 | 1814 - 570 pages
...boisterous character — " What, Sir," cried he, " do you tremble .'" " Yes Sir," replied the other, " and if you were half as much afraid as I am you would run away." This young officer signalized himself on many occasions by his gallantry, though, had he... | |
 | John Todd - Students - 1853 - 302 pages
...French cavalry in Spain. As they rode together, one grew pale, trembled, and his feet shook in the stirrups. His companion, a fine, bold fellow, observed...story, and to ask for a worthier companion. "Clap COWARD WON THE DAY. 115 spars to your horse," was Wellington's reply, " or the business will be done... | |
 | John Todd - Student adjustment - 1854 - 306 pages
...French cavalry in Spain. As they rode together, one grew pale, trembled, and his feet shook in the stirrups. His companion, a fine, bold fellow, observed...a worthier companion. " Clap spurs to your horse," was Wellington's reply, " or the business will be done by your cowardly companion before you get there."... | |
 | James Perkins Walker - Children's sermons - 1869 - 286 pages
...to meet the enemy, " Why, how pale you look ! I really "believe you are afraid." — " Yes," replied the other, " I am afraid ; and if you were half as much afraid as I am you would run away." Here were' the two kinds of courage side by side. The first soldier had physical courage,... | |
 | American literature - 1888 - 1008 pages
...pale as a sheet ; you look like a ghost; I believe you 're afraid." " Yes, I am," was the answer ; " and if you were half as much afraid as I am you 'd have run long ago." It is something higher than physical courage, it is a species of moral courage,... | |
 | Gertrude Martineau - Ethics - 1881 - 258 pages
...turned to him and said contemptuously, "Why, I do believe you're afraid!" " Yes," said the timid man, " and if you were half as much afraid as I am you would not go at all." "Fear not them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do." It... | |
 | William Morley Punshon - 1882 - 376 pages
...steed upon his haunches, he haughtily addressed him, " Why, you are afraid." " I am," was the reply ; " and if you were half as much afraid as I am, you would relinquish the duty altogether." Without wasting another word upon his ignoble companion, the officer... | |
 | Christopher Perren - Sermons - 1889 - 442 pages
...mortal fear. Reining in his horse on his haunches he said, "Why you are afraid!" "I am," was the answer, "and if you were half as much afraid as I am, you would run away." Without wasting a word upon his ignoble companion, the officer galloped back to headquarters... | |
 | William James Dawson - Christian union - 1892 - 350 pages
...looking at him, said, "Why, man, you're pale ; you're afraid ! " "I know I am," he quietly rejoined; "and if you were half as much afraid as I am you would run away." That was courage, the higher courage ; the flesh failing for fear, every nerve trembling,... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 860 pages
...Like Charles XII. on his first battlefield when taunted with being afraid, he might have said: "Yes; and if you were half as much afraid as I am you would run away." Jerome had determined to prove to the soldiers about him, Ascroft aud the rest, that civilian,... | |
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I am afraid, and if you were half as much afraid as I am, you would turn your horse's head and ride back to the camp." As they had not advanced far, the other, indignant, returned to Wellington to tell the story, and to ask for a worthier companion. "... 
