ALARM

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ALARM

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Association of Litigation and Risk Managers

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If it had been like some other places, I do not know that, in such a night as this, I could have answered for my courage: but now, to be sure, there is nothing to alarm one."

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I am not more alarmed about little Charles now than he is.

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Jennings, perhaps satisfied with the partial justification of her forebodings which had been found in their late alarm, allowed herself to trust in his judgment, and admitted, with unfeigned joy, and soon with unequivocal cheerfulness, the probability of an entire recovery.

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It was full of alarm for him, and sympathy and affection, while she looked around at the others with flashing, angry eyes.

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Rowena, somewhat alarmed by the mention of outlaws in force, and so near them, strongly seconded the proposal of her guardian.

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They likewise dwelt upon the cannibal propensities of the Happars, a subject which they were perfectly aware could not fail to alarm us; while at the same time they earnestly disclaimed all participation in so horrid a custom.

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He was terribly alarmed, and crouched and trembled as if expecting instant death.

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- Rumors of Lurking Enemies.- Scouts.- An Alarm.-A Sallying Forth.

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"I am seriously alarmed. It is only two days since I called here last, and I see a marked change in her for the worse--physically and morally, a change for the worse.

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"I am not at all alarmed. Earnestness in you, is anything but alarming to me."

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"I am not alarmed," he replied; "I have too long foreseen this event, to feel alarmed at my approaching dissolution--no, for that, blessed be my God and my Redeemer, I am in some degree prepared; but I feel it impossible to shake off the feelings of this life while the pulse continues to beat, and yet the emotions I now experience must be in some measure allied to heaven; they are not impure, they are not selfish; nothing can partake of either, dear Charlotte, where your image is connected with the thoughts of a future world."

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Some men might have been amused, and some might have been alarmed. Doctor Wybrow was only conscious of a sense of disappointment.