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Meanings of lest worse in English

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Usage of lest worse in English
1
There is but one remedy, lest worse follow and all be ruined.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
2
I rede you to go on your way, lest worse befall you.
The White Company
3
With the disapproval that lifts no finger-winkingat tyrannies lest worse befall us.
The Freelands
4
Therefore he set himself to stop it at once, lest worse should befall.
The Way of the Wild
5
She was trembling with fear lest worse might betide her even than this.
Can You Forgive Her?
6
Be advised by me and leave Rome quickly, lest worse things befall you.
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
7
Take the hint lest worse plagues arrive; learn wisdom and avoid the Red Sea.
Happiness and Marriage
8
Most unwillingly the woman remained;-butdid so fearing lest worse evil might betide her.
John Caldigate
9
Therefore gather together your effects, and waste not a moment, lest worse befall you.
Dead Souls
10
It is fitting therefore that you make such terms as you may, lest worse befall.
Sir Nigel
11
And old Madame Hamon murmured a word and passed hastily on lest worse should befall.
Pearl of Pearl Island
12
Let us teach them better lest worse should happen.'
The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria
13
Prudence gained the day, and after a struggle he decided to submit, lest worse might befall him.
The Rome Express
14
To Guernsey therefore he should go, with instructions not to return to Sercq lest worse should follow.
Carette of Sark
15
Some brave men of our society say, 'Let us make a stand here, lest worse things come.
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ...
16
Though the thing is not much, yet I would not permit her begin to do so, lest worse should follow.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 45: August/September 1666
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