mettled

Example Sentences

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You need not fear.—A raw youth, captain, but a mettled one, I'll warrant him.—A word with you.

From The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts by Colman, George

My spirit resembles nothing else so much as a mettled steed, whose curvettings are restrained by an inexorable rein.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

Only the mettled Kurt had taken certain measures, which, in regard to their effect, might supply the place of miracles.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

The schooner, like a mettled steed whose head is suddenly set free, was already in motion, and with gentle forward swaying leaps rising to the wave and gathering speed under her swelling sails.

From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton

The lords of Carthage by the door bide till the tarrying queen Shall leave her chamber: there, with gold and purple well beseen, The mettled courser stands, and champs the bit that bids him bide.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William