manfulness

Example Sentences

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Subdue mutiny, discord, widespread despair, by manfulness, justice, mercy and wisdom.

From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas

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

One likes to note, in passing, how frequently Catherine urges frail, cloistered women, sheltered from all the din and storm of outer life, to "manfulness."

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

Rude stubborn self- help here; a whole world of squalor, rudeness, confused misery and want, yet of nobleness and manfulness withal.

From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)

To which he answered, with an honest manfulness, in a tone which is now pathetic enough to me, that he was much grieved yet much obliged, and uncertain how to decide.

From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas