It was as though he must have companionship, in spite of his brave announcement that he must fight his fight alone.
Besides, this woman was, in her way, asbrave and as generous as Virginie Poucette.
O Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free, The shrine of each patriot's devotion, A world offers homage to thee.
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
Were all men as enlightened, as brave and as self-respecting as they ought to be, would they suffer themselves to be insulted by any other form of government than a republic?
The Roman poet Horace says that there were many brave men before Agamemnon, but there was no Homer to put their valiant deeds in verse.
The generous Howe and his brave companions gathered round, and there was not a heart that did not feel what it was to be beloved.
He met his end like a brave man in the great October gale which all of us remember.
In spite of this reticence, it must not be supposed that the family were unkindly: more gentle and helpful men never lived, and there was not one of them who had not done some brave thing.
In the dales and in the fishing-villages along our north-east coast may still be found plenty of brave men.
He will do the most brave things in a stolid, unconscious way; but he could not frame a hundred consecutive words to tell anyone what he had done.
It was not a merry existence for a young man who heard the brave currents of life sounding around and calling him vaguely to come and adventure himself with the rest.
So this did end the lives of thesebrave saints, For their adhering to the Covenants.
My heart sank within me--while I beheld the despair on the faces of my brave fellows--as I struck out the head of the vessel.
Unsupported, I found myself by the brave Nisbet, and Paton, and Hackston.
Then bidding the soldiers do their worst, the brave youth uncovered his head, and stood prepared to receive the fatal fire.
But, no; they are too well aware of what the consequences would be to brave the lion in his den.
We beheld our commander doing everything that a brave soldier could do with factious men against an overpowering foe.
The gallant General Hackston stood on that spot with his brave men.
We saw the line of the foe advance in all the military glory of brave and beautiful men--the horses pranced--the armour gleamed.
One brave and ---- struggle And he gained the solid land And the cover of the mountains And the carbines of his band.
To browbeat or cow is to bring into a state of submissive fear; to daunt is to give pause or check to a violent, threatening, or even a brave spirit.
Pallor is ordinarily a mark of fear; but in some brave natures it is simply a characteristic of intense earnestness.
He painted eight other pictures of this brave man, who entered the navy at ten and at eighteen had been round the world.
Do not go with me; I will go alone, and I promise you I will be a brave little girl.
Our English land, so brave and free, Where waves the flag of liberty, Can yet, while all our hearts approve, The Scottish stranger fondly love.
The book is especially commended to boys, who will delight in the martial spirit breathed through the tales, and cannot fail to be benefited by reading of the courage, honor, and truth of these 'brave knights of old.
But where is the brave man who would dare to go down among those rocks, armed with guns, pistols, or whatever he pleased, and take one of them!
It would be well if all boys or girls, to whom a hazardous feat presents itself, would ask themselves the question: "Would it be a brave thing for me to do that, or would I be merely proving myself a simpleton?
Lady Clarice had not forgotten thebrave act of the boy, and also remembered what he liked best in the world.
There were three of these sailors, however, who were too brave to stay there and see a bear devouring the bodies of their friends, and they returned to the island.
There have been brave men upon the battle-field ever since the world began, but there never was a truer soldier's heart than that which kept this boy alive until he had borne to his General the glorious news of the battle won.
But Carl was better pleased when the lady called him into her room, and kissed him, and cried over him, and praised him for a kind, brave boy, and said he had saved her life.
I will go at once," he said; "but I cannot leave you here, my brave boy!
How could it be otherwise when the cowardly Yankees met our brave sailors?
Bullets were hissing and spitting over the crest of the ridge in such showers as to make observation to be a task for a brave man.
The new officer had early achieved a part of his ambition--to be called a brave man by established brave men.
They had no real fault, unless it was that early conclusion that any brave high-minded youth was necessarily a good soldier immediately, from the beginning.
It was a brave act for the captain of a United States transport, and he was visibly nervous until he could again get to sea, where he offered praises that the accursed 307th was no longer sitting on his head.
So he told his wife, Aunt Em, of his trouble, and she first cried a little and then said that they must be brave and do the best they could, and go away somewhere and try to earn an honest living.
When he went ter de war he looked so brave an' han'some; an' wen he com'd back he looked orful.
I am glad that you were brave enough to face this cruel prejudice, and give her a situation.
Yes; as brave a fellow and as honest as ever stepped in shoe leather.
Strong men wiped the moisture from their eyes, and women's hearts throbbed in unison with the strong, brave words that were uttered in behalf of freedom for all and chains for none.
But he was braveenough to face the consequences of his alliance, and marry the woman who was the choice of his heart, and on whom his affections were centred.
Yes; I was not brave once, but I'll try to be brave now.
Brave hearts are under it, Let the traitors brag, Gallant lads, fire away!
Let brave Columbia's noble band With hearts united rise, Swear to protect their native land Till sacred freedom dies.
Great bands of shameless fugitives are fleeing from the field, And the day is lost, if Illinois and brave Kentucky yield.
The brave fellow told them, no thing he restrained,-- The cruel general!
Not too long the brave shall wait: On their own heads be their fate, Who against the hallowed State Dare begin; Flag defied and compact riven!
We sailed to and fro in Erie's broad lake, To find British bullies or get into their wake, When we hoisted our canvas with true Yankee speed, And the brave Captain Perry our squadron did lead.
Let brave Decatur's dauntless breast With patriot ardor glow, And in the garb of vict'ry drest Triumphant blast the foe.
Brave St. Clair, when he first retired, Knew what the fates portended; And Arnold and heroic Gates His conduct have defended.
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on Life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few.
Brave is the Age wherein the word will rust, Which means our soul asleep or body's lust, Until from warmth of many breasts, that beat A temperate common music, sunlike heat The happiness not predatory sheds!
Whence reverence round grey-haired story grew: And inmost spots of ancient horror shone As temples under beams of trials bygone; For in them sang brave times with God in view.
A brave To-be is dawn upon my brow: Yet must I read my sister for the How.
They're brave enough, but somehow or other they get fastened in a fence corner, and can't figure their way out.
This was the reply made by Lincoln to an application for the pardon of a soldier who had shown himself brave in war, had been severely wounded, but afterward deserted: "Did you say he was once badly wounded?
To General Grant, his skillful officers and brave men, all belongs.
A brave sight she was to look upon; ploughing the bright waters which foamed and sung beneath her paddles; while our brig, with her white sails, followed like a butterfly in her wake.
Here is the last letter," said he, "ever I received from my brave and only brother; a short extract from which will serve fully to clear up the whole of this very curious business.
He was at the battle of Pentland, with five brave sons at his back, two of whom were slain in the action, and he himself wounded.
I come into a family as a brave mountain robber or free-booter; but you come as a deceitful friend, promising to treat the family with all good things, that you may poison them every one unawares.
We have an awful prospect before us, but we are a handful of brave determined friends, resolved to conquer or die together.
I hear the girt ship went down the river at daybreak, and there's a brave deal of our work on board.
A brave youth, though he fretted and strutted and bullied me so.
What, and is my stout, bravefather going to have faith in what yon silly woman says!
Tell me, brave boys, is it my little, bright, tricksy Janet?
I will be very brave and--and cheerful, but I would so like to know.
You must know that we moles are very brave animals, and we fight a great deal; sometimes with each other, but mostly with great serpents which live in the ground, although it really belongs to us.
But I am too braveand too strong for them, so I kill them instead, and eat them as well.
With the rough winds blowing round her, a brave woman strained her eyes, As she saw along the billows a large vessel fall and rise.
It always draws my breath out into sighs To see a brave look in a woman's eyes.
In all Koordistan Lives there not so brave a man As this Robber Kurroglou!
Uncounted gold shall be given to the man whose brave right hand, For the love of the periled city, plucks down yon burning brand!
No regrets wasted on words I am leaving, Falling with brave men, and face to the sky.
Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?
Old England's watch dogs of the main Their vigil kept, and not in vain; For not a ship their wrath dared brave Save those which skulked beneath the wave.
They lay along the battery's side Below the smoking cannon: Brave hearts, from Severn and from Clyde, And from the banks of Shannon.
O brave Marshmary buds, rich and yellow, Give me your money to hold!
A leather haubergeon and an iron helmet, in which there was placed a small white feather, plucked from a cock's wing, constituted the armour of this brave seconder of Hume's gallantry.
That person kept continually by his side, and seemed to consider the brave Borderer as his chosen companion-in-arms, whom he was bound to defend through all the perils of the fight.
The Greeks were a brave and ambitious people, and their history is full of heroic deeds and stirring events.
Everywhere brave men and women are preparing themselves in earnest for the high calling of teacher, hopeful that the future will bring them the recognition they deserve.
But not to insist upon ancient examples, let us come to those worthies that have been nearest to us; and take the brave examples of our own age.
It is the part of a bravecombatant to be wounded, and yet overcome.
