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1 They live in dread lest Venus discover how superfluous they are here.
2 People dread lest they should see them reappear when all is accomplished.
3 Deserted by everything else, you dread lest it, too, may forsake you.
4 Wouldn't he rather have had a horrible dread lest she should disappear?
5 I hope they are amiable; I dread lest they prove unruly and spoiled.
6 He was consumed with dread lest the thing should occur again.
7 She knew a moment of dread lest Ishmael should rebuff it.
8 I dread lest he should have done anything rash, and lost his life.
9 She was filled with dread lest these two men should meet.
10 Therefore, I dread lest the queen will be shamed for this.'
11 At this hour, he was in dread lest he should omit to be prudent.
12 He had approached this point with a horrible dread lest she should misunderstand him.
13 I am every moment in dread lest something may cause me to lose my life.
14 He had a dread lest the gale might have ravished his stores during his absence.
15 I know nothing about it, but dread lest the Prince should partake his mother's disgrace.
16 After five minutes' dread lest he might be pursued, he struck a match and read:
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