Citations:safety


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * They are for holding their notions, though all other men are against them; but I am for religion in what, and so far as the times, and my safety, will bear it.
 * No, there needs no more words about this matter, indeed; for he that believes neither Scripture nor reason (and you see we have both on our side) neither knows his own liberty, nor seeks his own safety.
 * So he read it to his fellow; after which they both concluded that that was the pillar of salt into which Lot's wife was turned, for her looking back with a covetous heart, when she was going from Sodom for safety.


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * "We have heard only twice. He wrote me a few lines on Wednesday to say that he had arrived in safety, and to give me his directions, which I particularly begged him to do. He merely added that he should not write again till he had something of importance to mention."