Nay, mine own prowess and the sanctity of divine oracles, our ancestral kinship, and the fame of thee that is spread abroad over the earth, have allied me to thee and led me willingly on the path of fate.
But old age, frozen to dulness, and exhausted with length of life, denies me the load of empire, and my prowess is past its day.
His bravery was beyond suspicion; indeed, it was through fear of his prowess that none disputed his supremacy.
He spoke of his desire to bury the past in oblivion, and complimenting the veteran on his prowess in the late engagement, saluted him with the endearing name of "father.
The haughty Castilian chronicler held the race of unbelievers in too great contempt to waste a thought on their calamities, except so far as they enabled him to exhibit the prowess of his countrymen.
It seems to have been a common opinion, that Don John was more fond of displaying his personalprowess than became one of his high rank; in short, that he showed more the qualities of a knight-errant, than those of a great commander.
Sometimes they even joined in hand-to-hand combats with their enemies, wielding their swords and displaying a prowess worthy of the stronger sex.
It is a narrative which may be read with pride by Spaniards, for the minute details it gives of the prowess shown by their heroic ancestors on that memorable day.
Whether he went to exhibit his prowess against the Seminoles and Mexicans, or whether he returned to till the fertile soil of his native German Flats and blow his favorite boatman's horn, must be left for some future historian to tell.
An officer who had exhibited the most distinguished prowess in the battle-field, and also in some private enterprises demanding unequalled courage and daring, was the first to bring us the news.
To him Caesar had restored the position of his ancestors, in consideration of his prowess and attachment towards him, because in all his wars he had availed himself of his valuable services.
My business is with those who approve of a sally: in whose advice the memory of our ancient prowess seems to dwell in the opinion of you all.
Softly, you damn'd Rogue, not a Word of myProwess aloud.
England, France, Spain, and the United States have during this period tried their prowess with these less than three hundred thousand braves and only now has the decimation become complete.
These representatives of former greatness and prowess gathered from their peaceful wigwams from many and faraway lands to hold once again and for the last time a council of the old days.
Tribal traditions are handed down from age to age by enacting in the dance, on the part of the warriors and braves, their deeds of valour in war, their triumphs in the chase, their prowess against all foes.
Jason is he, whose skill and prowess won The ram from Colchos.
Yes, I do," and his eyes twinkled with satisfaction and pride in the prowess his young master had displayed.
Yet with all his prowess he was so modest and so manly that he excited no envy among his companions, and the duke and duchess came to love him as if he were their own son.
Thou shalt know how much I have always esteemed thy prowess and thy virtues; for since I have held arms, I have never known thy equal!
Never," says the Christian chronicler, "has there been such a people for prowess in battle as these Turks.
Oliver had so grown in prowess since his first encounter with Roland that he was now the peer of his friend in every point.
The northern tribes who followed Atahuallpa's banner were superior in military prowess to the Incas who fought for Huascar, uniformly beating the latter with numbers constantly inferior.
Stopper, famed and named for his prowess with just such cattle, wheeled in his tracks and lengthened his stride to a run.
Bud rode on to the ranch with his boss, and tried to answer Dave's questions satisfactorily without relating his own prowessor divulging too much of Stopper's skill; which was something of a problem for his wits.
But, unquestionable as was the martial prowessof the Spanish soldier and adventurer, and the fearless devotion of the Spanish missionary, there appears nothing like systematic planning in all these immense operations.
A hundred heroes will fall by them in their first conflict, and they will share prowess with every man in the Hostel, and they will boast of the victory over a king or chief of the reavers, and afterwards they will chance to escape.
Thrice nine will fall by him in his first encounter, and he will share prowess with every one in the Hostel, and he will chance to escape therefrom though wounded.
I swear to God what my tribe swears that, in their first encounter, three hundred will fall by that trio, and they will share prowess with every three in the Hostel tonight.
And Cormac will share prowess with any man before the Hostel, and he will boast of victory over a king or crown-prince or noble of the reavers; and he himself will chance to escape, though all his people be wounded.
And he will share prowess with every one in the Hostel, and he will boast of triumph over a king or chief of the reavers in front of the Hostel.
They will share prowess with any six in the Hostel, and they will escape from their foes, for they are out of the elfmounds.
Thrice nine men will fall by them in their first encounter, and they will share prowess with every one, and they will chance to escape.
They will share prowess with every one in the Hostel, and they will chance to escape from it with their fosterling.
CXXI With heart and prowess the Franks have stood; Slain was the heathen multitude; Of a hundred thousand survive not two: The archbishop crieth, "O staunch and true!
Saith Roland, "My comrade is much in wrath; Won great laud by my side he hath; Us such prowess to Karl endears.
Forests must at that time have covered a great portion of the country, and given shelter to beasts of chase worthy of the martial prowess of the occupants of the Isthmus.
The plans and theprowess of the emperor were thought to have effectually secured those portions of the island, which it was prudent to retain in the grasp of Rome.
His real weapon was his brain, that which civilisation had given him in lieu of primitive prowess and the giant's strength.
Of the prowess of Lee's veterans sufficient has been said.
Not content with extolling the prowess of the Western troops, with whom he had hitherto served, he was bitterly satirical at the expense of McClellan and of McClellan's army.
The promptitude and prowess which his protege had exhibited in the affair was to him a source of the greatest gratification.
The prospect was attractive and exciting for Tom, who loved a fight as he loved nothing else, and who had a very exalted idea of his ownprowess and skill in arms.
Marlborough, whom no combination of military prowess can daunt, trembles and turns pale before the frown of his wife!
It originated among the peasantry, who commemorated the prowess of their favorite heroes in rough verse sung by the cottage hearth.
Yet the ideals were low, mainly of physical prowess and sheer brute strength.
Neither personal service nor personal prowess was the source of his power.
And in an undeveloped country the possession of a great estate was not a social grievance, but an evidence of success in the perennial contest with nature, the measure of personal prowess and a test of civic virtue.
He had a most beautiful countenance, and for strength and prowess there was none to equal him in the baronies of Connacht.
Of Mallybarry, another man of prowess in party fights, and an Orangeman.
Tordenskiold is an epithet bestowed upon the Danish Admiral for his prowessand heroism.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prowess" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
