1667, John Milton, Book I, line 49Pretty soul, she durst not lie, near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy.
1843, , , book 2, ch. 6, Monk Samsonnor was there a monk who durst speak to me, nor a laic who durst bring me food except by stealth.
1883:Robert Louis Stevenson, Captain Smollett, the squire, and Dr. Livesey were talking together on the quarterdeck, and, anxious as I was to tell them my story, I durst not interrupt them.
1896, A. E. Housman, , XXX, lines 1-2:Others, I am not the first,''Have willed more mischief than they durst'
