Preciosa tried to realize the newness, which she had always taken for granted, and the remoteness, which had never made itself particularly plain to her consciousness; all this that she might reach some appreciation of his venturesomeness,-a gallant, spirited quality not misplaced in one so youthful, so self-confident, so fitted for success and mastery.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller
She did not mind doing wicked things that had a spice of hardihood and venturesomeness in them.
"From Jest to Earnest"
E. P. Roe
Geraldine was very glad of Felix's substantial arm, but she had rather he had omitted that rebuke for venturesomeness in dealing with her, which would have affronted Fulbert, but never seemed to trouble Lance, who was only triumphant in his success; and her perfect contentment charmed away the vexation which really arose from a slight sense of having neglected her.
"The Pillars of the House, V1"
Charlotte M. Yonge