1830, w:Robert Y. Hayne|Robert Hayne, s:Webster and Hayne's Celebrated Speeches/Mr. Hayne's Speech on Mr. Foot's Resolution|Speech in the United States Senate:
And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?
1890, (w), The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XIV:
"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"