manfulness

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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

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

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

But here we are met with the cry of strength and manfulness.

From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney

It was lovely to see how sweetly she and Henry helped him up and brushed him off, and the boyish manfulness with which he always took it.

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.