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For others life is but a foolish leisure with mock activities and mimic avocations to mask its uselessness.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKAgain, she was present at the battle of Silan, where her heroic example of courage infused new life into her brother rebels.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANIt is not likely that the inhabitants of Ivrea, who thus commemorate her heroic deed, will ever forget their Mugnaia.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSAll men are not heroes, and in many countries men may become average hunters without being particularly heroic.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNENow men laughed at him, pointed to him with their fingers, and made their children mock and hoot the penniless insolvent.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSWe shook each other by the hand, and congratulated one another mutually, as if we had done some great and heroic deed.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERHe was in love, and, being very young, wanted to do something insanely heroic.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSEdward sent him to London, 'fettered on a hackney,' to undergo the same barbarous death as his heroic brother.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONBooks of impassioned poetry, and descriptions of heroic character and achievements, were her especial delight.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTWilliam Eaton, an American general, died; celebrated for his heroic achievements in the expedition against Tripoli, 1798.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLWORDS RELATED TO MOCK-HEROIC
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