Both Uses of
precarious
in
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
- It is the good fortune of many to live distant from the scene of sorrow; the evil is not sufficient brought to their doors to make THEM feel the precariousness with which all American property is possessed.†
Chpt 3. *
- A government of our own is our natural right: And when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in our power, than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance.†
Chpt 3.
Definition:
unsafe or in danger of getting worse -- especially in danger of falling