manfulness

Example Sentences

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The manful childishness, the childish manfulness of such a reply, were impenetrable.

From Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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)

He only sees his own weakness, and want of life, of spirit, of manfulness, of power. 

From Westminster Sermons with a Preface by Kingsley, Charles

The servant brought rest and charm into that flat; and George went half-daily to a near-by school, taking himself to and fro with the utmost manfulness.

From Married Life The True Romance by Edginton, May

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