The spell of French invincibility was rudely dissipated, and the designs of the tyrant as regards Spain and Portugal were baffled.
She had snatched the prestige of invincibility from the English, and raised the spirit of France.
The spell of England's invincibility seemed for a moment broken, and enemies began to start up in various quarters.
When once a nation has been conquered, and its belief in its invincibility is gone, its power withers away.
The legend of whiteinvincibility was shattered, the veil of prestige that draped white civilization was torn aside, and the white world's manifold ills were laid bare for candid examination.
Above all, the legend of white invincibility lay, a fallen idol, in the dust.
The two main ideas of Shakespeare's portrait, the idea of an artist in crime and the fascination of invincibility which Richard bears about with him, are strikingly illustrated in the wooing of Lady Anne.
The invincibilityof its Legions, or the perception of that prowess, and the inevitability of retribution were among the most significant factors.
That aside, the example or perception of the invincibility of American military power is not a bad one to embellish.
It was his aim, by the fearlessness and the impetuosity of his first assaults, to impress the Turks with an idea of the invincibility of the French.
Even Kleber supposed that they were bound for England, and reposing implicit confidence in the invincibility of Napoleon, he said, "Well!
But even more self-comforting, if possible, than this iron trust in her own inexhaustible resources was England's conviction in the invincibility of her Allies.
It was a tribute to his invincibility which cast into the shade all the eulogiums of his friends.
On the contrary, it has given life and invincibility to the cause of Texas.
Her poilu is her beau ideal of faith and courage, of patriotism and devotion to the principles of human rights, of cheerfulness and hopefulness, of invincibility in that his cause is just.
Invincibility If we persistently desire good things to come to us for unselfish purposes, and at the same time faithfully perform the duties which lie nearest, we will eventually find our desires being realized in the most unexpected manner.
The fame of Lepanto rang through Europe and broke the legend of Turkish invincibility on the sea.
In fact Cromwell's "Ironsides" of a later day owed their invincibility to very much the same spirit.
When Lee drew in his several columns around Gettysburg, the South confident in the invincibility of the army, and in the genius of its leader, never doubted the issue of the grand trial of arms which was at hand.
Faith in the invincibility of the republic was rooted as an indisputable dogma in the hearts of the French people.
Belief in the invincibilityof Napoleon had vanished, and little fear was entertained of the raw conscripts whom he was forcing into the ranks to replace his slaughtered veterans.
Outside Germany there is, probably, no one who doubts the invincibilityof the British Navy and the unchangeable will of the British (strengthened by the danger of the past year) to maintain its supremacy.
These Belgian troops were all old soldiers of Napoleon, to whom they were attached, and in whose invincibility they believed.
Maurice's hard-won triumph greatly enhanced his fame, for the battle of Nieuport destroyed the legend of the invincibility of the Spanish infantry in the open field.
