| 单词 | man of action |
| 例句 | Then perhaps he was a man of action? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At this juncture, Armstrong felt what was needed was a man of action. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Mr. McKee was asleep on a chair with his fists clenched in his lap, like a photograph of a man of action. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z As a result, he was a man of action who didn’t mind getting his hands dirty—literally. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z His father was a man of action; he did his best to ignore the unseen world that the sages worked in. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was both a man of action and a powerful intellectual force. Marcus Sedgwick: 'the magical might be waiting for us, just around the next corner' 2013-03-23T08:00:00Z She was sometimes chagrined to be best known for some of her portraits, notably a saturnine André Malraux, self-styled Byronic man of action, and France’s first culture minister. Photography: The Elegance of Gis?le Freund 2011-10-19T12:00:17Z Macbeth, on the other hand, has strength to spare, at least as a man of action. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z Is it possible to reconcile the man of action with the man of feeling? Review: ‘My Life as a Foreign Country’ by Brian Turner For years police and military officers have embraced the character as a can-do man of action. The Antihero’s Last Gasp 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Prince Daemon Targaryen is a man of action, and that suits the man who portrays him on “House of the Dragon” just fine. Matt Smith on Playing the Rogue Prince of ‘House of the Dragon’ 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Tony Scott was as populist as they come in Hollywood, a man of action films, pure and simple. Tony Scott: A man of action films, pure and simple 2012-08-20T10:16:05Z He is a fierce, wiry, funny presence in the film: a doer, a capable man of action, certainly compared with the liability that is Bogart’s boozy, greedy, paranoid Fred C Dobbs. Who is the best Oscar-winning supporting actor of all time? 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z When you think of 24, you probably remember Kiefer Sutherland as a man of action. Hail to the Kief! Sutherland is still TV's best action hero – even as President Dadbod 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z But if Cromwell is a man of action, he’s also, at age 50, prone to reflection and haunted by the dead. “Tubes”: What the Internet is made of 2012-05-28T00:30:00Z In his autobiography the creator of Sherlock Holmes is revealed as primarily a man of action who incidentally won fame as a writer. Notes from the Book Review Archive: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Thought Sherlock Holmes Was ‘a Lower Stratum of Literary Achievement’ 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z He looks like a great man of action. "Barry" star Anthony Carrigan on the finale: "Something lights up inside of Hank" 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z But, up against the ditherers in the Senate, how could Jack’s man of action look like anything other than a hero? '24': Drones On 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z He is instead a man of action, capable of doing extraordinary things very well. James Bond – a ticket to distant joys 2012-09-28T21:55:09Z He’s a man of action now restrained, resting his head in his right hand, elbow balanced on his knee. The 'Maverick Modernist' you don't know but should: Peter Krasnow at the Laguna Art Museum 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z What’s more pressing in this analysis is the contrast between the man of action and the man of principle, or in the case of the 2010 film Made in Dagenham, the woman. Stiff upper lip or man on the edge? How movies see real-life heroes 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Chuck Rhoades is a man of action — most of the time. ‘Billions’ Season 7, Episode 3 Recap: Confidence Games 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z As the Rogue Assassin, Mr. Amao is a compelling, nonverbal man of action, while Mr. Yung, one eye encircled in black makeup, is appropriately sinister. Theater Review: ‘Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon!,’ at LaMaMa 2013-05-21T21:56:53Z Gerry was the first person I thought of, and I got to make him a man of action but never to be action hero — even though he did have a special skill set. "We leave these places in ruins": How the white lens on "Kandahar" reflects the human cost 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z He's a man of action who likes to do his own stunts; and, even while just padding through the bush, there's a natural grace to his movements, like a gymnast or a circus performer. Willem Dafoe: 'You do your best work when you're scared' 2012-07-04T17:36:06Z He was a man of letters but also, like his hero Byron, a man of action — a war hero and a restless adventurer, who even swam the Hellespont when he was 69. A Renowned Travel Writer’s Letters From the Road 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z But my character is a good detective because he really does want to help people and be a man of action. The slacker meets the sleuth 2011-03-26T00:02:00Z "An artist is not only an artist, he is also a man of action which, for me, is absolutely essential," said Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, president of the famed family Champagne house. 100 years later: Alan Seeger's global commitment lingers 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z He was a man of action rather than a man of words. Dolly Parton: my family values | Anita Sethi 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Sebastian Foxx is a canny invention — “a man of action and one of principle!” declares the admiring street urchin he takes on as a servant. Book review: ‘The Day of Atonement’ by David Liss People have responded to the fact that he’s a man of action. Stranger Things’ David Harbour on Playing a New Leading Man 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Henry — the king who leads the English into battle to press his slender claim to the French throne — is a man of action. | 'Henry V': A Kingdom for a Stage, Princes to Act ...and Maybe a Better Hall? 2011-08-17T21:51:54Z Then there was Huston himself: man of action, war veteran and incurable adventurer. Anjelica Huston: My father John's wildest shoot 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is on hand less as a theorist than a man of action. ‘The Map of Chaos,’ by Felix J. Palma 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z In the script Christian is a man of action, like Abbé Pierre. Film: Worldly Actor Finds Method in a Monastery 2011-02-20T02:01:25Z But John is a man of action, and so is Guy Ritchie. Review | ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’: A masterfully manipulative war thriller 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Hu is depicted in state media as a man of action, sometimes shown checking on planting progress in far-flung provinces. Hu Chunhua: From rural roots to candidate for China premiership 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z And if there is a central dynamic connecting his art and his life, it is that of being a man of action. Mad magazine’s oldest active artist still spoofs what makes us human 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Elba, a reliably suave man of action, shrewdly downplays here as a bumbling dad who, brawny frame and medical expertise aside, is no physical match for Pridezilla. Review: Idris Elba, meet lion. The new thriller 'Beast' doesn't beat around the bush 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The cleric, he said, was a “man of action, not just speeches.” Iraq crisis simmers as protesters shut parliament down 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “Zawahiri is the ideologue of al-Qaeda, a man of thought rather than a man of action,” Bruce Riedel, a former CIA counterterrorism expert and adviser to four U.S. presidents, said in a September interview. Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda leader, killed at 71 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Another person who knows Koerner called him "a man of action, not one to draw things out", and a great choice to handle a difficult restructuring project. Restructuring whiz Koerner lands in Credit Suisse CEO hot seat 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The prince said that Nelson Mandela remained a great inspiration and an example of resilience and optimism, hailing him as "not only a man of conscience, he was a man of action". Prince Harry warns UN of global assault on freedom 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Is he a man of action to back his words or is it just coach-speak? Backtalk: Times readers sound off on Colin Kaepernick and the Seahawks 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Du Bois was a man of action, and he believed that African Americans must work to change unfair laws. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To his admirers, Gen. Singlaub was the consummate warrior — a brawny, ramrod-straight man of action with the wounds and decorations to prove the truth of the lore that surrounded him. John Singlaub, audacious warrior who waged private battle against communism, dies at 100 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z While promising to be a man of action in the mayor’s office, Adams is at times an unconventional politician who is expected to put his own stamp on the role. Eric Adams sworn in as New York City mayor after ball drop 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z “He was a man of action, and a man of his word — guided by faith, loyalty, and unshakeable resolve,” Biden said in the proclamation. Late Senate leader Harry Reid remembered as `man of action’ 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z “Zawahiri is the ideologue of al-Qaeda, a man of thought rather than a man of action, and his writings are ponderous and sometimes unbelievably boring,” said Riedel, the former CIA official. As opportunity beckons in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda’s leader squabbles and writes ‘comically boring’ books 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Often labelled “boring”, the 63-year-old finance minister has cast himself as a man of action who can be trusted to get things done. In German leadership race, 'Boring Olaf' bets on craving for stability 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z And while Mr Gove's supporters say he's a man of action, his critics point to a past willingness to override opposition to achieve his desired outcome. Reshuffle: Michael Gove's new levelling up role sparks Town Hall nerves 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z We don't see the tall, blond soldier and man of action some saw then. 'My night in notorious Nazi collaborator Quisling's cabin' 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Even more than that, though Broad “was a doer — a man of action,” the councilman added on Twitter. Eli Broad rose to service when L.A. was at a low point. His imprint is impossible to miss 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z “I’m a man of action. I love to work. I love my job. And I love seeing other people succeed.” Bill Walton on Pac-12 NCAA dominance: 'This is the dream come true' 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The confinement is atypical for Putin, usually a man of action during crises, showing up at floods or wildfires to console Russians and direct the responses. Putin Said to Have 2 Identical Offices: 1 in Moscow, the Other at the Beach 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Trump never tires of posing as the decisive man of action, a genius and savior of the nation. Perspective | How fascist is President Trump? There’s still a formula for that. 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z But opinion polls suggest that this strategy backfired politically, increasing public trust in provincial leaders while eroding confidence in Mr. Putin, who lost his aura as a can-do man of action. Russian Governor Is Accused of Multiple Murders as Kremlin Claws Back Powers 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “Yeah, he says some things sometimes that I wish he wouldn't say. But when it gets right down to the lip log, as we say in West Texas, 'He's a man of action.'” Country star Larry Gatlin weighs in on how coronavirus could impact tours following pandemic 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z His father was a man of action and would have had a greater appreciation for the efforts of a younger generation had he seen them with his own eyes — and vice versa. Opinion | The ‘Reverend’ of Benning Ridge died, but his fight should live on 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Wilder smiled and responded by saying, “I don’t believe anything Fury says. … I am not concerned with what he says, I am more focused on what he does. I am a man of action.” Markazi: Deontray Wilder can make history with win over Tyson Fury 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “Most importantly, he’s putting himself out there as a man of action, and I think that is appealing to his base.” Trump touts Soleimani’s death as he seeks to burnish commander-in-chief credentials for reelection campaign 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z None of that has stopped his campaign ads portraying him as a man of action and touting a list of achievements in contrast to “do nothing” Democrats obsessed with the arcane business of impeachment. Impeachment: is Trump set to survive and win a second term? 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z “Arnold used to say, ‘Be a man of action!’ Has any California governor dealt with more disasters at once than Gavin Newsom? Not likely 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Yet their formulaic nature seems at odds with the deep thoughtfulness of which this man of action is clearly capable. Review | From Jim Mattis, leadership lessons and a love letter to Marine ‘grunts’ 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “He wasn’t just a thinker; he was a man of action,” said Dr Paul Shrimpton of Magdalen College, Oxford, and author of a 2014 book on Newman’s ideas, The Making of Men. Victorian priest and scholar John Henry Newman to be made a saint in Rome 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Banning is our fantasy for those very real scenarios: a strong, resourceful, yet exceedingly normal man of action. Review: ‘Angel Has Fallen’ but Gerard Butler manages to get up for a third time 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The cycle of razzle-dazzle enables Trump to galvanise his support base, selling himself as a man of action, and keeps the media mesmerised while his government pushes reforms or slashes regulations on the quiet. 'A simple pattern': how Trump claims victory when facts suggest otherwise 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z “I was and am a man of action you cannot change minds protesting like that. However you can make change with a little focused violence.” ‘I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on earth’: A self-proclaimed white nationalist planned a mass terrorist attack, the government says 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z “I was and am a man of action, you cannot change minds protesting like that. However you can make change with a little focused violence.” Coast Guard Officer Plotted to Kill Democrats and Journalists, Prosecutors Say 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z In this high desert enclave, Rand Abbott is a well-known man of action. Amid closure at Joshua Tree National Park, volunteers struggle to clean up after unruly visitors 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z “I am a man of action,” he wrote in 1917, “and the President has refused to let me take part.” A glimpse into the heartache and high jinks in Theodore Roosevelt’s life 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “He was a doer, a man of action. He would say, ‘Let’s get moving! Can Beto do it? The battle for Texas that holds the key to America's future 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “He’s a man of action and is very selfless. His heart is in the right place and will always want to help. Brian would never walk away from a situation knowing someone needed help.” Irishman on honeymoon killed in Greek wildfires 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z He called Kaloyeros “a dynamo” and a “man of action” and said there was no effort to rig bids. Defense in Buffalo Billion case: Ex-school head acted fairly 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z “He’s a man of action,” McMaster said at the time. Trump to test his powers in South Carolina runoff 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z “I believe he’s in the White House for two primary reasons today. One, he’s a man of courage. And two, he’s a man of action. And I think the American people want both.” For Pruitt, gaining Trump’s favor — and keeping it — came through fierce allegiance 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Knox was a man of action, but also one of passion and compassion. Seahawks needed Hard Knox to taste first success 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Society hoists the man of action on its shoulders, not the talker. ‘Whole Again’: A Vet Maimed by an I.E.D. Receives a Transplanted Penis 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “His first year was very good, he’s a man of action, he sees the need of change,” Bulcke said, adding that Schneider is also acting in a “balanced way.” Nestle chairman calls CEO 'man of action,' praises his first year 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Putin defines himself as a man of action. How Putin can restore Russian research 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z But they were all united in at least one message — Trump, they repeated, would be a man of action. ‘We’re going to take action’: Inside Trump’s shifting stance on gun rights 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z But they were all united in at least one message – Trump, they repeated, would be a man of action. ‘We’re going to take action’: Inside Trump’s shifting stance on gun rights 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z In Nick Hytner's modern dress production he's played by Whishaw as a thoughtful academic turned politician who's not by nature a man of action. Ben Whishaw has murder in mind 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Regarding the Jan. 6 front-page article “In defying Trump, Gardner is rare GOP man of action”: Opinion | Fighting Sessions is the wrong path to marijuana reform 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z He was touted as “one heck of a leader” and as a “man of action.” Republicans celebrate their tax bill — and heap praise on Trump 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The justice was both a man of action and ideas and an experienced hunter. Scalia on writing well, originalism, and a turkey hunting mishap 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Isaiah’s Holmesian skills get a workout, proving him to be both a cerebral thinker and a man of action. Review: ‘Righteous’ elevates author to new level 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Kiir said he had supported Trump during the campaign because he was a “man of action” who would “put what was wrong right.” South Sudan is a disaster. Its president says: Not my fault. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z He called Mr. Trump “a man of action” and “a straightforward guy.” Trump’s Chief of Staff, Speaking With Press, Walks a Verbal Tightrope 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In his version of Washington, he is the Henry V-style man of action to Barack Obama’s indecisive, cripplingly intellectual Hamlet. 'Your worst nightmare: a successful Donald Trump presidency' 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z The firing, he said, proved that Mr. Trump was “a man of action, and he’s not afraid to take action.” Trump Voters on Comey’s Ouster: Some Cheers, and Some Fears of a Cover-Up 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z He will claim to be a man of action, thinking big and leaving the awkward details to others. Trump's tax plan wins the news cycle – but will he lose the messaging war? 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The answer, surely, is that Rand lionises the alpha male capitalist entrepreneur, the man of action who towers over the little people and the pettifogging bureaucrats – and gets things done. The new age of Ayn Rand: how she won over Trump and Silicon Valley 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z From the start, the former linebacker with a B.A. in drama was, naturally, a man of action. The Sunday Conversation: Carl Weathers goes from pugilism to procedural 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is eager to look like a man of action, pulling the levers of government and redirecting the ship of state. The Daily 202: What Trump didn’t want you to see him signing 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z I, for one, am willing to believe my president is a man of action. Trump promised to wipe out Isis – perhaps he already has ... | Rich Hall 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z So far, President Trump, seeking to project an image of a man of action, has preferred attention-grabbing executive actions over closed-door engagement with Congress. Desperate for Presidential Leadership, Republicans Find Little 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Blum described Sinwar as charismatic and not corrupt and said he is modest, a true believer and a man of action. Hamas names hard-liner as its new political leader in Gaza 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z “President Trump has proven to be a man of action and I am grateful for his commitment to this and other critical infrastructure projects so vital to our nation.” Army to proceed with Dakota Access pipeline North Dakota lawmakers say 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z “President Trump has made clear that he is a man of action and we are ready,” said Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, a member of the House Republican leadership. A Jarring New Level of Confrontation and Conflict Hits Washington 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z “Get used to it,” she said on Twitter, calling Mr. Trump “a man of action and impact.” Trump often distracted away from campaign promises in first week 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Kellyanne Conway, who ran Trump’s campaign and is now a counselor to the president, praised him as a “man of action.” Are you an immigrant? We want to hear your story 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Standing in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, Trump hailed the members of the U.S. military as “the backbone of this country” and described Mattis as a “man of action.” Trump puts freeze on refugee program, ushers in sweeping changes 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Standing in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, Mr. Trump hailed the members of America’s military as “the backbone of this country” and described Mr. Mattis as a “man of action.” Trump Bars Syrian Refugees Indefinitely to Keep Terrorists Out 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s advisers say his frenzied approach shows he is a man of action. Donald Trump, Mary Tyler Moore, North Korea: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s advisers say that his frenzied if admittedly impulsive approach appeals to voters because it shows that he is a man of action. Donald Trump’s Scattershot Presidency 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Trump also must present himself as a man of action because he lacks the rhetorical gifts of his predecessor. After a rocky weekend, the rituals of the White House bolster Donald Trump 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z For Brown, the Republican county executive, the perception that Trump is a man of action was the single strongest driver of his support. Can Trump really make America great again? 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z But Mr. Schulback, always a man of action, refused to let his wife die in the hospital and took her home. The Lost Footage of Marilyn Monroe 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z In his poem, Gatiss said the critic was wrong to infer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective was "no man of action". Sherlock writer Mark Gatiss answers critic in verse - BBC News 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Duterte is seen as a man of action: decisive and quick. How a Failed Peaceful Revolution in the Philippines Led to Rodrigo Duterte 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Castro, as head of the nonaligned movement, defended the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which marked him as a Soviet puppet, rather than an independent man of action. Fidel Castro, Cuba Revolutionary, Dies at 90 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z “The president-elect is a man of action, and we’ve got a great number of men and women with great qualifications who look forward to serving in this administration,” Pence said. Trump signals intent to keep hard-line promises with choices for senior national security posts 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z He described Jackson as "a swashbuckling man of action". Is Donald Trump the modern-day Andrew Jackson? - BBC News 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z “While there may be some concerns...the president is a man of action and really we need to appreciate that more,” Mr. Abella said. Duterte Ally Criticizes Philippine President’s Early Leadership 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Murray looked like a man of action last November when he and King County Executive Dow Constantine proclaimed twin states of emergency over homelessness. Mayor Murray’s crucible: Seattle’s homelessness crisis 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z In Havana, he got involved in the violent student politics of the time, eventually becoming a gun-toting law student and self-described “man of action.” Fidel Castro, Cuba Revolutionary, Dies at 90 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Trump allies say he is popular with many voters precisely because he is a man of action, and Americans want strong, decisive leadership. Trump's Temperament May Decide the Election 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Lawrence was part artist, part man of action, hungry for public acclaim yet uneasy about his own inner self, he says. Lawrence of Arabia: New play tackles man behind movie image - BBC News 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z “But I saw a man of action, a man who believed deeply in what he was doing.” Brian MacLellan is right at home, at the center of Capitals’ success 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z "I'm sure that when he saw the young lady, he thought of his sister or his girlfriend or his former wife ... That's just the kind of guy he was. He's a man of action." Georgia funeral planned for California victim credited with shielding co-worker from bullets 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z "I'm tired of the slip-throughs. The appealing part to me about Trump is he's a man of action," said Tollenger, who is considering a variety of Republican candidates. To some Republicans, Trump gives voice to what's on their minds 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The common perception of Churchill is that of politician—not a man of action. How Being a War Reporter Shaped Winston Churchill's Life 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z In that time of chaos, Mr. Parr seemed the epitome of the firm-jawed man of action: forceful, resolute, decisive. Jerry Parr, Secret Service agent who helped save Ronald Reagan, dies at 85 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Wilson proves surprisingly effective as an everyday man of action yet retains enough of his trademark wry charm to feel real. The taut action-thriller 'No Escape' puts Owen Wilson's family in peril 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z In this venture, Floyd proved to be a man of action. WSU presence will be Elson Floyd’s legacy in Everett 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z “He doesn’t look sad and lonely to me. He’s not Bridget Jones. He’s the reverse. He’s James Bond. He’s an international man of action, travelling the world, loving up the ladies.” Is Prince Harry the new Bridget Jones? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z "I'm a man of action and I'm hoping to get some good ideas here." Greenlight's Einhorn slams oil frackers, Meister touts Yum at Sohn 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. Reflections on Leadership 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Lyashko's appeal is less about his politics, which is heavy on catchphrases and light on substance, than in his image as a man of action. Militant bravado wins support for Ukraine radical 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Lyashko’s appeal is less about his politics, which is heavy on catchphrases and light on substance, than in his image as a man of action. Militant bravado wins support for Ukraine radical 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He wanted them to see he was a man of action, even if it was now a bloody sight he couldn’t bear to look at himself. Teen convicted in 2010 slaying crafts new dreams 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Sisi's interviews have revealed the gruff personality that his supporters say shows that he is a decisive man of action and his opponents say are signs of a new autocrat in waiting. Egypt's Sisi lowers expectations for change 2014-05-08T15:00:20Z My father was a man of action, and I implore us all to embrace that small portion of his faulty legacy by doing the same. Estranged son of Westboro Baptist founder breaks silence: I will mourn the “man he could have been” 2014-03-24T13:45:00Z The state-controlled media played its part too, painting Mr Sobyanin as a man of action. Moscow mayoral election raises many questions 2013-09-09T17:06:57Z A determined man of action to his supporters and a would-be despot to his opponents, Mursi, 61, is a civil engineer and university lecturer with a doctorate from the United States. Egypt's Mursi circles wagons as trouble looms 2013-06-27T22:09:42Z "To show he is a man of action, we expect Mr. Carney to introduce explicit forward policy guidance in August," said Simon Wells, chief UK economist at HSBC. Bank of England to give policy guidance once Carney takes over: Reuters poll 2013-06-12T15:27:48Z And also of proving yourself as a man of action,” said Brian Fishman, who studies terrorism at the New America Foundation in Washington. Boston Suspects: Confused Identities and Conflicting Loyalties 2013-04-20T14:53:21Z Had he not once been a man of action? Nicole Krauss: “Zusya on the Roof.” 2013-01-28T05:00:00Z “He is a reasonable man who understands economics, talks to the point and is a man of action.” Former Prime Minister Is Elected President of Czech Republic 2013-01-26T17:18:26Z While Steyer, who’s also been mentioned as a potential gubernatorial candidate, is under consideration, he’s also considered a man of action. An exotic junket to start the year 2012-12-18T00:15:51Z And one of state TV's most important functions seems to be to show Mr Putin as a dynamic man of action, not merely commenting on events, but taking charge of them. Russian TV promotes Putin during flood crisis 2012-07-10T15:18:28Z He exudes optimism and is a man of action. Newark School Reform: About That $100 Million ... 2012-06-28T22:59:07Z Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said he was a man of action who would be useful in the fight against crime. Warner to head Trinidad security 2012-06-23T17:03:57Z It begins in 1958, with Johnson, so famously decisive and a man of action, dithering as he decides whether or not to run in the 1960 presidential election. Robert Caro?s Big Dig 2012-04-12T19:48:16Z I wanted a man of action and of a good head. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z That Forsyth, despite his affectations and his London ways, was a man of action who could face pain as well as danger, this deed of his was in itself enough to prove. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Genius in the man of action is simply the apotheosis of charlatanism. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z At the same time, he was a man of action; he was resolute and brave, and without scruples or a sense of pity. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The Consul, happily for us, was a man of action. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z His gentle blue eyes have the dreamy gaze that marks the saints and poets of this world: the steely glitter of the man of action is lacking. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z For Gilbert Forsyth, a fop to all appearances and a lazy dude, was in reality a man of action. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z “Excuse me, but I’ve never seen a real man of action before,” she pleaded. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z In his younger days, when he was more of a man of action than to-day, he wore a curly beard and a mustache that grew untouched by scissors. The Last Lion and Other Tales 2012-03-07T03:00:15.607Z He looked at Nares, the man of action, who bore with waiting ill, and he, flushed with fever, laid a hand that was clenched hard upon the table. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z It bred, however, no considerable man of action, and it was left for the Russians to do what generations of Western Socialists had spent their lives in discussing. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z As the words of a man of action and a model legislator in time of invasion by a foreign enemy, his well-known speech to the New Hampshire Assembly is worth the quoting. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Yes--you see I know him only as the soldier--the man of action--the fighting man--but you---- Celia. Green Stockings A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-01-28T03:00:24.297Z To-day, when he is more of an artist, perhaps, than a man of action, the beard has disappeared and the mustache is close-cropped. The Last Lion and Other Tales 2012-03-07T03:00:15.607Z The Japanese is before all things a man of action. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z For a few years I was at a loose end altogether—a man of action without a sphere. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z It unnerved his resolution, and uncertainty and irresolution were terrific strains on a man of action and precision. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z History is necessary above all to the man of action and power who fights a great fight and needs examples, teachers and comforters; he cannot find them among his contemporaries. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z The Babylonian is the astrologer, the adviser, the helper; the Mede is the man of action. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Yuan-tsi-Khai is, on the contrary, before all a man of action, a soldier at heart. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z This learned gentleman was also a man of action, a Roosevelt of the professorial chair; he rode, he boxed, he was devoted to hunting big game as well as to the exploration of unknown lands. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Then he was, like most of his fellows, a different being, transformed from a dull, listless, stupid-looking giant to a man of action, alert, active and energetic even as an Englishman. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z You are a man of action, and the solitudes are not to your taste. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The danger is Martelly may assume that his electoral triumph and his current popularity, as well as his image as a man of action, will give him carte blanche to do as he pleases ... Analysis: Haitian army: ghost of bloody past set for revival 2011-11-17T21:16:51Z A man of action, then, should appeal to thy brash tastes. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z His demeanour gave a wrong impression of the man--the impression that he was not a man of action. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Nor was this deepest peace that the man of action knows—his certainty about what his task in the world must be—the whole of my spirit's unexpected re-birth. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z One evening, however, he resolved to be a man of action and at least give an indication of the state of his own heart. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z His face, dark and almost effeminately smooth—the face of a dreamer rather than a man of action—showed a look of boredom hinting that he was weary of receiving notes from feminine admirers. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z According to what he had heard, Mostyn was a man of action. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z As a matter of fact, he was a man of action before all things else. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z But the shackles of trade soon proved intolerable to this man of action. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z He was both dreamer and man of action; he could be 'idler than the idlest flowers,' yet he was always busy about something. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z As his man of action he chose General Joubert, one of the most distinguished among French officers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Not as a rule a deep thinker—he was essentially a man of action—he found himself pondering over various matters. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z For Blanchet remarks that the Conde de Ricla, though a man of action and efficiency, seems in the awarding of privileges and assignment of punishments not to have conducted himself quite properly. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z His ideas had expanded, and while not abandoning the life contemplative, he desired to become in some way the man of action, and to mingle in the literary and political conflicts going forward around him. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Akiba, a man of science, was changed by these troubles into a man of action. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The government entrusted its defence to Barras; but its true man of action was young General Bonaparte, who could dispose of a few thousand regular troops and a powerful artillery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Max Brauws was a thinker as well as a man of action; and each of these two personalities insisted on having its period of domination. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Governor Guazo was a man of action and enterprise, besides being endowed with no little military genius. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z He was simultaneously a dreamy mystic and a practical man of action. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z “The president likes him, thinks he is a man of principle, and also a man of action,” the White House national security adviser, Thomas E. Donilon, said in an interview. Obama and Turkey?s Premier, Erdogan, to Meet 2011-09-20T01:58:39Z The Girondins numbered many orators, but not one man of action. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Now he felt quite lonely, he who was a dreamer as well as a thinker and a man of action. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Yet as a man of action, too, he once appeals most irresistibly to our sympathies: I mean in the admirable scene with Hinda, in which he wins back his stolen finery by his lute-playing. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Mr. Hearty had proved himself to be a man of action. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z I have been all my life a man of action, not of words; and now what I have to say must be said briefly indeed. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Robespierre was not a man of action; he knew not how to form or lead a party; he lived not with his fellows but with his own thoughts and ambitions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The exciting, exhilarating experiences which were now befalling him produced on one who was essentially a man of action, not a philosopher and thinker, an extraordinary mental and even physical effect. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z He fills no great part in the drama; he is by nature the reverse of a man of action; and, strictly, the story could very well dispense with him. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Once it was a live man and a man of action; now he, too, is a corpse; he wanders in a world of illusion, and goes on giving decisions by rote as in a dream. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z He was once more the deliberate and incisive man of action. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z We seldom find the typical thinker in the typical man of action. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z He was a man of action; he could not sit and do nothing but think. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Franklin, as we have said, was primarily a man of action. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z He was also a man of action; his life was holy and his courage invincible. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z The mere masculine repugnance of the man of action to lower the spear before the distaff would in any case probably have induced him to reject the proposal of the Tory lords. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z It was no self-love nor mean desire of praise that induced the man of action thus to become the historian of his own deeds. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.553Z For Ralegh, like Sidney, the friend of Spenser's earliest youth, was a poet as well as a man of action; and though Spenser was a bigger poet than either he was not a bigger man. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Judith was acute enough to see the difference between the two men—one the man of conversation, and the other the man of action. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Then, because he was above all things a man of action and could let side issues wait, he asked no questions but patted his niece's shoulder. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The poet who drew Hamlet and Othello can never have thought that even the ideal man of action would lack that light upon the brow which at once transfigures them and marks their doom. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Joffre is not only a thinker, but a man of action. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z He was a man of imagination, who could never rest content with the attainment which, as man of action, he had achieved. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Which is more popular with the masses, the man of action or the thinker? Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Chatterton was a man of action; making no comment, he wrenched upon the rope of the bell before he pulled out his watch. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Thawed into theorizing by these indubitably genuine evidences of a nation’s high regard, the man of action tried to help the nation out. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z Following generations of professors, doctors, and lawyers had come the man of action. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, who has died aged 96, was both a man of action and an intellectual. Intellectual action man 2011-06-10T16:06:51Z Tell us, thou man of action, what bold move We needs must make. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z Essentially a man of action and a soldier, he preserved his tone of command after he had reached the throne, the inflexibility of the military chief, the conviction of his absolute right to be master. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z But today the scholar in football suddenly became the man of action. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z Time passed; it was more than twice twelve months before the man of dreams and the man of action met again. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Roman education, on the other hand, directed its efforts mainly to the moulding of the man of action himself. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z His features are those of a philosophic visionary rather than of a man of action, of a religious reformer rather than of a king. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z A man of action does not loiter all evening returning his own howdy-doo to himself—not in his first evening outfit. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Not as an orator, like Patrick Henry, but as a man of action, like Lincoln and Washington, had he a powerful influence over men. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z No man of action, be his sphere humble or exalted, can afford to do without it. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z The aim of Greek education was the formation of the philosophic thinker, the man fitted by nature and training to guide and direct the energies of the man of action. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z A sad thing for a man of action, as he always was. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Kim flinched under the leather, and, rolling sideways, brought down the chaplain, who, ever a man of action, caught him by the throat and nearly choked the life out of him. Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z He was a man of action, and possessed good literary ability. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z So bein' a man of action I wrote out an ad. an' put it in a big paper in the States. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z When he has a problem to solve he seems more like a dreamer than a man of action. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z As the boys looked at him they felt that here was a man of action and character. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z “When will your Excellency leave?” the Sheikh asked, becoming suddenly a man of action. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z But the eyes, a little closed on account of the bright light, were too quick and too hard to belong to any but a man of action. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z "Bill is a man of action," his wife later explained. Vital Center: The Real Lesson of the Tucson Tragedy 2011-01-13T08:30:00Z He was a man of action, accustomed to think quickly, and he began at once to devise means to save her. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z A supreme command having been attained by means curiously compounded of chivalric romance and base scheming, the man of action did not hesitate a moment to put every power in motion. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z Frederick regarded him, at the same time, as a millionaire, as a dilettante, and as a man of action. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The prime minister cultivates an image as a man of action. Putin takes it on the chin from former judo coach 2010-12-22T23:05:36Z Vanderboegh is hardly a man of action himself, living these days on government disability checks. Locked and Loaded: The Secret World of Extreme Militias 2010-09-30T08:45:00Z Athanasius was a man of action, but he also knew how to use his pen for the furtherance of his cause. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" "You see?" she demanded suddenly of Peckover, effectually dispelling the amusement which was gathering on his face, "he is a man of action," she continued with grim significance. A Poached Peerage For Caesar possessed in supreme degree the power to act with decision, which, when combined with clear judgement, makes the great man of action. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men Uvo Delavoye had enough to say at most moments, but now he was a man of action only, and I copied his proceedings without a word. Witching Hill The Scot, in his quality of a man of action, talks little; all the less, perhaps, because he knows that he will have to give an account of every idle word in the Last Day. Friend Mac Donald What remained to p. 208the last was the expression of “keenness and practical power,” and the “eager, restless, energetic outlook” which suggested a man of action rather than a writer of books. Springtime and Other Essays He was a man of action, and his deeds were of the kind which mark epochs in history. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Scipio was a man of action; an excellent soldier and general. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men Though pre-eminently a man of action, Boniface has left several literary remains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" I am not a man of action; I am a dreamer. Marguerite de Valois You are, like myself, a man of action; one to execute and do, and not merely to note and record. Tony Butler And with a promptitude that bespoke the man of action, Harcourt descended the stairs and set out. The Fortunes Of Glencore And Billy's personality suggested the thinker, not the man of action. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines He had what Wilde lacked, even in his ruin, passion, was maybe as passionate as some great man of action, as Parnell, let us say. The Trembling of the Veil I love freedom and hate conventionalities; I am a man of action, and must always be up and doing. Rambles in Womanland This incident showed that Robert Brackenbury was essentially a man of action. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England It is evident that this is a man of action rather than of words. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action. Plashers Mead A Novel He who would stand high among his fellow-men, and be regarded as their benefactor and superior during his lifetime, must essentially be a man of action! Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience As he became older, Fréchette had dreams of becoming a man of action, and began to learn telegraphy at Ogdensburg; but he found the art too long and life too brief. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 He was too sensitive, too full of ideas, too far-sighted, too conscious of all possible results for a man of action. Thomas Jefferson In reality a man of action, the languid and somewhat cynical air which he affected in times of quiet greatly belied him. Tales of South Africa The Chief of Police was, above all things, a man of action. The Intriguers Philippe, like all this race of Burgundian dukes, was a man of action, a man of strong character, slightly more scrupulous than his father, and yet not entirely without inclination to sacrifice honor to policy. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Francis was a man of action, and one who took life literally. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Because you, yourself, are a man of action, you want our friend, here, to prescribe for Elaine with the same speed and certainty that you would go after a hot news story. The Time Mirror The eloquence of a man who is a famous orator is not quite so convincing as that of a man of action, who rarely speaks, but who is finally stirred by a great occasion. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks He started from his chair, ever a man of action. The Intriguers But here, as always, he was man of action, and wrote for a specific though perhaps a fugitive purpose. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) His muscles ached, his hands grasped ceaselessly at the air; he was a man of action, his desire for combat throttled by incapability. The Giants From Outer Space "Earlier this evening you said I was a man of action," he told the savant tautly. The Time Mirror If the unhappy monarch had been a man of action, he would have turned to good advantage a guard commanded by such a champion. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty He was a man of thought as well as a man of action. Rulers of India: Lord Clive A renowned man of action and a celibate was Francis Drake, the navigator and discoverer. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 I have been hitherto, Sire, rather a man of action than of thought or reflection. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas In fact, it is difficult to determine whose genius was greater—Wolsey’s as the diplomatist and administrator, or Henry’s as the man of action, the figurehead of the State. Henry VIII and His Court 6th edition He was from Gilead, and a man of action, most emphatically. Training the Teacher Lamberti believed that this was true; he was a man of action and had no respect for society's prejudices, when society was not present to enforce its laws. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome The sturdy colonel in control of the forces of the entire region was known to be a man of action, and one whose activities were familiar to all the settlers. Scouting with Daniel Boone I could see easily that the man of thought and reflection was succumbing before the man of action and of the world, and I was selfish enough to revel in the triumph. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas This with the faintest shade of contempt that the man of action always holds for the artist, the poet or the dreamer. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch We have already described Hopkins as a man of action. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 It was not the melancholy and intellectual Cassius who trembled before C�sar's ghost at Philippi; it was rough Brutus, the believer in himself and the man of action. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome But Epstein was a man of action, and, notwithstanding his nervousness, a man of some nerve. The Girl in the Mirror The dreamer and the enthusiast had become the man of action, prompt, stern, and decided. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror Nicolai, at once thinker and man of action, turns to the most immediate duty. The Forerunners It is no exaggeration, as we shall see in following his career, to say that the witch crusader was a man of action, who might in another field have made his mark. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 He was a man of action who mistrusted common sense, a good fellow on the side of cranks: the race has never been common and is now almost extinct. Pot-Boilers He knew the manner of man she did take seriously,—a man of action, who had done something in the world. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 Furthermore, Nechayeff was primarily a man of action, and in a letter, which is printed hereafter, it appears that he urgently requested Bakounin to develop some of his theories in a Russian journal. Violence and the Labor Movement He seemed about fifty years of age, and his bronzed faced, grizzled hair, and deeply-wrinkled brow, all showed the man of action rather than the recluse. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia Here was the deed to be done; here the man of action. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) But, as he was essentially a man of action, he soon grew weary of idle speculation, and determined to search more actively into the mystery, and if possible sift it to the bottom. A Castle in Spain A Novel The man of words become the man of action. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story But I am a man of action, whose business it is to record facts, not to comment on them. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War He was a man of action because he was first and foremost a man of prayer. The Prayers of St. Paul I am so much a man of action that I see no way out but by the strong arm. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West To Hawk Carse, man of action, it was unearthly; it was a miracle the fact of which he could not question, but which he could not hope to understand. The Passing of Ku Sui I, the man of action, the embodiment of worldly success, was awed by the very intensity of my love, which added a throb of apprehension to the supreme moment of its fulfilment. The Romance of a Plain Man But I cannot even claim to have been a man of action in the sense in which Carlyle was in England, or Emerson in America. My Autobiography A Fragment As an inspirer of thought and man of action, the world has seen few such men as Luther. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The fatalistic resignation of these folk was disturbing to a man of action like McGuire. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Shakespeare's intellect is beyond inquiry, yet he was not altogether a man of action. Amaryllis at the Fair But Jean Marot, if not a doctor, was a young man of action and resources. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life He saw mankind as an embattled legion and believed, true man of action that he was, that freedom could be won like victory by the impetus of a resolute charge. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Titian, who painted the living man of action, the man of parts, susceptible alike to the appreciation of ideal beauty and heroic impulse, but guided withal by expediency, reflected this more practical aspect of life. Thoughts on Art and Life The hands of his double were stained as were Dr. Bird's, but they were short and thick and bespoke more the man of action than the man of thought. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Luther was a man of action, but his thought was not the widest. Dreamers of the Ghetto It occurred to him that this brusque man of action might be compared to just such a being. The Planetoid of Peril Paine was a man of action, and no mere logic could hold him. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle One would hardly think he could have found a chance to do so much in such a short time; but our Emperor is a man of action. The Princess Virginia He was so essentially a man of action. The Twins of Suffering Creek To a man of action such a week is longer than ten years of service. Nan of Music Mountain They fought on past pain, past sickness, past poisoning, that man of action and men of the laboratory. Under Arctic Ice He unites the qualities of the man of action with those of the scholar and writer,—another very rare combination. Camping with President Roosevelt Correy was my first officer, a square-jawed fighting man if one ever breathed, a man of action, such as these effete times do not produce. Priestess of the Flame By birth, by instinct, by training, by habit, I am a man of action. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 Naturally he is not a man of action—he is a dreamer. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real He was essentially a man of action and feeling unpleasantly hungry, and he quickened his pace, knowing that the chance of his getting a shot at a caribou in the open was small. Blake's Burden But the men of study and research are never numerous; and it is principally as a man of action that the world at large will regard him. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index It was clear that he was a man of action. The Wild Geese Essentially a man of action, he has little patience with custom of talking round a matter. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 He was getting stouter, but with his bowler hat worn well set down on his brows, he looked manly, handsome, curiously like any other man of action. The Rainbow He was a man of action, and here he was, impelled to wait while others did things for him which he knew nothing about. In the Musgrave Ranges The more she saw of this dogmatic dreamer, this erratic man of action, the more she liked him, the more she found really admirable in him. Counsel for the Defense Paul Jones, although in these last years he was forced, more than was agreeable to him, to play the rôle of an intelligent commentator, remained a man of action to the end. Paul Jones He was not a geographer like his predecessor, Jo�o, "the perfect," but he was a man of action, and determined that the route Prince Henry's navigators had opened to India should not remain unused. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Being a man of action, Mr. Crow began operations at once. Anderson Crow, Detective He is not only a wonderful politician: he is a man of action, grim, unbending, unswerving as a man may be whose eyes are steadfastly fixed upon one goal. The Double Four But to-day he was not a dreamer but a man of action. Otherwise Phyllis He had regained, so he believed, his old independence as the man of action, energetic, self-controlled, moved by one passion only, and that the finest of all—ambition. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange He appealed to the limited few, Luther to the masses; he to the educated and higher classes, Luther to the ignorant and lowly; he was a man of reflection, Luther a man of action. History of Education The martyr is one who bears witness passively to what he regards as truth at the cost of his life; he thus differs from the hero, who is a man of action. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The delicately moulded chin, the sensitive nostril—these are the signs of the poet, the dreamer, rather than of the man of action. The Doomsman She spoke, as Wyllard had expected, softly and quietly, but he was first of all a man of action, and, somewhat to her astonishment, he forthwith waded into the river. Hawtrey's Deputy He is a sentimentalist turned man of action. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange He was a man of action in abstract things. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work Many difficulties were connected with the development of the Day Spring mine, and when there was need for it Ormond showed himself a capable man of action. Lorimer of the Northwest At this point they are about to prevail, and the man of action puts himself forward in the place of contending theorists. Lectures on the French Revolution Still, primarily, the Mollycoddle is a critic, not a man of action. Appearances Being Notes of Travel Lamar was rather a man of action than of letters; but the following verses speak for him as having true poetic appreciation of beauty and power to express it. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Achilles, the man of action, without honour or imagination, sulks. William Shakespeare Indeed, there is some parallel between the American man of action, however vulgar his aims, and the old feudal idea of the gentleman with a sword at his side. What I Saw in America And where the man of action looks to find his rewards in the approval of his fellow men, the artist cares to please himself. The Enjoyment of Art His was essentially a practical understanding; he was a man of action, a man for men more than for man, the curious reverse in this of my father. Spare Hours But, being a man of action, he got a move on. Jonah and Co. "Nothing, Sire," he replied with the unaffected simplicity of the man of action; "I merely stamped on some little children—twins, I think." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914 But can a man of action keep still? Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Milton is, like all the greatest artists, a man of action. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions “All the morning I have been trying to recapture a certain ‘Ode to a Cow’ written by a man of action in a country hotel where mother and I were sojourning last summer. Ladies-In-Waiting He was a man of action, and he wanted to be doing. The Pools of Silence Their manager they knew to be a man of action—a species of Oscar Hammerstein in embryo, with a blending of Wilkins Micawber and Mulberry Sellers mixed in. A Pirate of Parts If this was the individual in his quieter and contemplative moods, an energy that never tired, and a warlike spirit that only needed the occasion to blaze forth, revealed the man of action. The Life of Gordon, Volume I Ulysses has both these worlds in him; he is the man of thought and the man of action. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary A man of action, of rash and inconsiderate action, he regarded Tanqueray with a disapproval so warm and generous that it left the young man freer, if anything, than Jane. The Creators A Comedy Because he was first of all a man of action, Wyllard forthwith waded into the river. Masters of the Wheat-Lands Bill Blunt was called into the consultation, for the old shellback had established his worth as a man of action. Gold Out of Celebes And contrary to many of our current beliefs, the former is often the man of action; he sees at a flash to the heart of the matter, and gets things done. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Was he a madman, a comedian, or simply a gabbler, as Manilof in his quality of man of action insisted, giving to the word a most contemptuous signification. Tartarin On The Alps Thou, Frank, art a man of action ever and always. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea A man of action, and bred to military life, Harrison favored prompt, vigorous measures. Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola Truly the thought was a chilling one, but Fernald, always a man of action, made no reply, but sprang to the side of one of the Russians and searched him hastily but carefully. The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers He did so in the dark days when the outlook was the reverse of promising, in nearly every aspect, to a man of action. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The man of the pen revealed himself as a first-class man of action. The Jewish State A vivid imagination often means a prompt and powerful man of action, and Henry acted at once. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand You've been a sort of negative creature, while I love a man of action. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War Each was a man of action, and each knew that long speech was vanity of vanities. The Candidate A Political Romance Sure! sure!" she answered scornfully; "I thought I was speaking to a capable and clever man of action; I see that it is a mere dreamer, to whose waking senses I appeal vainly. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 He decided that there was no help to be had from Lester, who was still no man of action. The Planet Strappers Eventually Achilles, an unthinking man of action who still tried to be aware of what happened to the instruments of action he needed most, realized that not one splinter of the original ship remained. Man Made Yes, I'll admit it—I wanted to love a soldier, a sailor, a man of action. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War They were dark eyes, the eyes of a man of action who could also dream, kindly, thoughtful eyes which even the deep shadows of the forest had not blinded to beauty. The Snowshoe Trail Armstrong was a man of action, and of words only as far as they helped action. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Sometime I might go to Mercury, myself—when I get good and sick of sitting on my tail, here—when I always was a man of action! The Planet Strappers Sorban did not look like a man of action; he certainly did not look like a retired colonel of His Imperial Majesty's Own Guard. The Unnecessary Man Now you've told me—that—that you love me, I feel I must become a man of action. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War Different atmospheres are required by the man of science, as such, and the man of action. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Her husband had been a bluff and straightforward man of action, full of hard commonsense, and the sterling virtues that so often belong to the martinet. The Green Carnation His jaws had become the jaws of a man of action. Still Jim Here occurred the meeting between the two great Corsicans, the man of ideas and the man of action. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) I am convinced that I was the man of action when it came to ordering decorators. Once a Week He was also more a man of action and affairs than any of his predecessors. History of the United States, Volume 6 Waters, for all his brisk record, was not a man of action; he was rather a mechanism jolted abruptly into action by the impulses of a detached and ardent mind. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories However, Jones, fortunately or unfortunately for himself, was a man of action and no dreamer. The Man Who Lost Himself Before this vision there rose up in him the ardent impulse to immediate effort which is the sign manual of the man of action. The Squirrel-Cage To a man of action nothing is so wearing as inactivity. Men of Affairs Dan was a man of action and few words: he vouchsafed no reply, but turned immediately and left the room, leaving a powerful odour of the byre behind him. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication Now, I have all my life been a man of action, promptitude, decision. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters "Poor old fellow, and poor little girl!" he said to himself, and then, being a man of action, he at once went to the point that was uppermost in his mind. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Bob Smart promptly and gladly obeyed, for he saw that Bellew was a man of action, and appeared to know what to do. Wrecked but not Ruined And at this point Ezra P. Hipps showed himself a man of action. Men of Affairs Jack was a man of action, and always more ready to face a danger than to avoid it. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea Lowell, for example was a bookman; Roosevelt was a man of action who wrote books. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day Besides, Armand Carrel, like all military men, was a man of action, not reflection—of execution, not contrivance—a soldier, not a conspirator. Edmond Dantès No one quite knew what he meant by this portentous guarantee, but it was evident that Daubeney, if nothing else, was a man of action, and his yacht might become very useful. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective He was less conservative, less provincial, more adaptable and approachable, less rigorous in his Puritan ideals, less a man of culture, more a man of action. The Frontier in American History Jack as has been seen was a man of action. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea But Rāmānuja was much more than a scholar and a writer of books; he was also a man of action, a "practical mystic." Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India Lord Mavourneen is a man of action, but he can wait. Paul Patoff For there's no satisfaction beneath the bending sky like that the man of action enjoys when night is nigh. Rippling Rhymes The following morning, being a man of action as well as of word, I started my "Artistic Joke." The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 One final distinction must be made, one that cuts across all the types of self hitherto discussed, namely, the distinction between the man of action and the man of thought. Human Traits and their Social Significance A great student, a man of prayer as well as a man of action, his was the striking figure of the early portion of the sixteenth century. On Prayer and The Contemplative Life Even at his age, the general was a man of action. Project Mastodon I am the man of action when, with lamplight gloating o'er the scene, I bask at leisure in my den, and read my fav'rite magazine. Rippling Rhymes A man of head, a man of action: Barras is named Commandant’s Cloak; this young artillery officer is named Commandant. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 The man of action finds an immediate satisfaction in movement, change, the clamor of affairs, the contacts with other people, the making of changes in the practical world. Human Traits and their Social Significance He looked intelligent and thoughtful, but it was the intelligence and the thoughtfulness of the student and of the dreamer, not of the man of action. Good Old Anna These two orders of thought are untwined simultaneously, on parallel lines by Chaucer, that dreamer who had lived so much in real life, that man of action who had dreamed so many dreams. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance With the one exception of the Battle of Paardeberg, he never in his palmiest days pretended to be a man of action. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 A Christian is a man of the world—a man of action and of suffering—not of rest and sleep. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century The Governor had become suddenly a man of action. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! The dilettante was lost in the man of action. The Sins of Séverac Bablon It is as prophet and not as man of action that he will be regarded by history. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. The real secret of Borrow is this—that he was a man of action turned into a writer by force of circumstances. Immortal Memories His character and his qualifications as man of action and elaborator had not always been appraised quite correctly during his lifetime, and they are a subject of differences of opinion still. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 You are a man of action and experience, Robert Massey, what would you advise us to do first?” The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue Our chief was eminently a man of action. The Big Otter The manager was a man of action—grave of countenance and of few words. In the Track of the Troops Brady, being a man of action, wasted no energy in discussion. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes The occasion arose, indeed, almost before he expected it; but luckily Herrick was a man of action and grappled with the opportunity thus presented. The Making of a Soul Our uncle was a man of action, and observing that he should give Mr Bracher a wide berth, and promising to return in a few days, at once set about making preparations for a start. With Axe and Rifle The Greek having thus fully concocted his plan, overruled all the objections thrown out by the Jew, and, as he was a man of action, he insisted on a tailor being instantly sent for. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea “As I see a crucifix at the other end of the room, I will take the oath; and now hasten on with your sketch; I am a man of action, and will speedily decide.” Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War The man of action in that great romancer exercised a sort of hypnotic power over Flint. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes My uncle, though an enthusiastic naturalist, was also a man of action. In the Eastern Seas I was ready, of course; and so, as my uncle was a man of action, he determined to set off the next morning. Afar in the Forest But busy moments had passed there, for the overseer was a man of action, and prompt to take measures toward saving the life of the drowning man. Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land He loved horses, the wild things, the trail, the mountains, the ranch duties, and the perfect freedom of a man of action. The Eagle's Heart Devine admitted that this might be advisable, and Saunders, who was a man of action, took the back trail in the next half-hour. The Gold Trail Character, as has been often repeated, is completely fashioned will, and this superlative requirement, so indispensable for every man of action in whatever walk and on whatever scale, was eminently Mr. Gladstone's. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 “By Jove, Haldane!” cried Stoddart, who was a man of action if ever there was one. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea The suspense was intolerable to a man of action like Cortes and to the men who followed him as well. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure Harold passionately loved strength and decision, especially in a big man like his father, who looked like a soldier and a man of action, and who ought not to cry like a woman. The Eagle's Heart He need no longer envy the man of action and adventure, or sigh for new regions of enterprise. An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times By instinct, by nature, by constitution, he was a man of action in all the highest senses of a phrase too narrowly applied and too narrowly construed. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Northcliffe early recognized that Lloyd George was a person to be watched, not because of his speeches, but because he was a man of action and a man who got things done. Lloyd George The Man and His Story But if he had courage, he had not the initiative of a man of action. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre As a man of action he put a low valuation on a mere scholar, but King was by no means contemptible physically. The Eagle's Heart The man of action may be bound by subtle ties to the speculative metaphysician; and Hawthorne's mind, amidst the most obvious differences, had still an affinity to his remote forefathers. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) The idea of a supremely good man was essentially that of a man of action, of a man whose whole life was devoted to the service of his country. Historical and Political Essays That done, there remained nothing but to wait:—the hardest task that can be assigned to a man of action. The Great Amulet He was short of stature and slenderly though gracefully built, and his black curls clustered over brow and eyes that seemed rather those of a poet or a dreamer than of a man of action. The Lion's Brood He had the calm contemplative mind of the student, whereas Bright, the Quaker tribune, the champion of Repeal, had all the fervour of the man of action. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Over and over again I have thought of making my escape from it all; but you see, I am not a man of action, as you are. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee Buck, in the next sixty or eighty minutes, showed himself a really great man of action. The Napoleon of Notting Hill But Parliament seems to me to be the very place which a man of action should avoid. Tancred Or, The New Crusade Her father, Gamaliel Bradford, was a sea-captain of marked ability, with heroic traits which old men will still remember, and though a man of action yet adding a taste for letters. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Worst of all, for an autocrat, he had not in his nature one particle of those qualities that go to make up the man of action, decision, energy, courage, whole-heartedness. The French Revolution A Short History Be not oblivious thereof, if thou wishest to be a man of action under all conditions. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá I see now where the man of action comes in. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension He is a man of action and has a penchant for utilizing the services of young men rather than staid old officers of experience. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Gladstone was a man of action, and silence to such is most becoming. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists The fickle lover, rousing from his remorseful reverie, became the man of action. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett He was a man of action, whose action, sharp, rapier-like, and instantaneous, was unsheathed only by instinctive feeling, by chivalry, honour, indignation, compassion, never by reflection, judgment, experience. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron His high forehead, straight nose, thin compressed lips and pointed chin belonged to the poet and dreamer rather than the man of action. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis He is the Lancashire man of action, who affects no literary arts. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 Not an orator like Patrick Henry, but a man of action like Washington, he had great power in dealing with men. Stories of Later American History Vaguely we hoped that Gandhiji, being essentially a man of action and very sensitive to changing conditions, would advance along the line that seemed to us to be right. Introduction to Non-Violence Now he stood transformed, the man of action; the dominant, compelling force before whom littler men must wither. The Lighted Match However, Mr. Salter, a man of action, had no time to spare for contemplation, and briskly hustled the stranger into a waiting taxi—for the old days of the rattling, shattered gharry are numbered. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma But Habbakuk is less the man of action, and the deep lines about the mouth and across the forehead show rather the fruits of contemplation. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres This decision was typical of the man of action. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 Garrison was essentially a man of action; the real philosopher of the non-resistance movement was Adin Ballou, a Universalist minister of New England who devoted his whole life to the advancement of its principles. Introduction to Non-Violence Everybody knows that he was a great man of action in the fullest sense of the word. Recreation by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G. It had saved a Jewess and her child, magnified its owner into a man of action, and was thenceforth silent for ever. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories We shall see later that he possesses qualities altogether apart from those of the theoriser or the man of action. Sir John French An Authentic Biography The Lieutenant, however, was a man of action. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune Your friend writes like a true man of action," he added, "like Cæsar—and also the electric telegraph. Pieces of Eight It is less often that a tribute is paid to him as a man of knowledge as well as a man of action. Recreation by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G. Whatever else Colton might have failed in, he was a man of action. Bob Hampton of Placer That was inevitable, for the man of action writes his story in deeds. Sir John French An Authentic Biography But I was never so much a dreamer, as a man of action, and the necessity of active service forced me to cast aside such thoughts almost instantly. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune Poet and man of action, for he contains more than the germ of both, confound and break down one another. An Introduction to the Study of Browning It is seldom that you find so great a man of action who was also a man of such wide and accurate knowledge. Recreation by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G. "Think not badly of me, Ramabai; but I am a man of action, and it galls me to wait." The Adventures of Kathlyn Probably no soldier ever showed the qualities and the limitations of the man of action in more vivid contrast. Sir John French An Authentic Biography You are not then a man of action; you are a wavering coward. Initiative Psychic Energy Being the Sixth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency Melchior himself, little as he speaks, is a fine sketch of the contemplative, bookish man who finds no more congenial companion and study than a successful man of action. An Introduction to the Study of Browning All who were brought in contact with Lyall speedily recognised his social charm and high intellectual gifts, but was he a man of action? Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 For the first time since the expedition started out the colonel became normal, a man of action, cool in the head, and foresighted. The Adventures of Kathlyn The man of high individuality, then, the exceptional man, the man of genius, be he man of thought, man of feeling, or man of action, is no accident that can be overlooked by history. Anthropology She had fancied him a man of power and ambition, a doer, a man of action. The Half-Hearted He was a man of action, and women shouldn't interfere—particularly young and pretty girls. The Bad Man They can cite, in justification of their procedure, the authority of one who was probably the greatest man of action that the world has ever produced. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 Bruce was there, and Bruce was a man of action and resource. The Adventures of Kathlyn But Iago, finally, is not simply a man of action; he is an artist. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth It was a head of uncommon shape, with bumps and a poise, indicating at once the idealist and the man of action. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. This spiritual fight tore the man of action, racked him limb from limb. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy It is one to which Sir Mortimer Durand frequently reverts, his general conclusion being that Lyall was "a man of action with literary tastes." Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 To a man of action like Bruce it was maddening. The Adventures of Kathlyn King Alfred, first layman to be a great power in literature; man of action; of thought; of endurance. Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Tom was in truth a man of action, and to action in the larger world he now turned. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 I was an odd mixture—half a man of action, half a man of dreams. Mike Fletcher A Novel Moreover, one trait in his character strongly indicates the pride of the masterful man of action who scorns all adventitious advantages and claims to stand or fall by his own merits. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 I checked the idiot-lights to make sure they were all green, feeling like a real man of action, then I stepped into the exterior lock and jumped, arms and legs streamlined, toes pointed. A Place so Foreign He was a genuinely patriotic Irishman, steadfast in his political creed, though unostentatious in his professions, being more a man of action than of words. The Life Story of an Old Rebel Recalling them, he had no more in common with them now than any forthright man of action has in common with narrow visionaries. Burned Bridges A man of action is rarely pleased with stimulating works of art. Musicians of To-Day The primitive savage, Miss Harrison says, "is a man of action." Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 And then, if you please, he became a man of action; and a man of action, if he is to write, must perforce be a journalist. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War For a man of action, you use more of an unnecessary tongue than any living man I ever met. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Mason was a London merchant who had seen service as governor of Newfoundland, and was, like Gorges, "a man of action." England in America, 1580-1652 The one is a dreamer, though of acute sensibilities; the other is a man of action. Thought-Forms Nevertheless, throughout his career, the sentiments of the man of action strongly predominated over those of the man of thought. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 |
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