he had freely Periled life, fortune and honor.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
Conceive the worry, of feeling yourself perpetually on your promotion-of knowing, that by delay you risk the imputation of cowardice or incapacity, while on the first decisive action must be Periled the supremacy, that all men are so loth to surrender.
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence