 | 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
...found out, and fell upon the wounded person, and between dead and alive eat him up to his very skull, which, after the fight was over, and the ship retaken,...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 - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... 