poltroonery

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You believed rather the tales you heard of our poltroonery, and impotence of body and mind.

From The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers by Weems, Mason Locke

Stanley was very much moved by this generous offer and the anxiety of the king to make amends for Lamboozi's poltroonery and thieving conduct.

From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler

Coconnas, an Italian, instead of inviting contempt for his poltroonery, inspires aversion for his crimes.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

Still he hesitated, though he told himself that it was not by boggling at trifles that men arrived at great ends--nor by poltroonery.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.

Just as the Allies poised for the last tremendous all-satisfying coup de grâce the Empire put up her hands and whined the word that had become the world-wide synonym for poltroonery, “Kamerad!”

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry