And yet, sir, do you have the audacity to assert that you peddle rum all day, and drink none yourself?
Such is the story which Guicciardini and Giovio and a host of other more or less eminent historians have had the audacity to lay before their readers as being the true circumstances of the death of Alexander VI.
And impossible it is; yet Villari achieves it, with an audacity that leaves you breathless.
Boundless audacity and swiftest intelligence welded into an amazing whole!
He had the audacity but not the ethical consistency of his crime.
With the promptitude and audacity which particularly marked his character, he completely changed his plans and rounded on Maunoury.
The Spanish governor promptly resented this piece of audacity and captured the place, but was compelled to restore it immediately by orders from Madrid.
His popularity and prestige were unbounded, and his audacity and courage unprecedented.
With incredible audacity he attacked the Spanish ships wherever he found them.
In handling his division under Sheridan's general oversight, he seemed to act always on the belief that in campaigning with cavalry, when a certain work must be done, audacity is the truest caution.
Upon which the Doctor thought better of it, and having vented his solemn audacity, received smiling audacity with apparent good humor when he came to restore the borrowed horse.
The woman of brilliance and audacity whom he had met in the hilarious hall showed a disposition to ridicule him.
The woman of brilliance and audacity stayed behind, taking up the bills and stuffing them into a deep, irregularly-shaped pocket.
A deed had been determined on, which, for audacity and villany, has but few parallels in either ancient or modern story.
Charles continued his researches, incensed at a flight of audacity higher than ever had been ventured upon by these secret societies, who, whatever might be the dread inspired by them, had not as yet attempted to cope with sovereigns.
Here were suspended the portraits of his various mistresses; among others he had the audacity to place there the likeness of the Bavarian princess, wife of Jean-sans-peur.
With weak audacity I complied, and suddenly the cry was heard three times with fearful loudness and rapidity.
And they have the audacity to call their craft the Lola--the Lola, of all names!
He then changed the halter and saddle, and had the audacity to go and offer the animal for sale to the countryman, before the latter had discovered his loss.
Indeed, Tom might not return very soon, in which case he would not hear anything about Lance's audacity unless Lance himself told it.
He spoke to the team gruffly and with a tone of authority that held them quiet, wondering at his audacity perhaps.
You threatened me last night--actually had the audacity to threaten me, and to boast about what you had done, and what you might do again.
And Mademoiselle de Gramont has the unparalleled audacity to send her silver here for my use?
How had you the audacity to fly in the face of my command?
I can scarcely believe she would have the audacity to use my name, or occupy herself with the affairs of my family.
She seemed to have the audacity to expect that you would become her humble companion.
I admit also more audacitythan I cared about, with enviable health, mettle, and vitality.
It was practically an invitation to dissolve: an unheard-of audacity of that evil madman.
Decoud seemed to find a fresh audacity in this voicing of his thoughts.
The audacity of youth reckons upon what it fancies an unlimited time at its disposal; but a millionaire has unlimited means in his hand--which is better.
She smiled up at him, and her old audacitywas quite gone.
He spent money easily, he danced well, he hadaudacity and a sort of sardonic humor.
Growing bolder from the impunity which attended their movements, they next proceeded to Ypres, and had the audacity to break into the cathedral, and deal with it in the same ruthless manner.
The reckless audacity of the man is shown in his correspondence; and the free manner in which he deals with persons and events makes his letters no less interesting than important for the light they throw on these troubled times.
He at once determined to strengthen the garrison, if possible, by a reinforcement of two thousand men under Dandelot, a younger brother of the admiral, and not inferior to him in audacity and enterprise.
It was HIS delay and dalliance with her that had checked Neworth's visit; worse than that, it was his subsequent audacity and her defense of him that would probably prevent any renewal of the negotiations.
It seemed as impossible to withstand the girl's invincible audacity as her beauty.
The first pillaged a few ships, towns and castles; the latter plunders hundreds of thousands every year of the world, and then has the sublime audacity to come into court and plead that his business is both legitimate and necessary.
Whereas in all things else he matched and equaled others, in this one fact of absolute audacity and complete freedom from fear, he outmatched all and so closed the pedants' mouths of praise.
This we did, the brazen audacity of the proceeding not striking us at the time.
I told him that I had had the audacity to approach you on the subject of the Royal Society.
The wantoning and the riot of the season gone are softened in memory, and supply joys to the season to come,--just as youth's audacity and pride give a glow to the recollections of our manhood.
The thrall of teachers is ended, and the audacity of self-resolve is begun.
The Russians have moreaudacity and more imagination.
