| 单词 | dastard |
| 例句 | Her father spends the movie in white, 25-piece suits and a dastard’s dark mustache, like he’s starring in the first half of “The Colonel Sanders Story.” 2004: ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ and a Country at War With Itself 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z But they will never dare—the dastards, No!— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z She will say that necessity knows no law, or some such dastard words. "Der Tag" The Tragic Man 2012-03-19T02:00:28.147Z Till that time "no laggard in love or dastard in war" can steal our hearts from young Lochinvar. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z "There must be a hell somewhere for the punishing of such villanous dastards." The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Is this cowardly dastard, the proud, wealthy Robert Moncton, who thought to build up his house by murder and treachery? The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z Good Sir," I said, "you seem much stirred The sacred compromises——" "Now God confound the dastard word! Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z "Oh! monsieur——" "However, if Monsieur Archibald is discourteous, if he doesn't choose to accept a proper apology, I promise you that I will show him that he hasn't a dastard to deal with." Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z But if I break my word, you cannot free me from the imputation of having proved myself a renegade and a dastard. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z "You didn't come on any such paltry errand as that; you came to ask that lady for more money, dastard that you are!" San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z An innocent man, if yet protection be Upon the stranger in proud Mantua, I bear to his abode; but on thy head His blood doth rest, a dastard's recreant crow Down drawing Heaven's hot vengeance! The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Hecker, having done his utmost to "agitate" his country, and having failed "to inspire a dastard populace with the spirit of the ancient Roman people," as Madame expresses it, he fled to America. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z And cursed be the dastard knave Who now his blood would spare!' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z Sumner was struck down in the Senate by the dastard attacks of Brooks, an act which sent a shudder of anger and indignation through the North and a wave of approbation through the South. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Exhausted, and unable to rise, I still cheered the dog that, dastard like, fled before the infuriated animal, who, seemingly despising such an enemy, again threw himself upon me. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z X. Oh, ye are dastards if ye lift a hand, Dastards and fools, if, loveless in a band, Ye touch in wrath the bulwark of the realm. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z You know it will as well as I.” “You make him out not only a laggard in love but almost a dastard in war.” Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Let dastards dally, Do thou for thy country fight! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Yea classed with watchdogs of the Rhine, And dastard deeds they've done, Our dad, I swear, doth really shine A saintly paragon! By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z With all his audacity and low cunning, this man—a dastard at heart—was thinking how he might evade this interview, and yet obtain its anticipated results, as he came slowly through the wilderness. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z To creep away, like a dastard, he, the leader in the fight? The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z No man is so desirous to appear fierce, courageous, and even piratical as he that is a dastard in his heart. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z Shall dastard tyrants march their legions To crush the land of Jackson—Lee? Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z "Friends, the miserable little tailor, this renegade, dastard and spy, had entered the highest circles in New York under the title which this man wears—the Count de Calembours!" Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z He could not force himself into negotiations with the dastard, who seemed to have no sense of honor or shame. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z They hesitated and then obeyed, for all assassins are dastards, and the least show of resolution daunts them. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Whatever else, he was no dastard, and, though he had once given way on that same spot, it was not from cowardice, but ruled by a sentiment very different. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Gained—a dastard’s spotted name; Gained—eternity of shame. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Furious with indignation Henry hastily exclaimed, "Of the dastards who eat my bread is there no one who will deliver me from this ungrateful, turbulent, incorrigible priest?" Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z Rather would I view thee lying On the last red field of life, ’Mid thy country’s heroes dying, Than to be a dastard’s wife. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Hast thou one laudable Alsatian glow To compensate, commensurate, and condign For all these dastard, sleekish qualms of mine? The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z It is not the blunt, open abuse, my young republican, which you will find galling,—but the contemptible meanness of dastards who have not mettle enough to be charlatans. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Here’s a bumper to the gallant girl That smote the dastard Tory, oh! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z A horrid-looking shrew seized him by the hair and while she dragged the almost lifeless body towards the altar other dastards from the dregs of the mob struck him in the face with their feet. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Well might the dastard foemen yield, When Right and Vengeance joined to wield The well-aimed ball and glittering steel, Which hurled them from Manassas. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z He met his death not in open fight, not in an attempt at his capture, but through a dastard deed. Self-Determining Haiti Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 2011-01-22T03:00:17.567Z The dastards who committed last night's atrocity vanished behind a cloud of gold. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z A bumper to the gallant girl That smote the dastard Tory, oh! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Those two letters, 'D.T.,' on the copper plate at the side of his cap don't mean 'dastard, thief,' but Debreczin Town. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z It could not be so true to thee Were it not true to liberty; Far rather fill a soldier’s grave Than live a dastard and a slave! Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z In his passion he felt that if he had held the dastard at that moment, he would have crushed him under his feet like a reptile. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Thus was Balboa accused of the crime of treason by this dastard scoundrel, a crime which, as he well knew, was punishable with death! Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z They’ve all the spirit of a man, To smite a dastard Tory, oh! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z One dastard gets it in the groin; another, through the neck. 2010-01-14T20:05:00Z But we scattered death ’mid the dastard foe, Till they, shrieking, fled before us! Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Yet the dastards dare not avow their hatred to it, it seems. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams So Vasco Nu�ez de Balboa, mistakenly supposing himself bound by the will of a dastard king, went meekly to the scaffold. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z The color is like the smoke, That curled o’er your battle line; It calls to mind the yell that woke, When the dastard columns before you broke, And their dead wore your fatal sign! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z There is nothing more to be done.—The foul fiend seize the knave that struck thee, and the dastard that commanded the shot! Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Then shame on the dastard, the recreant fool, That would strike, in the dark, at her now; That would coldly refuse her fair fame to uphold, That would basely prove false to his vow. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z The world knows how that dastard poltroon was tried and punished for his treason, as well as of his miserable subsequent life and unregretted death in a foreign land. The Story of Malta "Many that day who had been thought of great prowess were found dastards, and many who had never been spoken of were held in high esteem." Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. Rather would I view thee lying On the last red field of strife, ’Mid thy country’s heroes dying, Than become a dastard’s wife! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Moderate thy wrath, curb thy fury, and remember that cruelty is the mark of a dastard. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Though dark the tempest lower, What arms will wear the tyrants chains, What dastard heart will cower? Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z You do right; it is as if I were, for I renounce you, dastard! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 No one besides R�nnaug could surmise how he had striven, dastard as he was, to taint the purity of Magnhild's imagination, to deaden her high sense of honor. Magnhild Dust O! break the tyrant’s chain: Let each hand seize the sword it drew for the right, From the homes of your fathers drive the dastard in flight. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z The dastard!" she thinks, her black eyes gleaming dangerously; "the coward! Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir "Yes, I believe they say so," went on the unabashed Semphronius; "but if they did, the dastards were either overpowered, or they all fell asleep while his fellow-knaves stole his body away." Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs How he grins! this breast, Had it been temper'd and made proof like mine, It never would have been a mark for fools To hit afar off with their dastard bullets. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 If I loved you, little vixen," he once murmured apostrophizing the elusive vision which lightened the darkness around him, "if I loved you, I would break my word to that dastard who is your brother ... The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel With Wharton for our leader, we’ll chase the dastard foe, ’Till our horses bathe their fetlocks in the deep blue Ohio. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z "Assuming that he was drunk," Peacock shouted, "his intoxication was a feigned disguise, assumed for the purpose and legally an aggravation of his dastard crime." The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident “But you shall give my friend satisfaction!” exclaimed Lieutenant Arguellas, who was as much excited as Dupont; “or, by Heaven, I will post you as a dastard not only throughout this island but Jamaica!” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. O cowardly boy! for that base word includes All baseness, doth not shame kill thee, Or fear chill thy dastard blood to an ice, At sight of that most noble injur'd ghost? A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 You lie, you false-hearted dastard—you insidious, courtly, smooth villain—you lie, and you know it! The Sapphire Cross “Your enemy is mine, too, the dastard and scoundrel who enjoys the style and title of Prince Zouroff.” The Intriguers Do you think me such a dastard as to desert my friend in the hour of her utmost need? Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" "By Jove!—I mean verily," said Mr. Bright, nearly smashing the carriage window in his energy, "I should like any dastard to say that I sneaked out of such an affray." Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "Well you may, sir dastard, for I love you not," and, fiercely spurring his horse, the hot-blooded Saracen joined his kingly companions. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "How came you in battle with these ten dastards?" Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur “You incurred these, I say, not in the accident, but while gallantly defending the Grand Duke from the dastards who assailed him later!” The Red Symbol Let us not be struck down like dastards, with our backs to the enemy. Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution In our passions, we are brave, but these satiated, we turn upon our heel and disappear from danger, like dastards. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) La Belle Isolde was at first thrown into the deepest grief, and then her heart swelled high with resolution to live no longer with the dastard who called her wife. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "Dogs and dastards! know you me not?" he cried in a voice of thunder. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur And it is these swine, and others like them,—dastards all!—who clamor for what they call freedom, and think if they get their vote and their Duma, all will go well. The Red Symbol "He proved himself a dastard and a coward." Rossmoyne But the fact was heroically otherwise; and these dastard calumnies cut to the blood. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Escaping at length from this merry chase, the trembling dastard made his way to Camelot, where he hoped some chance would arise to aid him in his murderous designs on Tristram. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "Adventures are not so abundant, and we two should be able to match the wiles of this dastard king." Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur But I weep because of the work that dastard has done this day.” With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga ‘The Jews are a singular people,’ said I. ‘A race of cowards and dastards,’ said the Armenian, ‘without p. 319a home or country; servants to servants; persecuted and despised by all.’ Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest Charlie knocked it up, cutting the dastard down with a second blow that was a marvel. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John "Turn, sir dastards," he cried, "and amend your misdeeds." Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality With this he struck fiercely at King Mark with his sword, while the dastard king cowered under his shield. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur I’m going to bust him, savvy, just to learn these other dastards not to start any rough stuff with me. Wunpost “The cowardly dastard!” he burst out at last. Shadow Mountain I hate the Mormon-faced old dastard, he’s such a sanctified old hypocrite, but I always treat him white and if his diamond drill hits copper he’ll make the two of us rich. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp "Shame on this Meliagrance for a dastard!" he cried in anger. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality This is a foul shame; but I have requited it upon those dastards. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur “You rattlesnake-eyed dastard!” he hissed between his teeth and the Indian began to beg. Wunpost “The dastard!” cursed Wiley, leaping furiously to his feet and reaching for his rifle, but though he scanned the line through his high-power field-glasses there was not a man in sight. Shadow Mountain If her suspicions were false, she would be exposed as a combination of dastard and dolt. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Dropping his coat where he stood, and with his hat awry on the red globe of his head, the dastard staggered towards her, his eyes lit with a glare of reckless desire. Money Magic A Novel I like not the way Gawaine acted just now, when one brave knight was overturned by ten dastards. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur I just like to see a big fat slob like you, that’s got the whole world bluffed, twist around in his seat when a man comes along and tells him what a dastard he is. Wunpost Such expressions of opinion, which would probably be indorsed by nine people out of ten, assured him that he might follow the urging of his heart and yet not be a dastard. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Did Livingstone say, according to that dastard hiding in the wood, that his heart was with us? Graham of Claverhouse She only assumed this outward demeanor, in the same manner that a dastard mimics courage, the better to conceal his cowardice. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. It is not the author of such atrocious and dastard sentiments that would lead the banner of France or of England anywhere except to humiliation and disgrace. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Well, talk then, you dastard; or I’ll go off and leave you. Wunpost Are we such dastards as to give up that for which they shed their blood? Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule So in old times, round godlike Scæva ran Rome's dastard Sons, a Million, and a Man. An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad Either she thinks me a horrible dastard or is brave to madness. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess The cruelty and envy of the people —— by our dastard nobles, who Have all forsook me, hath devoured the rest. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions “May Christ destroy the dastard vile Who a noble maid would ever beguile!” Finnish Arts or Sir Thor and Damsel Thure, a Ballad The dastard demon of moonlight ruffianism was on his track. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Eryx storm'd At these, exclaiming;—-“not the Gorgon's hairs “Freeze ye, but your own trembling, dastard souls: “Rush forth with me, and on the earth lay low, “The youth who battles thus with magic arms.” The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II "What do you mean, you dastard?" exclaimed one. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services But the man who is both his associate and enemy, Cyril Chatteris, is a common sort of dastard, and altogether disagreeable. Australian Writers She whom I loved was not only in danger of being lost to me for ever, but in danger of becoming the victim of a dastard coquin—diabolic as dastard! The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness No, something must be dared; and, great as erst Our dastard patience, be our daring now! Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold This dastard sacrificed the Maid in the end, as he was ready to sacrifice France to his own private advantage. The Red True Story Book Away to field and win renown, with courage beat your enemies down; Stout hearts gain praise, when dastards sail in slander's seas. A History of Elizabethan Literature You make a coward of me—a dastard. Desert Dust The Red dastards were yet in sight when the other hunters gained the spot, where they found their leader wounded and dying. Burl Even the dragoons who converted them, called them dastards and deniers of their faith. The Huguenots in France Stopping only to secure a few yards of hemp, a knot was quickly tied and the wretch was soon adorning the hotel entrance by the side of the other dastard.” Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror O then Desire, father of Jouissance, The Life of Love, the Death of dastard Fear, The kindest nurse to true persèverance, Mine heart inherited, with thy love's revere. A History of Elizabethan Literature History had written me a fool, and a cad, but it should not write me a dastard. Desert Dust “Cease! you dastard, cease!” cried the lady, wringing her hands. Her Mother's Secret But I haven’t got them—cowards, dastards, dolts, and snivelling fools——” His decision was instantly made. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan I’m a dastard for saying it, but I could forgive her for being disloyal enough to him to show me just a corner of her heart. The Indifference of Juliet I am sure that whenever he makes a mistake, it is a mistake; and that no man lives who has a grander and nobler scorn of every mean and dastard action. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete He could not get near the king, who was well protected, but he got near enough to fill his dastard soul with terror. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Fortune and his allies saved the dastard monarch. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The conviction had settled on him that he was a dastard. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon But others said, Let-a-be, no man so well beloved as this shall be a dastard. The Sundering Flood A dastard, who in his talk brags of his prowess, and is devoid of courage,I.11 imposes upon strangers, but is the jest of all who know him. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Any dastard may fill his belly, and satiate the desires of the flesh. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom All is, all shall be peace in Rome, unless the terror of a few dastards drive you to tyranny and persecution, and from persecution come resistance? The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 A family of dastard despots, who did their best, during a century and more, to tread out the few sparks of independent feeling still glowing in Scotland; but enough has been said about ye. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' Brake forth then great laughter and whooping, for the said Erling was a manifest niggard, a dastard who sweated in his bed when the mouse squeaked in the wall a nighttime. The Sundering Flood The study of character is rude and elementary: a man is either heroic or dastard, loyal or a traitor; wholly noble, or absolutely base. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. ‘So may all dastards die!’ cried the victor, as he cut off his head. The Red Romance Book "And you, cowardly dogs, forsook me; and held back, when by a bold rush we might easily have slain him, and cut our way through the dastard slaves." The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 The one is an assassin, the other was a warrior; the one is a dastard, the other was something of a man. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado Said the maiden: "But was he mannikin or a dastard, or unskilled in weapons?" The Sundering Flood More of this laggard love, and I will shame you before your fellow-men as an ingrate and a dastard! The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance The dastards, cowed by the intrepid bearing of Brace, halted in their advance and hung back—though no one of them ventured a reply. Ran Away to Sea Well I know Our end is nigh; but dastard I count him Who sells not dear his life. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier Mr. William O'Brien, having denounced this denial as "the last effort of a defeated dastard," resigns his seat for Cork City. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 Her first impulse, on finding him yet alive, was to have fallen into his arms; but, instantly recollecting herself, she shrank back from him with loathing, as a mean and paltry dastard. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith They appear to have been extremely inconsistent; brave one day, dastards the next. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The dastards had made a sort of compromise with their consciences in now declaring it. Ran Away to Sea Day by day, week by week, month by month he practised himself in pistol shooting, until he considered that his skill was sufficient to enable him to take the dastard's hazard in a duel. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III Nest morning we divided into two parties, and taking the dogs, proceeded in chase of the dastard Galician. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver And when he was told that Mr. Mason did make such a charge he called him "a mean, unmanly dastard." Orley Farm Hold! dastard—unless thou art dead to every sense of manhood—hold! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 "Poor innocent dastard!" the woman said, "I am Ysabeau of France." Chivalry With quite unnecessary heat Clay branded the author of this letter as "a base and infamous calumniator, a dastard, and a liar." Union and Democracy The Connecticut men were remembered particularly, "dastards" and "cowards" being the terms which greeted their ears. The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn She must have gone forth to meet him, and to wring from him, by what means she might, that quarter's salary which the dastard had left unpaid. Much Darker Days Who say it, and who but a dastard and a brute will dare to say it, when the battle of Milliken's Bend finds its place among the heroic deeds of this war? History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens I don't think I am a coward in most things, but I am a perfect dastard before that, my worst enemy. Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission As a result, a regiment of Light Cavalry was disbanded, "as a punishment for poltroonery in the hour of trial and the dastards struck off the Army List." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Some of the dastards among the crew, in selfish haste to save themselves, had leaped into them and pulled away. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War A family of dastard despots, who did their best, during a century and more, to tread out the few sparks of independent feeling still glowing in Scotland—but enough has been said about ye. The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" Or what, O cowardly dastard, does that man deserve, who screens himself behind the clothes of a woman to strike at a foe? The Substance of a Dream It was well for the dastard, that he was protected by the presence of ladies, and beyond the reach of my arm, or I certainly should have committed an act of violence. The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I Ladies and gentlemen, there is the dastard who attempts to revenge himself on a pure woman who has scorned his infamous suggestions! The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Her first impulse, on finding him yet alive, was to have fallen into his arms; but, instantly collecting herself, she shrunk back from him with loathing, as a mean and paltry dastard. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself Rash councils now, with each malignant plan, Each faction, that in evil hour began, At your approach are in confusion fled, Nor, while you rule, shall rear their dastard head. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Nor can I be the dastard to kill a man who puts himself of his own will into my hands. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Brutus was a dastard, an ingrate, a coward and a murderer, and no pretense of patriotism can save him from the contempt and condemnation of mankind. Shakspere, Personal Recollections Now the dastards come thereto and find Wiglaf vainly bathing his dead lord. The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats And just remember this, Sandy Morley, we-all may be dastards and hard drinkers and what not, but we sho' don't desert women and children. A Son of the Hills Years ago he lost his choicest friend by the stab of just such a little dastard lying in ambush. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 But the ship of the dastard earl kept on and a general panic succeeded, all the ships in the fleeing earl's line following his standard. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. A similar favourable circumstance has, in general, rewarded the fortitude and constancy of those who, in the political storm, refused to seek a dastard safety by flight. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. Mr. Clay at once published a card, over his signature, in which he called the writer "a base and infamous calumniator, a dastard, and a liar." Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis One by being informed through some half-breed spy, lurking about Frayne; but then who would be dastard enough to send such word? Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. "No, I'll kill the dastard!" howled L. W. rebelliously and slammed the door in a rage. Rimrock Jones The dastard emperor again bought them off with money and freedom to ravage Burgundy, Paris being finally rescued by Count Eudes. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. But, as I have said, when Neapolis had fallen, the brave Gothic warriors felt that they had submitted too long to the rule of a dastard like Theodahad. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation In his wicked thought the dastard—her yet powerless to subdue, On the unsubdued stood gazing—as like some bright flame she shone. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems The dastard," she cried; "the mean, lying, cowardly dastard! Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel He robbed me, the dastard; he got two thousand dollars of my money without giving me the scratch of a pen. Rimrock Jones And after this, he had permitted her allurement to fly to his brain, and had given her reason to think that because she had lowered her guard, he had struck her a dastard's blow. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain To-night he must be shielded from his foes; it would ill befit thee to let such a dastard as Kare rob thee of thy revenge. The Vikings of Helgeland The Prose Dramas Of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. III. Satan shouts up to his friends, "Dyng the dastard down;" but Beelzebub replies, "That is easily said." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Her answer was that Field was a coward, a dastard to betray a woman who had trusted him. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier Why longer lend an edge to Bourbon's sword, And give him leave, among his dastard troops, To muster that strong succour, Albion's crimes? The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 When they are once found out they lose the little appearance of courage that they have taken such pains to maintain, and become at once the most abject and shameless dastards imaginable. Captain Sam The Boy Scouts of 1814 He whom dastard fears abash, He was born to be a slave— Let him feel the despot's lash, And sink inglorious to the grave. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century A quick circuit of the ship convinced Neils Halvorsen that the remainder of the dastard crew were evidently ashore, so he descended to the cabin in search of further evidence of crime. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Argument and adjuration were lost on these dastards. The Last Man Let dastard souls, or affectation, run To shades, nor wear bright honours fairly won; Such men prefer, misled by false applause, The pride of modesty to virtue's cause. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Mr. Clay immediately published a card in the National Intelligencer, denying, in unequivocal terms, the allegation, and pronouncing the author "an infamous calumniator, a dastard, and a liar!" Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States "The dastard coward, blackguard Hell-hatched hounds!" roared the old man, shaking his impotent fist. The Freebooters of the Wilderness I think, however, that I should be tempted to feel a dastard security in the conviction that I might advocate my views without any danger of seeing them carried out. Phineas Finn The Irish Member He scarcely appeared half his usual height; his joints were unknit, his limbs would not support him; his face was contracted, his eye wandering; debility of purpose and dastard fear were expressed in every gesture. The Last Man Merciful God! could I dream of being such a dastard? Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France "No man shall do a dastard's work here, and Hardbien shall have life and limbs spared." Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic You see now what sort of stuff that dastard's heart is made of. Scenes of Clerical Life I would be a dastard to doubt, or desert, her cause now, and the warm blood throbbed in my veins responsive to the memory of what had already been between us. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune You would say, then," said Hircan, "that, were there no women, we should all be dastards, as though we had no courage save such as they put into us. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) Watching his chance, my dastard enemy had bounded to his feet to make a quick lunge, not at me, but at her. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Soon hoarse voices would be clamoring for the traitor, the assassin, the dastard, who, in the hour of victory, had raised his hand against a brother Frenchman. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Oh that God," I thought for a moment, waiting for my blood to flow; "Oh that God had given me brains, to meet such cruel dastards according to their villainy! Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor God, that men could own, as kings, Such paltry, dastard, soulless things. Successful Recitations His heavy axe came down with a sweep, and never more would the fickle Stanley have played the dastard had not a carved chair arm stayed, for an instant, the weapon's fall. Beatrix of Clare If he left David Dingwell to his fate, he could never look at himself again in the glass without knowing that he was facing a dastard. The Sheriff's Son In vain I give to woman's lovely form All that can rapture on the heart bestow; The fairest form no dastard heart can warm While gold has greater power than Love below. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers You have vented your spite on my body; but for this dastard crime all good knights shall shun you.” Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine All the same he is a dastard child. The Man Without a Country More escape630 Of men who fear disgrace, than fall in fight, While dastards forfeit life and glory both. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Before the eyes of its captive mother the fatal tomahawk was raised, and by one dastard blow its keen edge was made to mingle with its brains. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself The men were all growing sharp, and the women, cold and passionless; the soul appeared to shrivel and sink into induration, and the whole people were growing into a nation of cheats and dastards. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest If there's a man in this troop dastard enough to lay a hand upon thee, he shall settle accounts with Gaffer Hood ere he leaves the place. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young The dastard—to play the devoted to me, and then desert me at the first sight of a madcap on horseback. The Baronet's Bride Shame it were Should we re-enter Ilium, driven to flight By dastard fear before the host of Greece. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Again our veteran eagles plumed their wings, And forth he fled from Montezuma's shores— A dastard flight—betraying unto death Him whom he dazzled with a bauble crown. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems "Thou dastard!" cried Roland, "no traitor is Charlemagne, but a right noble king and cavalier." Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Here was a confessional; there a farewell between lovers; here a wounded Boer meeting his death at the bayonet of an English dastard; there a Queen Eleanor sucking poison from her husband’s arm. A Wanderer in Holland "You are a liar and a dastard!" he cried, fiercely. Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills The weapons of a dastard and a slave475 Are ever such. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper O dastard! whom such foretaste doth not cheer! Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals A dastard Welsh knight compelled her to marry him, telling her that her husband was dead, and treated her cruelly; but Sir William came back to the hall disguised as a palmer. Vanishing England The one who does not is a dastard in addition—voila tout! Lewis Rand For shame, chief, that you should ever assent to such an act—lower yourself to the grade of a dog by such a dastard deed. Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Of men so minded more survive than die, While dastards forfeit life and glory both. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Leonard Byington is not wicked, and if he were he wouldn't be so in a dastard's way. Bylow Hill True! and to prove thy saying, I will inquire The fate of a poor dastard, of mean worth, But ever shrewd and nimble with his tongue. The Seven Plays in English Verse Doubters are dastards in his eyes, And grumblers at their deified Young Emperor in his proper pride. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 5, 1892 No! no! the dastard kestrel kite Aye hugs the earth in his stealthy flight. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. He said—what very few men, thank God, will say of a woman, even when it's true, and what it takes a dastard to say when it's not true. The Inner Shrine His ears, like Julian's, were assailed with the dastard clamour of the calling sin. Flames I said to myself that if I had talked like a dastard I was not one, and every time he let me speak I gasped, "I don't know." Helmet of Navarre Good, bad, and indifferent, heroes and dastards, they were all men from nowhere. Varied Types You by your private edict call a forbidden guest into the forefront of our solemn festival, and invite into the temple of Dionysos that dastard by whom all temples have been betrayed. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) Meaning that death was preferable to dishonour; but the dastard had not spirit enough for that, but buoyed up by some hope, became a part of his own spoils. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I She began to struggle and dance upon the flat stone, madly endeavouring to free her hands, while she shrieked to the dastard Twins to come to her rescue. Mount Music It discloses secrets; commands our hopes to be ratified; pushes the dastard on to the fight; removes the pressure from troubled minds; teaches the arts. The Works of Horace Ha! how I’m dreaming! how I waste my moments In dastard sighs, bewailing like a woman! The Death of Balder It is the unseen danger that makes dastards of us; that which we can see we brave. The Downfall He calls me a coward, the dastard that he is! The Amulet What!" he cried, "would these dastards fill the seat and wed the wife of that mighty man? Stories from the Odyssey Come knave who said to dastard, ‘Lo, The Deluge!’ which but needed ‘No!’ The Unknown Eros It takes from me and Odin The dastard fear which has too long tormented Our bosoms. The Death of Balder With a voice that rose shriller and more piercing still she kept lashing them with her tongue, expectorating insult on them, and taunting them for dastards with the full force of her lungs. The Downfall Arrest your knaves and dastards rises imperative from millions of hearts, and rings and reigns from sea to sea. Past and Present There is little danger that men will desire to excuse their souls before God by presenting themselves before men as such snobs as Bishop Blougram, or such dastards as Sludge the Medium. Robert Browning But, dastard listening knave, who said, ‘’Twere juster were the Giant dead, That so yon bawlers may not miss To vote their own pot-belly’d bliss,’ All that is past! The Unknown Eros Peal, thunders, peal! and drown the cruel echo Of dastard prayer, of Nanna’s intercession! The Death of Balder But Europe, within a month, will decry him, as a fugitive, a fool, and a dastard. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 The hands of forgotten brave men have made it a World for us; they,— honour to them; they, in spite of the idle and the dastard. Past and Present And, lo, his fellow-fiend Came after, holding down his dastard head, Like one ashamed: now this for craft was great; The dragon honored him. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Sure I see another motive in his dastard capture of my brother. In the Days of Chivalry Ha! vex not Mine ear, I pray thee, with thy follies—little Is Asa Thor with dastard love acquainted; Yet can I see into her heart. The Death of Balder Yes," replied he, "revenge!—revenge upon those dastards and traitors! The Phantom Ship Arrestment of the knaves and dastards, beginning by arresting our own poor selves out of that fraternity. Past and Present Men, men! would ye quench hatred, behold its object stricken before you by a dastard blow like this, and ye will feel its enormity and horror. The Vale of Cedars This very day, without the loss of a needless moment, we must fall, sword in hand, upon yon dastard crew, and do to them as they have done. In the Days of Chivalry He rode up and down the field, carrying orders and striving to rally "the dastards," as he afterwards called the regular troops. George Washington, Volume I Gracious heavens!—for him, an unquestioning papalino, a sincere believer in papal infallibility and the temporal power—to hear the Holy Father called a renegade, and his faithful servants stigmatized as dastards! The Italians He walked, and eat, and slept, in base and dastard fear. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 He sprung up, utterly unable to account for the death of his steed: the dastard blow had been dealt from behind, and no Moor had been near but those in front. The Vale of Cedars These dastards no sooner beheld the black flag than they surrendered. The Pirates Own Book I'm weary of this flesh which holds us here, And dastards manly souls with hope and fear; These heats and colds still in our breast make war, Agues and fevers all our passions are. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 A dastard or a braggart was he who brandished his weapon on undeserved occasions. Bushido, the Soul of Japan "Sir," said Givry, "you are the king of the brave; you will be deserted by none but dastards." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 It is satisfactory to record that at least two of the three dastards met the fate they deserved. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 I am not such a dastard as you think me. Tommy and Grizel It must have been by accident,—I cannot believe that any white man in town would be dastard enough to commit such a deed intentionally! The Marrow of Tradition No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in that serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day The Spirit of the Age was never more fully-shewn than in its treatment of this writer—its love of paradox and change, its dastard submission to prejudice and to the fashion of the day. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits Liar and scoundrel you are, in every action of your life; theft is your trade; and double dastard you must be, or you were not here today. Nicholas Nickleby I was cruel, Grizel; I spoke like a fool as well as like a dastard. Tommy and Grizel They fought as tyrants fight, or slaves; God gave the dastards to our hands; Their bones are bleaching on the sands, Or mouldering slow in shallow graves. The Poems of Henry Timrod It was a foul and dastard deed, yet not done in cold blood; neither in cold blood will I take God's task of avenging it.' Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor Coward and dastard souls! no darts of yours Had given me pause, nor thrust back from your ships, Had not your rampart stayed mine onset-rush. The Fall of Troy They hesitated, and then obeyed, for all Spanish assassins are dastards, and the least show of resolution daunts them. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society Think you your dastard flight shall give me pause? Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars There is another man within me that's angry with me, rebukes, commands, and dastards me. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend But the fact was heroically otherwise; and these dastard calumnies cut to the blood. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa But with the fear of shame on one hand, the hope of reward on the other, the merest dastard will fight like a wild beast, when his blood is up. Tracks of a Rolling Stone ‘The Jews are a singular people,’ said I. ‘A race of cowards and dastards,’ said the Armenian, ‘without a home or country; servants to servants; persecuted and despised by all.’ Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest A family of dastard despots, who did their best, during a century and more, to tread out the few sparks of independent feeling still glowing in Scotland—but enough has been said about ye. The Romany Rye I grew as nervous as a child or a dastard. The Lost Continent For the name of Rolf, King of Oakenrealm, was to those woodmen as the name of the Great Devil of Hell, so much was he their unfriend and their dastard. Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair If none my matchless valor dares oppose, How long shall Dares wait his dastard foes? The Aeneid English Hugh is a stout rider and lifter, but headstrong and foolhardy, and over bounteous a skinker; and Gregory is courteous and many worded, but sluggish in deed; though I will not call him a dastard. The Well at the World's End: a tale I come here to learn which of your lovers is the dastard who plotted the abduction of Mabel Lane, an' the thief who stole our hosses. The Last Trail It is for dastard knights, that stretch on feather beds, Despairing in adversity so low to hang their heads. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 Upon the guards appearing a little bashful, he threatens them: 'Hah! dastards, do you tremble! Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 He said, and downward by the feet he drew The trembling dastard; at the tug he falls; Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. The Aeneid English "Yea," said Redhead, "that may last till thou hast command to do some dastard's deed and nay-sayest it, as thou wilt: and then farewell to thee; for I know what my Lord meaneth for thee." The Well at the World's End: a tale "And thou shalt wander evermore All up and down this ghostly shore, And call in vain upon the twain That keep what oath a dastard swore!" A Little Book of Western Verse He lifted his hands, made a forward movement, as if to carry into execution the dastard work his heart had conjured up. Five Thousand Dollars Reward For, as I doubt not but you have heard beforne, A more dastard coward knave was never born. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Lend me, for once, my friends, your valiant hands, To force from out their lines these dastard bands. The Aeneid English "Yea," said Ralph, "so it is; and will the Lord be content with the service of him whom the devil hath cast out because he hath found him a dastard?" The Well at the World's End: a tale If you were Queen of England, Madame, I would call you an insolent dastard, to try and bribe me against my own flesh and blood. A Knight of the Nets The gentleman was a man of high rank, but a scoundrel and a dastard. Charlotte's Inheritance He was a dastard, a coward, ashamed of himself. The Gray Dawn Who, but so known a dastard, dares to say? The Aeneid English "Nay," he said, "my heart will not suffer it; lest I deem myself a dastard." The Well at the World's End: a tale What a sort of dastards have we here! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Nor hast thou aught to fear of them, seeing that it is but dastards and fools that they undo. The Water of the Wondrous Isles But still warm love Kept those that rose all dastard fear above, As on his tent they saw his shadow pass— Backwards and forwards, for they credited, alas! Poems The prince disdains the dastards to pursue, Nor moves to meet in arms the fighting few; Turnus alone, amid the dusky plain, He seeks, and to the combat calls in vain. The Aeneid English From Hampton under Scaur; and her rebel I am, and her dastard, and her runaway. The Well at the World's End: a tale He'll be in hell, for he's a dastard, until the time his trembling legs carry him to the scaffold. Revenge! Thou priest, come with us a little apart, and tell thy tale as shortly as thou mayst, and fear nought; we be not God’s dastards, as the Red Knight and his men. The Water of the Wondrous Isles Rather would I view thee lying On the last red field of strife, 'Mid thy country's heroes dying, Than become a dastard's wife! War Poetry of the South Ruler? but 'tis not for Argives, thus to own a dastard lord! The House of Atreus But now when I am coming amongst the baronages and the lineages, what shall I do to hold up my head before the fools and the dastards of these high kindreds? The Well at the World's End: a tale It was a perfect jubilee of triumphant villany and dastard malice. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) By idle words and dastard wiles Hath he the mastery gained; He holds our sacred fatherland In slavery enchained. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 With dastard fear of danger, And trembling at the strife; Kentucky, to the stranger, Yield liberty for life! War Poetry of the South On him who dealt the dastard blow Comes Craft, Revenge's scheming child. The House of Atreus I was forewarned that the poor beast should be poisoned at this man's home-coming, and so will he be if he eat of this dastard; he will not outlive such a dinner.' The Well at the World's End: a tale The Cross made them dastards because it destroyed their confidence in Jesus Christ. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI Goldsmith let him know, however, that he was aware of his having more than once indulged in attacks of this dastard kind, and intimated that another such outrage would be followed by personal chastisement. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Their color is like the smoke That curled o'er your battle-line; They call to mind the yell that woke When the dastard columns before you broke, And their dead were your fatal sign. War Poetry of the South The brute beasts in their lowing and bleating, the wild winds in their rustling and howling, the hoarse waters in their dash and roar, cried, 'Out upon the dastard!' The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day "Yea," said the tall man, "and this is the ransom: that ye give up into my hands my dastard who hath bewrayed me, and the woman who wendeth in your company." The Well at the World's End: a tale Yes, yes, often and again have the dastards escaped me by their prudent speed! The Pilot Would he be such a dastard as to draw back his hand, and be deterred from taking it, by old women's tales of prudence, and the self-interested lectures of Sir Gregory Hardlines? The Three Clerks Shall dastard tyrants march their legions To crush the land of Jackson--Lee? War Poetry of the South Our friendship—my friendship—can't bear the strain of behaving to you like an ungrateful dastard and grudging you your happiness. Daniel Deronda But, dastard as he was, use and wont, and the fear that withholdeth rebels, and the doubt that draweth back slaves, saved him; and they dreaded him moreover as a devil rather than a man. The Well at the World's End: a tale "He has not been murdered," said the boy, firmly; "nor did he meet his death among those who deserve the name either of traitors or of dastards." The Pilot Charley had not the courage and perseverance to work through with the Daily Delight till it had achieved its promised popularity, and consequently left its ranks like a dastard. The Three Clerks They fought as tyrants fight, or slaves; God gave the dastards to our hands; Their bones are bleaching on the sands, Or mouldering slow in shallow graves. War Poetry of the South With such a traitor, double-dealer, dastard as Barnes at its head, what could the rest of the race be? The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family She had called him a dastard, and now stood looking him in the face. The Eustace Diamonds Would not the man who whispered of snow and ice be a renegade, a dastard, a rebel? Tropic Days Perfectly unconscious of the dastard trick played upon him, Wylo continued for several days to flirt and fight. My Tropic Isle Curst be the dastard who shall halt or doubt! War Poetry of the South Better a thousand times my brain plastered the stable wall than I should hold them in the head of a dastard. The Marquis of Lossie Your word you pledged Valhalla's mighty gods, And if you fail a dastard you'll be judged. Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans Now he was going to kill everybody who had been dastard enough to believe and spread the scandal he had so easily believed himself. We Can't Have Everything Hold dastard, strike a Woman! th'art a craven I warrant thee, thou wouldst be loth to play half a dozen of venies at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head. Philaster Love Lies a Bleeding Where's the dastard that cowers and falters In the sight of his hearthstones and altars? War Poetry of the South This, dastard, and son of a dog!" said the enraged father, who had been watching the progress of the affair, "you return unharmed to tell me! Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea In revenge for the insults heaped upon the Jew by the dotards and dastards of the city of Constantine, I sought out an instrument of compendious ruin. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction The hero hid behind one of those numberless portières that hang everywhere in the homes of the moveaux riches, and waited with drawn revolver for the dastard bridegroom to attempt his hellish purpose. We Can't Have Everything Thus the poor hare, A puny, dastard animal, but versed In subtle wiles, diverts the youthful train. The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan But we scattered death 'mid the dastard foe Till they, shrieking, fled before us. War Poetry of the South To wail thy haps, argues a dastard mind. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Mowbray, if you stand by, He dares perchance; else will the dastard fly. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 Come, come, come! but one at once; ye dastards, come. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 The dastard, as well as the brave, cannot avoid death. Thaumaturgia "That dastard, whom may God confound, passed a letter across Adelaide into Carmel's hand," he panted out. The House of the Whispering Pines What, did he challenge me to meet me here, And is not come? well, I'll proclaim the slave The vilest dastard that e'er broke his word. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 One final, desperate appeal, and her dastard father consented, not to act himself, but again to appoint her his substitute. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 I told him you were not the girl I took you for if you could believe him to be such a dastard, when you had time to get over the shock of poor Wesley's death. The Iron Game A Tale of the War At this paltry price did the dastard prince consent to stay his arm, at the only moment when it could be used effectually for his country. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 He had been carefully searched, but nothing of an incriminating nature had been found upon him,—nothing to point to any possible instigator of his dastard crime. Temporal Power The terror has seized on the dastards all, And their colors fall! The Poems of Schiller — First period And Condé himself, whose heart, physically twice as large as other men's, was spiritually imperceptible, repaid this stainless nobleness by years of persecution, and bequeathed her, as a life-long prisoner, to his dastard son. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 Thou hast till now weak dastards overcome; Now thou dost meet a man. Maid of Orleans They found the enemy just as they had expected, and Morris, being again elected spokesman, stepped forward and took him by his dastard hand. Little Citizens "Did you not write here 'death to dastards'?" Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 Red Bill is dastard enough, through an attack on them, to try to intimidate me. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings Be silent, Florus, Nor attack me in my absence; For of a rival to speak ill, Is the act but of a dastard. The Wonder-Working Magician "You lobsters!"—"You bloody-back!"—"You coward!"—"You dastard!" are but some of the expressions proved. Public Speaking How canst thou hope the sons of Greece shall prove Such heartless dastards as thy words suppose? The Iliad Before that day, if any Greek invite His country's troops to base, inglorious flight, Stand forth that Greek! and hoist his sail to fly, And die the dastard first, who dreads to die. The Iliad Hence she decided to trim her mental lamps and light the dastard Daniel out of temptation. The Long Chance The blow which the dastard Cressingham durst aim at a Scottish chief, still smarts upon my cheek; and rivers of his countrymen's blood shall wash out the stain. The Scottish Chiefs But accouple these words with the succeeding actions,—"You dastard!"—"You coward!" Public Speaking She read the long and valiant declaration of Prince Ugo Ravorelli, the frantic, broken-hearted bridegroom, in which he swore to rescue the fair one from the dastards, "whoever and wherever they might be." Castle Craneycrow Ye gods, what dastards would our host command! The Iliad And I've been the death of my poor groom, and got you into the power of these vile dastards! The Chaplet of Pearls The dastard who could shoot his host for plunder is capable of a second crime holding out a similar inducement. Dark Hollow May they lie in darkness for ever as dastards and traitors!" he would cry, or "A shrewd scheme, by the hammer of Thor! Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell "Miss Trefoil's frame of mind will not allow her to eat or to drink with such a dastard," said she turning away in the direction of the park gates. The American Senator Nay, ye are feeble girls prankt out in men's attire, and your steel corselets cover the faintest hearts that ever failed for dastard fear! Ardath Considerable mystery surrounds the escape of the miscreants and it is believed that they received assistance from outside and that some dastard or dastards gaining access to the jail liberated the parties. The Voyage of the Hoppergrass But instead of of helping the hotly pressed knight, he cleft his morion by a dastard stroke from behind, and but for the thickly plated steel, would have thus ended his life upon the spot. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence King Hakon already sits in Valhalla, and knows his son for a dastard and a breaker of his oaths. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell And the question which it brought to my heart is, if it came to me, as terrible as that, and as sudden and implacable, would I show myself the man or the dastard? King Midas: a Romance Both the men dashed up and sprang into the bush revolver in hand, but ere they could reach it the dastard had run for it; and the scrub was so thick pursuit was hopeless. It Is Never Too Late to Mend The Elector of Bavaria has won his wager; but what cares a victorious hero for ducats or dastards like the Duke of Mantua? Prince Eugene and His Times But ill the dastard kept his oath, Whose cowardice has undone us both. Marmion "Say rather trustful of pledges that only a dastard would break." Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell Stung to the quick, Clay rushed into print with a denunciation of the writer as a dastard and a liar, and held him responsible to the laws which govern men of honor. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 "Naples!" she said, as though now speaking exclusively to herself; "the only ground in Italy which has as yet made no struggle on behalf of freedom;—a fitting residence for such a dastard!" Mrs. General Talboys Finally sense, rhyme and meter were attuned: —afar, A dastard she met, their sweet idyl to mar. Missy And I—despise me, Jane—I was such a dastard, that I could not summon up courage for a downright refusal. Henry VIII and His Court The grinded sword at side I bear Lest I the dastard’s word should hear.” Poems By the Way Cosimo, that dastard, had indeed carried out the horrible compact of which Giuliana had warned me, carried it out in a more horrible and inhuman manner than even she had suggested or suspected. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Could it be that I had driven the iron into his soul, and that he could not bear to confront me, knowing what a dastard I must deem him? The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro "Need I state to you—of all living folk—the offences which that dastard has committed?" he asked, expressing thus the very question that he was setting himself. The Sea-Hawk He was a dastard, a traitor; he was unworthy to reign. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Thus laden, o'er the threshold as he stepp'd, Fierce on the villain from each side they leap'd, Back by the hair the trembling dastard drew, And down reluctant on the pavement threw. The Odyssey But sithence, months ago, the Lady began to weary of this dastard, despite of his beauty; and then it was thy turn to be swept into her net; I partly guess how. Wood Beyond the World "Go," said the dragon, shaking her crest,—shaking all her armour at him,—"dastard, go!" The Last Chronicle of Barset There then were the dastards slain; and their bodies served for a rampart against the onrush of the Markmen to those Romans who had stood fast. The House of the Wolfings Ah, dastards! have you let him brave you thus? Windsor Castle Heavens! would a soft, inglorious, dastard train An absent hero's nuptial joys profane! The Odyssey Yet I cannot deem thee a dastard; thou so well knit and shapely of body, so clear-eyed and bold of visage. Wood Beyond the World While I struggled one came and flung that dastard out of the way, then asked me plainly to become his wife, and there was no laugh or insult in his voice. To Have and to Hold For shall not those dastards and traitors that wear the raiment and bodies of the Goths over the hearts and the lives of foemen, tell them hereof? The House of the Wolfings "Silence, or I shall look upon you as a dastard," returned Norbert fiercely. The Champdoce Mystery The man is a dastard, a blackguard, a Judas, to be repaid with betrayal for betrayal. The Snare The dastard died without a groan: why should I lament him? Wood Beyond the World Mentally, he was a hero,—physically, a dastard. Zanoni And thou an alien-born hast slain their traitor and their dastard! The House of the Wolfings French and Burgundian bishops, and even the University of Paris, were the judges of the maiden; and the dastard prince she had crowned never stirred a finger nor uttered a protest in her behalf. The Caged Lion "Naples!" she said, as though now speaking exclusively to herself, "the only ground in Italy which has as yet made no struggle on behalf of freedom—a fitting residence for such a dastard!" Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners) Now’s the day and now’s the time, Poison a’ the burns wi’ lime, Fishing fair’s a dastard crime, We’re for fishing free! Introduction to the Compleat Angler Think you I will set eyes again upon that dastard? Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... But thou on many an errand, to many a field dost wend Where the bow at adventure bended, or the fleeing dastard’s spear Oft lulleth the mirth of the mighty. The House of the Wolfings Deeming the man who would not fight on provocation a dastard, when brought to the test it seemed wrong that he should fight. The Son of the Wolf To the plaza, and let us tear down, let us destroy by fire, let us annihilate the statue of the dastard Megales which defaces our fair city. Bucky O'Connor Stopping only to obtain a few yards of hemp, a knot was quickly tied, and the wretch was soon adorning the hotel entrance by the side of the other dastard. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire But there would be dullards and dastards who would not. A Lady of Quality I thought ye would never have given out these arms till you had recovered your ancient freedom; but you are all recreants and dastards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. King Henry VI, Part 2 Convey me Salisbury into his tent, And then we 'll try what these dastard Frenchmen dare. King Henry VI, Part 1 Whatever his errors, he lived and died as became a man, who dreamed the vain but glorious dream, that in a corrupt and dastard populace he could revive the genius of the old Republic. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes One Fuentes, a menial of Pizarro, presenting himself as such, Orgonez gave his sword into his hands, - and the dastard, drawing his dagger, stabbed his defenceless prisoner to the heart! History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas Dull Drudgery, driven on, by clerks with the cold dastard spurt of their pen, has been driven—into a Communion of Drudges! The French Revolution Indeed, the clergymen everywhere supported us, as defenders of the Protestant faith, which that dastard James would have destroyed. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger Thou liest falsely, said the damosel, that dare I make good, but as a fool and a dastard to all knighthood they have let thee pass. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 Enough, enough!" he said, presently rising and dashing the drops scornfully away; "I have risked, dared, toiled enough for this dastard and degenerate race. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes One Fuentes, a menial of Pizarro, presenting himself as such, Orgonez gave his sword into his hands,—and the dastard, drawing his dagger, stabbed his defenceless prisoner to the heart! History of the Conquest of Peru For, who forgives the accursed crime Of dastard treachery? Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell The utter prostration and despair of these dastard criminals—so unlike the knightly nobles of France and England, has been painted by the historian in odious and withering colours. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Of the Frangipani, the haughtiest signors were no more; and Luca, the dastard head of the Savelli, had long since saved himself by flight. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Cursed to all time be the dastard that falters, Never on earth may his sins be forgiven Death on his soul, shut the portals of heaven! Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Haughty they are, but fickle; fierce, but dastard; vehement in promise, but rotten in their faith. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes |
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