manfulness

Example Sentences

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To attack, to repel, to protect, to perform some deed demanding manfulness, energy, free, fearless strength.

From Bye-Ways by Hichens, Robert Smythe

Subdue mutiny, discord, wide-spread despair, by manfulness, justice, mercy and wisdom.

From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas

"No, no, Nancy," he replied with a manful struggle for manfulness, "I—I —It's meant, I reckon," and slunk away from the girl's brutality as if it were his own shame.

From The Leatherwood God by Howells, William Dean

Hence, liars, and scoundrels, and vulgar bullies abound, and men skulk and grin, and play the double-face, till they lose all manfulness.

From Ardath by Corelli, Marie

The chapter was then read with a simple trust and manfulness like that of an ancient patriarch.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)