valiant

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Against these valiants balance England's means: Raw merchant-fellows from the counting-house, Raw labourers from the fields, who thumb for arms Clumsy untempered pikes forged hurriedly, And cry them full-equipt.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

The accents of the voice, falling clamorously on my ear, had indeed sounded familiar, but I had rather thought of P�re F�lix, Pipe-en-Bois, Soult or any other valiants of the former revolutions.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

There ensued an unseemly struggle betwixt the two valiants, Tammas bellowing and kicking in the throes of mortal fear.

From Bob, Son of Battle by Ollivant, Alfred

"They're certainly an indispensable stage property," admitted the colonel with something of an effort, recalling various evaporated valiants of the Cuban campaign.

From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny

These valiants wriggled, crawled, and occasionally doubled across the burning sands.

From The Kangaroo Marines by Campbell, R. W.