 | Daniel Defoe, George Carleton - Great Britain - 1743 - 370 pages
...prevented. There is a Bravery of Mind which I fanfy few of thofe Gentlemen Duellifts are pofTefs'd of. True Courage cannot proceed from what Sir Walter Raleigh finely calls the Art or Thilofophy of Qiiarrel. No ! It muft be the Iffue of Principle , and can have no other Baiis than a... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 728 pages
...that he would still have continued these sirnn of cowardice if he had not been prevented. Tnere il a bravery of mind, which I fancy few of those gentlemen...consider, and answer me this question. — Why he, that hnd r»n so тплпу risks at hi« sword's point, should be fn shamefully intimidated at the whiz... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 698 pages
...continued these siens of cowardice if he had not been prevented. There is a bravery of mind, which 1 efoe mnny risks at his sword's point, should be so shamefully intimidated at the whiz of a cnnnon ball ?... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1885 - 568 pages
...painted in his house in St. James's Park. I must not omit one very remarkable occurrence whichhappened in this ship. There was a gentleman aboard her, a...will appear more plain, if those artists in murder vvill give themselves leave coolly to consider, and answer me this question, — why he that had ran... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Secord - 1924 - 530 pages
...says : "There is a bravery of the mind which I fansy few of those gentlemen duellists are possess'd of. True courage cannot proceed from what Sir Walter...have no other basis than a steady tenet of religion." In "Duncan Campbell" Defoe speaks of an ambush arranged with much false courage, and of the courage... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Secord - 1924 - 256 pages
...says : "There is a bravery of the mind which I fansy few of those gentlemen duellists are possess'd of. True courage cannot proceed from what Sir Walter...have no other basis than a steady tenet of religion." In "Duncan Campbell" Defoe speaks of an ambush arranged with much false courage, and of the courage... | |
 | Language and languages - 1924 - 496 pages
...says : "There is a bravery of the mind which I fansy few of those gentlemen duellists are possess'd of. True courage cannot proceed from what Sir Walter...have no other basis than a steady tenet of religion." In "Duncan Campbell" Defoe speaks of an ambush arranged with much false courage, and of the courage... | |
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There is a bravery of mind which I fancy few of those gentlemen duellists are possessed of. True courage cannot proceed from what Sir Walter Raleigh finely calls the art or philosophy of quarrel. No ! It must be the issue of principle, and can have no... 