| 单词 | poltroon |
| 例句 | “Doesn’t involve destruction? That’s like me asking you not to be a mealy-mouthed poltroon.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z What a miserable little poltroon had fear, engendered of unjust punishment, made of me in those days! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I think it’s a kind of mushroom,” said Lazlo, who knew very well what poltroon meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Go back to your seat, you omadhaun, you poltroon, you thing from the far dark corner of a bog. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Do you think I’m a poltroon?” he asked, the way a young girl might ask whether her dress was unflattering. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Maxwell is a goon, a berk, a gurgling bore, a ham-eyed poltroon and a great big swaggering chump. Charlie Brooker's 10 years of watching Big Brother 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z We’ve been remarking on the tendency of powerful institutions to act like poltroons when confronted by bullies. Column: The right wing pitched an absurd tantrum over M&M's. It worked. 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z “Complete and total catastrophe” sounds about right for such a conflagration of poltroons as that. Catastrophic government, indeed 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Apparently not to be confused or conflated with poltroon... Where Does the N.F.L. Go After a Season of Division? 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z In one, he killed a man who had insulted him as “a worthless scoundrel, a poltroon and a coward.” Jackson and Trump: How Two Populist Presidents Compare 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z A brave man," he said, "has something to keep up, he must never be cowardly; but a poltroon can be a brave man, without derogating from a well-earned reputation, whenever he pleases. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z I have known an arrant poltroon defend himself desperately against robbers; and a man, considered of undoubted courage, surrender his arms to a single footpad. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z "I am quite sure," Ampoule answered scornfully, "that I see before me a poltroon and a coward!" The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Tom Briggs, his cowardly brother, is speedily reduced to a whimpering poltroon. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z A poltroon was not a good thing to be called. Jackson and Trump: How Two Populist Presidents Compare 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z No," replied Gabrielle, quietly, "I have no intention of leaving at present; my place is here, and I am no poltroon. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z "But he's been up and down all day trying to put heart into poltroons." Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z With a howl and a cry of treachery the cohort of poltroons abandoned the litter, which fell heavily on its side, and fled over the quicksand, where they buffeted, to lie engulfed. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Of course it will be a magnificent sight, but I am a perfect poltroon—I am so afraid they will take advantage of that crowd to blow up everybody. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Knave was mildly surprised that the dog he had looked on as a dullard and a poltroon should have developed a flash of spirit. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z There the poltroon is always a Gipsy, but he is good-humoured and not so malicious as those Gipsies who had endured the hardships of outlawry in the west of Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Don't let me be shamed in my old age by seeing the boy I have brought up and loved as a son dying in disgrace, a poltroon and a coward. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z "Kiss me!" he repeated, feeling poltroon and idiotic. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z "Go, poltroon, pull the ears of these rogues, or never see me again," she cried, with that touch of insolent scorn into which her husband's weakness or scruples sometimes betrayed her. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z I should have passed for a poltroon if I had not joined the amusements and adventures of my comrades. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z That is well done and like true Catholics, O cowardly poltroons! The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z It was in truth strange that a man, so arrant a poltroon at heart, should desert his natural occupation of a lackey, to play the bravo, and pose as a soldier. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z The shadows were doubly dense here, and Persis hung back, but Forbes laughed at her for a poltroon, and she refused to take the dare. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z A hero in his study has often proved a poltroon in the field of battle. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Let us then begin with these poltroons, and spoil them of all their trophies, by making an entire conquest of them. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z You played the part of a poltroon when you fled from what you believed to be evil, instead of fighting it on your own ground. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z Just as some few poltroons in your sea-girt isle at present oppose the Channel Tunnel, which yet, in good time, will doubtless become as benign an actuality as the Suez Canal itself. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 5, 1887 2011-09-19T02:00:10.183Z But the royal poltroon had recoiled before the danger connected with such a step. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z The poltroon clergy, especially, looks pitiful, most pitiful, in the light of Whittier's noble scorn and contempt. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z We, then, that have had success in a greater war, need not doubt of it in a less, if we do but endeavour with the same spirit to vanquish these poltroons. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z My Lucy wooed by a poltroon!—no, that is not possible. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z I am neither poltroon nor coward, but I would be very sorry to be attacked by tuberculosis or cancer. The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z She had struggled against the sloth of Charles VII, the poltroon whom with so much pain she dragged from victory to victory as far as Rheims, where she had him consecrated King. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z "No poltroon could have begged for life more abjectly than he did." Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z If by rare chance a servant sees, possibly on good grounds, a hero in his master, is he therefore a poltroon? Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Strange position to take, in view of the fact that idealization is one of the commonest feats of mankind; that the human imagination is continually constructing heroes out of poltroons, and transmuting lead into gold! The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z "You are a poltroon!" flashed back Washington, with an oath. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Once more, sir; for the last time: If you have honor, if you are not a poltroon as well as a braggart and a boaster, draw and defend yourself.” Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z To know always and always that one is a poltroon and a coward? Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Should any one attempt to take of the cake, to whose character there is the least exception, he is stigmatized and set aside as a poltroon. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z My son a coward! a miserable poltroon to be pointed at, spat upon, and whipped! The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z A beast whose sullen mind two thoughts would drain; Whose breath is a poltroon's; Who is unkind.... A Night in Avignon 2011-07-07T02:00:27.090Z Washington sent Lee to attack, but after a slight demonstration, the poltroon ordered a retreat. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Unfortunately for our good dramatizing poltroon, Beata fell into two faults at once, for a reason. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z This Cromwell was unambitious, something of a poltroon, and only kept in the forefront by the personality of his father. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z "Not so total and abject a poltroon as I feared!" was his thought. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z If ten times the poltroon he is, he dare not show the white feather now. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z He tried to buy off, with money; but it was no go; even the Herr Senator Bank said, "No! this time the poltroon should be served out." Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Back of them all was the white face of Major Doyle, a brave soldier who had faced the enemy unflinchingly in many a hard fought battle, but a veritable poltroon in an imaginary ghostly presence. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z But he was no poltroon, to pine at the approach of death; and he nerved himself to meet like a man his inevitable fate. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Dr. Pomeroy did not believe himself a poltroon, nor was he one in that sense relating to purely physical courage. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z The man who thus readily volunteered his services was as arrant a poltroon as could have been found about the fashionable hostelry in which the conversation was taking place—not excepting Swinton himself. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z It would be a mockery at which the veriest poltroon might laugh. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z I buried my teeth in my lower lip and cursed myself for a pitiful poltroon. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z It was but just, Colonel; I was a poltroon when I took more than half a bottle of wine. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z “And I could imagine a man of that name to be a poltroon—I do.” The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z In fine, the ex-Lieutenant of the Tower made lip his mind to live a little longer, even at the risk of being stigmatised as a poltroon. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z He would be likely enough to play the poltroon; but whether so or not, the charge and challenge would go some way towards exposing him. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Pretends he wants to fight Captain Bragg and then hides himself like a white-livered poltroon in the bottom of a well! The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z I knew you from the very first to be a thorough poltroon; but I shall find a proper means of chastising you. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z These conceited satellites of royalty—‘cavaliers,’ as they affectedly call themselves—are the veriest poltroons: brave only in words. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z You who have been everywhere vaunting your own Prowess, and defaming the Americans as poltroons! Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z I well know that it would not protect me from being called by that ugly appellation, “poltroon.” Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z It did not need that last interview I had had with him in Liverpool—in the house of Mrs Hyland—to strengthen my belief that Edward Adkins was a despicable poltroon. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Crowds now rushed to the spot, and the limbs were hacked to pieces by the miserable poltroons amidst the coarsest ribaldry and mirth. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Without showing poltroon, they cannot hang back now. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z These mobs are not like ours in England, who, with plenty of individual courage, are always poltroons in the mass. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The Moor is often a brave man, but these men were a gang of white-livered poltroons, and a blow would have served to subdue them. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z The American people liked to hear about Australia, and were glad to hear that we British were not poltroons. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Are we to say that those who remain in subjection are poltroons? The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Despite his position in society—far superior to her own—despite his fine clothes and speeches, she saw through the character of the man, and believed him to be both a pretender and poltroon. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Him, however, they treated as an old poltroon, and styled him a rascally traitor. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z “It’s a spirit,” he said, “come back to her;” and then the poltroon fainted dead away. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z The woman who shrinks from motherhood is as low a creature as a man of the professional pacificist, or poltroon, type, who shirks his duty as a soldier. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open This personage, however, was anything but a poltroon. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z There are now New England Generals, officers, and soldiers, and if something is not done, any man may, after that, call New England men poltroons, with all my heart. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams 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 He called the Schrandeners poltroons and old women, and declared they were unworthy ever to have worn the king's uniform. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers "A plague on all cowardly poltroons!" he cried, staggering to his feet. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History And now I appeal to you, friends and companions in art, are we men or cowardly poltroons? In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Oh! sir, I would to God your brand or that of your brave companion had struck the poltroon, the craven who sheltered himself behind his visor, his death blow! In the Day of Adversity They are such poltroons that the chances are they 'll not bite! The Fortunes Of Glencore It is unbecoming to assume that in the crisis of his country's fate an admiral will act either as a fool or as a poltroon. Naval Warfare You tonsured hypocrites may impose upon simpletons and fools, but my valiant friend Goose-Skin and myself are neither simpletons nor poltroons! The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades Ximenes, the greatest poltroon that ever disgraced an epaulet, came back with the most exaggerated stories of the formidable preparations that were making to receive us. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Therefore, since he was resolved he should have no loophole of escape from crossing swords with him, he so phrased his remarks that he must fight or acknowledge himself the veriest poltroon that breathed. In the Day of Adversity And in the same way the Indians now stare at us as if we were beings of a superior order, or rather gods, as they term us, they would then consider us cowards and poltroons. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. Rascals, poltroons!—I have charmed the dragon, and now the fruit's my own. The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee My husband 's a pioneer in the Twenty-second, and says they're nothing better than poltroons. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I "Jamie," he said as he removed his pipe and looked seriously at my father, "who was that poltroon that discovered tobacco?" My Lady of the Chimney Corner So our employer cursed him for a poltroon, but told him he might stand out of the attack. In the Day of Adversity Not a tent—not a hut—in which my name was not bandied about—a jest in the mouths of profligate poltroons—pronounced with pity by the compassionate brave. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) He was a fool, a shrinking coward, a poltroon. Their Son; The Necklace And his action is a signal to the crowd of savage poltroons behind. In the Brooding Wild The day I do see it, perhaps I shall be more of a poltroon than the next one. Pierre and Luce A many poltroons who are deserting from the army, now defeat has come to France. In the Day of Adversity He who begged, when he could work, was stigmatised with the disgraceful name of “poltroon” or “beggar”; but the miser who refused to assist his neighbour was branded as “a bad character.” The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy "Then, Launcelot Halliday," yelled the editor, backing out upon the sidewalk and drawing his repeater, "I denounce you as a traitor, a poltroon, and a coward!" John March, Southerner That is the best way to bring these poltroons to their senses; they get startled, their head swims, and before they can turn round they fall into the net of holy matrimony. Timar's Two Worlds Soon after, who should enter, but my three poltroons, as pale as death itself. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed Death is the creature of a poltroon's brains; 'tis immortality to sacrifice ourselves for the salvation of our country. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War It is even our duty to know it, unless we are poltroons who fear to look reality in the face. The Forerunners He would have deemed himself a poltroon if he had abandoned his friend now that misfortune had overtaken him. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day Henceforth Byron is reckoned at best a dupe, and at worst a sluggish poltroon; while Trelawny, it is said, imitated his hero so loyally that "he ate, dressed, and even spat in his manner." Pot-Boilers Frankly, Prosper, I must say that I would admire you for your self-control, if I happened not to know that you are a poltroon. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature A trembling poltroon, forced to the sacrifice more reluctantly than Isaac to the altar? Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 If you regard only the worth and virtue of your courtiers, and consider that of Guiscard, you will find him the only noble person, and these others a set of poltroons. The Naples Riviera Only ’tis better sport chasing handsome foxes in England than ill-dressed poltroons in Bumpkin-land.” The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 I am a poltroon on certain points; I feel it. Shirley Marie Louise had proved often enough that she was no coward, but even the brave turn poltroon when they fight without a sense of justification. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards However small the danger is, it frightens the coward and restrains the poltroon. My Autobiography A Fragment Besides, as Montesquieu observes, the poltroon stood the poorest chance in the judicial combat, and the poltroon was more likely to be guilty than the man of courage. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) “They’re not all poltroons,” said Harry, repressing his feelings the more easily through long practice. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Wise people are never courageous—they are prudent—that is to say, poltroons. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." This is the charge which will always make the poltroon squirm. Henry IV, Makers of History Better a thousand times had he been "planted" at the front, manfully doing his duty, than to save a worthless life and return with the record of a poltroon, despised by himself and everybody else. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 And my own servants—where are they, rascals and poltroons that they are. In the Days of Drake Oh, yes—They thought so too—for lack-a-day, Their gen'ral turned the blockade to a play: Poor vain poltroons—with justice we'll retort, And call them blockheads for their idle sport. The Group A Farce If the Socialists, who are forever railing against these self-same army poltroons, only knew it! Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess She had, however, told him that Bertram, from whom so much was expected, had shown himself a poltroon and, what was even worse, had allowed an innocent man to suffer for his baseness. Blake's Burden “Ah, the infamous poltroon! he has sat down!” Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Oh, ye poltroons, to fly me at the first glimpse of danger! In the Days of Drake "Go to the rear, you cowardly poltroon!" shouted Washington, thoroughly aroused and indignant over the conduct of the officer. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services A good-natured, tractable boy au fond, they made him a poltroon and worse by their persecutions, their meanness, their petty tyranny. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess The noblest animal will obey such a rider, as surely as he will disregard the poltroon, or rebel against the savage. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding Catesby had no compassion even for the innocent: he regarded the lords generally as only poltroons and atheists, whose place would be better filled by vigorous men. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) You may be sure those poltroons would not have carried us on litters. The Saracen: The Holy War Even among my polished friends of more fashionable circles, I should have been taunted—branded as a coward and poltroon! The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness If it was that poltroon, Ferdinand, I would have him thrown out by my lackeys. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess No wonder that so many of our politicians are dough-faced serviles, without independence or manhood; no wonder our priests are time-serving and sycophantic: no wonder that so many men are moral cowards and cringing poltroons. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Never shone moonlight on more of a poltroon, the glitter and grandeur of his warlike dress in striking contrast with his cowardly mien. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Count Charles would have to deal with them, but he himself would speak no more to these poltroons who called themselves gentlemen. The Saracen: The Holy War I hastened thither, and to my great astonishment, saw the humble and trembling Monsieur poltroon engaged, very valiantly, in beating his wife and servant girls. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. There is the type of the "love-lorn maiden," of "the lily-livered" hero, of the faithful friend, of the poltroon. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant "Well, you will make a poltroon of me by curiosity." The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental Yet, when brought face to face with death, in a different form, he seemed the veriest poltroon that ever walked. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Far be from me such disgrace as that, like a poltroon, I should stain my arms by flight. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Spain will surrender, for they are all poltroons. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 The "lily-livered heroes" and the "poltroons" are left out of the laborious comparison, perhaps because none of either can be found in Shakspere sufficiently like the original types in Beaumont and Fletcher. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant It is not pleasant to be in the company of one who has just shown himself a poltroon and is acutely aware of it. The Fighting Edge “He meant to brag, to boast, to threaten to make you grieve, fear and suffer—the brute, the poltroon, the miscreant!” hissed the lady, stamping her foot. Her Mother's Secret The likes o' ye an' that poltroon, Jay, up there in New York. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution "Can it be possible that the law is unable to maintain a fair stand-up fight with crime, and must needs call a gang of poltroons and blackmailers to its assistance?" A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time But never fret for me, Adrian: I have looked death too often in the face to play the poltroon, now. The Light of Scarthey Fourier went to see M. le Comte de Cambray this afternoon because he is a poltroon. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days These startling cries were shouted at the top of their voices by the discomfited poltroons, and were heard a long distance on the still night. The Telegraph Messenger Boy The Straight Road to Success His desertion of Dido makes, it has been said, "an irredeemable poltroon of him in all honest English eyes." Stray Studies from England and Italy "Then you have been playing the poltroon," he says savagely. The Diamond Coterie It was only then I thought of the moving sands they spoke of the other day at Pulwick—and that was why Madelon and that poltroon groom would not follow me! The Light of Scarthey Under her advice he played the part of a poltroon instead of a soldier. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Nearly two years had passed since the battle of Issus, and the kingly poltroon had apparently contented himself with writing letters begging Alexander to restore his family. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality That he has tried to do, and called upon him in Constantinople for that purpose; but Captain Ringgold is a coward, a poltroon! Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing If a mess line were in an area under general fire, so that added waiting meant extra danger, then only a poltroon would insist on being fed first. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 Blackbeard enjoyed their sufferings, taunting them as milksops and poltroons who could not endure even this taste of Gehenna. Blackbeard: Buccaneer The fellow was an outsider, a poltroon, a coward. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War The insult was point blank, and would have aroused the veriest poltroon; but Arroyo possessed only the courage of the vulture. The Tiger Hunter I suppose you are come to beg, like a poltroon, to be taken back to that precious office in Corn Street. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century Are you at heart a poltroon or a palterer, cruel, dull, envious, full of hate? From a Cornish Window A New Edition "What can I do?" whimpered the photographer, a brave bully before the girl, when safe; a stricken poltroon now. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility To remain quietly at home after that was the act of a poltroon and a coward. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War “Away, poltroon! you are less than man; and, by the God of vengeance, when this hand clutches you, you shall not die as a man, but as a mad dog.” The Tiger Hunter Now mark me, Jean Diantre," and she moved a pace forward, so suddenly that the man started back, "you are a known assassin and poltroon. A Girl of the Commune Erskine was no poltroon: he was the boldest speaker at the bar. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Baptized Jew, citizen, poltroon of freedom, look upon this lifeless head, shining in the blood-red rays of the setting sun! The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy She, the daughter of Admiral Tresize, she, who bore a name which had ever been honoured among people who had fought for their country's safety and honour, had promised herself to a poltroon, a coward! All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War Ah, yes, of course, that is it; we have to put this miserable poltroon of a steward back into his pantry, lock the door upon him, and—yes, that is all, I think. The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast I called myself a poltroon, and fingered my neck-tie, and smoothed my hair before the mirror. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War He had fallen low enough surely when it was a comfort to be told that he was a liar, a poltroon, and a scoundrel. Lodusky "Refuse it, and I will publish you as a coward!" cried Denis, in a towering rage; "a poltroon who has insulted a lady and refused to hold himself responsible!" The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Three swords to one was awkward odds; and the red giant, with a companion nearly as large as himself, would no doubt prove very different antagonists from the poltroon with whom I was engaged. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The prince and his poltroons were panic struck; and in three or four days my large stock of powder and merchandise was embarked without loss for Monrovia. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver They were a valiant, warlike, piratical people, who admired bravery in others—had a deep-rooted contempt for poltroons, and lavished no mercy on the weak. The Philippine Islands A traitor is a despicable character, while a poltroon is only contemptible. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Not till Auchinbreac came up a second time, and seeing the contention of his mind, took your Highland way of flattering a chief, and made a poltroon act appear one of judgment and necessity. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Much did I fear she would never consent to be thus driven from her home, and by such a poltroon as she knew her cousin to be. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse I am quite sure, however, that if I laughed at first, I very soon swore; for I have a distinct recollection of dashing my fist in the poltroon’s face before he could extemporize an explanation. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver I stared at this poltroon, who had worked himself into a fit of rage without knowing why, perhaps, owing to an obscure presentiment, the instinct of the deceived male who does not like closed doors. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. I was going to quote some of that balderdash which reminds one of 'The Rivals,' where Acres says, "If you had called me a poltroon, Sir Lucas!" Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General "And, besides, you speak only of my two blunders; you know my other parts,—you know that by nature I am no poltroon." John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The government will maintain itself or our northern people are the veriest poltroons that ever disgraced humanity. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. But just at the moment, as for him ill fortune would have it, some poltroon cried out with a voice that went all over the theatre, 'The dog is a Christian!' Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century At least, if he does so, he earns for himself the character of an unpatriotic poltroon. Hunted and Harried Heroes and poltroons may remain unknown until a sudden incident or change of condition reveals them. The Crew of the Water Wagtail The base-hearted poltroon went and made his complaint to Captain Reud, who ordered him to leave the ship immediately he came into harbour. Rattlin the Reefer “Yes, certainly, they may be considered as a brave race of men; but occasionally there is a poltroon, and, like all cowards, he brags more than the rest.” The Mission; or Scenes in Africa “The brutes often prove poltroons, if courageously met, and so these have shown themselves,” exclaimed Denis. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand I see you turned poltroon and shrank back, to leave them to go on by themselves. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea That familiar of shades and witches, that student of the fates, was a noisy poltroon when it was the material world that threatened; she was shrieking again. Doom Castle The poltroon, like the scabbard, is an incumbrance when once the sword is drawn. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 I must do that, or else proclaim myself a poltroon—I feel myself one—a self-accusation that would give me a life-long remorse. The Lone Ranche He preys only on the smallest quadrupeds, and with all his voracity he is an arrant poltroon. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family It was a grand opportunity for me to brave these poltroons on their own ground, and show them how a hero behaves at a fire. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Now tell me, how have you managed with that miserable poltroon, Don Felix, and his officers and crew! The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba Pah! why you are quailing already, you white-livered poltroon; what will it be in the morning?” Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War But ere he slept the honest man gained a victory over the poltroon. Roger Ingleton, Minor "I demand my second shot to his third," said Griffith, sternly; "he will not decline, unless he is a poltroon, as well as—what I called him." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 We have not much to fear from a poltroon like him; but let the Provincial Directory of Ulster deal with the matter. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Our clown is an imbecile old idiot, and wholly unlike the dashing poltroon of Italian pantomime. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 You have the courage to plan cold-blooded murder, but when the time comes to face your own death you show yourself a miserable poltroon. Rabbi and Priest A Story Is it the Senate of which Napoleon said in 1805: "The poltroons were afraid of displeasing me?" Napoleon the Little My lords, far be from me such disgrace, as that, like a poltroon, I should stain my noviciate in arms by flight. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth Maurice Gorman was not only a poltroon but a miser, and five hundred pounds were worth more to him than his own daughter. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 My knees did quake, and the veriest poltroon might have well been ashamed of the overweening fear which possessed me. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV I was a poltroon to submit to it. Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands It was not, however, from fear—Simon of Orrain never suffered from the poltroon fever; he but drew back to strike hard, and to sell his life dearly. Orrain A Romance He had played the villain, perhaps, but he would not play the poltroon. The Call of the Blood Fortune often favors brave men in the wrong in preference to aiding cowards in the right, for Fortune loves not a poltroon. The Drummer Boy You could no more think of striking that weak, backboneless poltroon than of hitting a six months' old baby. On the Fringe of the Great Fight "And you will let that poltroon Stanford boast, as he does boast, that you will live and die single for his sake!" he cried, bitterly. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel He might miss her if she were hidden away in the shadow like a poltroon. The Way of Ambition Was the big man a poltroon whom the bold front shown to Grio brought to heel? The Long Night He said: "Sir, have I the honor of addressing the poltroon who edits this mangy sheet?" Editorial Wild Oats At the very moment when respectable determined villainy is in request, he fades away into a poltroon of the most insignificant type who is not able to hold his own against an ordinary house-steward. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters "Ancient history, yes; but it's a standing invitation and they've called him names: poltroon, coward——" "Well, really, Mr. So-and-so, while we can't justify the names, nor the invitation, we can't wonder at the givers." Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi My conscience tells me it would be p. 399the act of a moral poltroon to let the fear of suffering stand in the way of improvement. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Then, cursing himself for a poltroon, he turned again and made for the door. The Long Night Also, when the little cow-herd with a crown on his head, lifted his hand or foot toward his partner, and then shrank trembling away, it roared yet more at the poltroon manner of the thing. The Field of Clover Am I a villain, a poltroon, who will desert his country in the hour of her greatest need? Taken by the Enemy Will not the dim spectres of his loyal line start from their very tombs to call him to thy side, or brand him traitor and poltroon, with naught of Duff about him but the name? The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History I believe that after all you are a poltroon. Phineas Finn The Irish Member And after all that, did you not speed away like a very poltroon, and leave me to face everything by myself? Wych Hazel I thought of all this, and yet, when I would have wakened the Indian, a shaking ague-fit of poltroon cowardice gave me pause. 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 A few days after, this poltroon was in his turn superseded by a brave veteran, General Dugommier, and Napoleon could at last count on having his efforts backed. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte "Indeed, I should like nothing better than to have the privilege of calling you a poltroon and a coward and to tell your Princess of it." Arms and the Woman "What! muster the whole brigade for such a poltroon to inspect them!" exclaimed Lord Strathern. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters His own eyes at first held only scorn for such a poltroon attitude, but suddenly there leaped into them a fierce glow of tenderness, which he as quickly masked. Destiny When with Joan of Arc, he seems to have shown firmness and even enthusiasm in her mission, but he sank into the rôle of a poltroon when her influence was withdrawn. Joan of Arc He is a "poltroon," a "liar," and a "miscreant." The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Withdraw," said I, "and have you laugh at me and tell your friends that I acted the poltroon? Arms and the Woman Poor Jane Campbell soon wakened up to the discovery that she had exchanged the name and the family of a brave and noble house for the name and the house of a poltroon. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Aboard that laboring section of gingerbread, in the hands of incompetents and poltroons? Dan Merrithew He hesitated to demean himself thus, she raised the pistol, and there was a fire in her eye which spoke volumes to the craven soul of the poltroon. Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival He must have decided that he was dealing with a poltroon with whom science and prudence were not needed. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul "He would have been a poltroon if he hadn't sought to go; but, while he isn't a poltroon, he has done a contemptible thing." From the Ranks But after a while I got the better of this heartsickness, and, rating myself for a poltroon, I strapped on my knapsack and issued forth from the barn, doggedly resolved to pursue my journey. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow He set down his intrepid and courageous proctor as nothing else than a cowardly poltroon, whose terrors exaggerated everything, and whose exaggerated accounts of fraud, threats, and violence had existed principally in his own imagination. The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two But," said Sir Robert, who, as we have already said, was a poltroon and a coward, "what guarantee can you give me that you are not leading me into an ambuscade? Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One You are a poltroon and a carpet-knight, like the rest—ready with plenty of fine words, and nothing else! The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week "Fie upon me for a white-livered poltroon!" he cried, as the chill sweat of fear ceased to break out upon him, and he rallied his courage and his determination. The Secret Chamber at Chad The new Emperor was an irredeemable poltroon and an abandoned debauchee.' Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official At first, one is ready to conclude either that they must have a private understanding with the robbers or else be the veriest poltroons. A Source Book of Australian History Nelson said he was a miscreant, a poltroon, and a liar. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon So Miss Ailie could be brave, but what a poltroon she was also! Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood "Then, Sir George," said I, interrupting him, for I was no longer able to restrain my anger, "you were a cowardly poltroon." Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Greusel has been appointed lieutenant by our unanimous vote, and if his chief proves a poltroon, he is the man to act. The Sword Maker If he vetoed the bill, would he not be a liar and a poltroon? Unleavened Bread Euripides saw clearly that Admetus was a selfish poltroon, and rubbed it in for all he was worth. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Counsel it? of course I do! nobody but a coward and poltroon would think of anything else. Elsie's Motherhood It is even held by certain poltroons that families have been started gutterward, of late centuries, when a father has been gloriously slain in the wars of the useless great. Copper Streak Trail "We grovel at your feet, High Mightiness!" cried the man who had called him poltroon. The Sword Maker Audrey condemned the door for a senile lunatic, and herself for a poltroon. The Lion's Share The poltroon eulogized heroism; the imperialist lauded the spirit of justice. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Clarke had, however, shown him that Bertram, from whom so much was expected, had proved himself a poltroon and, what was even worse, had allowed an innocent man to suffer for his baseness. The Intriguers As well ask what makes one man a Napoleon, another a poltroon. Hints for Lovers "You will not bear me malice for that poltroon's work, Étienne?" Helmet of Navarre Then a steward came and asked them if they wanted anything, and because they were miserable poltroons they smiled and said “No.” The Lion's Share But if the Duke proved thus a poltroon, Miss Stuart showed a very different metal. Love Romances of the Aristocracy In the Place Turenne an old sergeant climbed upon a gate-post and harangued the throng as if he had suddenly taken leave of his senses, reviling the leaders, stigmatizing them as poltroons and cowards. The Downfall Good citizens," he said at length, "since our worthy Mayor has proved himself a fool and a poltroon, I must needs use such tools as I have under my hand. The Sign of the Red Cross Why did I take into my service such a poltroon? The Amulet Last night did you think me a poltroon to vanish as I did? Lady Rose's Daughter Even the veriest poltroon in love must take heart at such words as these—"you would find out some way to make yourself happy—it is in your power." Love Romances of the Aristocracy Monsieur, you cannot have anything in common with those poltroons. The Downfall But she only laughs and mocks, and calls me a little poltroon. The Sign of the Red Cross Any one who does not I shall hold up to public shame as a poltroon. The Last Shot A nation which attends quietly to its own sober business must, according to their mediaeval notions, be a nation of decadent poltroons. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index "Well, he is a poltroon!" said the cavalier, frowning. The Forty-Five Guardsmen "He's a silly poltroon!" she said with emphasis, and walked stiffly away. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories He bullied and lied, but he didn't turn pale, Or need poltroon terror as cruelty's spur. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891 "Yes, certainly, they may be considered as a brave race of men; but occasionally there is a poltroon, and, like all cowards, he brags more than the rest." The Mission Him, however, they treated as an old poltroon; and forbore not to style him a rascally traitor. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Antonyms: fertile, arable. desert, v. forsake, abandon, leave, run away from. deserted, a. forsaken, desolate, abandoned, derelict. deserter, n. renegade, turncoat, delinquent, backslider, apostate, recreant, poltroon, rat, traitor. desertion, n. abandonment. Putnam's Word Book And at the base of this monstrous poltroon's statue the War God of Turania is now gibbering impotently. Back to Methuselah Why don't you read the Bible, you miserable, puling poltroon, before you hug it as a treasure? J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 You cursed poltroon, why didn't you give the alarm? Overland Inconsequence he became the scapegoat of the expedition, was charged by the governor with being a "poltroon" and traitor, and was omitted from the Assembly's vote of thanks and extra pay to the regiment. The True George Washington [10th Ed.] This seems to exceed the unrestrained ease and confidence usual toward an earthly father; but we must not forget that the inflection modifies the meaning of a phrase, and that poltroon may mean adorable. Delsarte System of Oratory Twice before in my life I have lost my nerve and behaved like a poltroon. Back to Methuselah Then shame on the proprietors," cried Gotzkowsky, "if their property is to make cowardly poltroons of them! The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel Crack, crack, crack; I think I see them wincing under the thong, the pompous poltroons! Venetia "I was determined not to return home a poltroon who was afraid of the water." The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Prove, traveller, now, that you honour the brave Above the poltroon, when he's laid in the grave, By murmuring 'Peace to Eurymedon dead.' Theocritus, translated into English Verse A thorough poltroon," cried S——th, laughing; "ay, and all the people in Scotland are wrong about him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII I had recognized him as a poltroon and a sneak, but I had not understood the depth of baseness to which he could descend. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard The revolutionists admitted that "the people abroad have too generally got the idea that the Americans are all cowards and poltroons." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Marshal Lannes said to a French officer, "Know, Colonel, that none but a poltroon will boast that he never was afraid." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 If the man has not fled like a poltroon, we will make a hostage of him! The Aspirations of Jean Servien But from the time of his meeting Captain Hawker in the ISIS, I never heard of his acting otherwise than as a poltroon and a liar. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson “No doubt we deserve it—no mercy we crave—Go on—you’re conferring a boon;We would rather be slanged by a warrior brave,Than praised by a wretched poltroon!” More Bab Ballads "Infamous poltroon," said I, shaking my sword over his head, "where is that hetacomb of robbers and murderers due to the vengeance of your injured country?" The Life of General Francis Marion Jesus Christ may die for me, and I accept the benefit; but when it comes to suffering for His sake,—you could not have expected that of such a poltroon, Jacqueline! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 It so happened that the same Captain Clarke, who seems to have been a sad simpleton, and something of a poltroon, had been sent in front with five horsemen as an advanced guard. The Life of Francis Marion Oh no, no," she said, "I see you are no poltroon. New Arabian Nights Coward, poltroon, shaker, squeamer, Blockhead, sluggard, dullard, dreamer, Shirker, shuffler, crawler, creeper, Sniffler, snuffler, wailer, weeper, Earthworm, maggot, tadpole, weevil! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan I asked Macdonald, how he could reconcile it to himself to take the old poltroon's horse in that way? The Life of General Francis Marion I am not yet such a poltroon that I am afraid to conduct you. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Would they brand me as a deserter, a poltroon, and a thief, letting my name presently sink down in shame and mystery in the shadowy realm of the forgotten? Gulliver of Mars But, "Tut!" he said to himself in great dismay, "what an ungrateful poltroon his lordship will think he has brought here!" and he managed to brush them off while no one was looking. Twilight Stories It was like the oleaginous Ohio poltroon to inspire detraction of one who is his official inferior, and his superior in everything that goes to make a man. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 I should have observed, that as we advanced to charge Johnson's poltroons, one of the party, a resolute fellow, presented his gun to my breast and drew the trigger. The Life of General Francis Marion N—, who was present, upbraided the colonel with the epithet of "poltroon." The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) That there are poltroons, and plenty of them, amongst our soldiers and sailors, I do not dispute. Tracks of a Rolling Stone But now you need not hope that I will try to save my life by becoming a poltroon like you. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga If he drank, and lied, was often a poltroon, sometimes a knave, she wielded the lash unmercifully. Sons and Lovers But she was right; there was something of the poltroon in him, and he was trembling. Wylder's Hand I wonder what the devil made such a quaking pudding poltroon think of taking to our trade! The Adventures of Hugh Trevor I have a mind, then, to thrash you where you stand, you canting poltroon! In the Valley When Demetrios enacts the poltroon I am the most hasty of all men living to assert that the excellency of his reason is indisputable. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship Because Henry was a villain?—because the Tudor bishops were slaves and poltroons? Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II And am I such a tyro at fence, or such a poltroon as to be afraid to meet him? London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Our knees soon became very intimate, and had frequent meetings of a very sentimental kind: for, she being courageous enough to advance, could I be the poltroon to retreat? The Adventures of Hugh Trevor It's no malice at all in him; only just he's a mighty great poltroon. Tales and Novels — Volume 08 It was in the after-piece that the poltroons gave free play to their vilest fancies. Ruggles of Red Gap A poltroon would have fallen backwards, being overcome with the fumes; as for me, I got up and moreover I wiped myself clean. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 They are all poltroons, the dynamiters, and they are certain to strike at some place not so well guarded. Revenge! But it will be a fine story that Signor Fenshawe cables from Aden when he tells how the Governor of Massowah aided and abetted this half-crazy poltroon in onslaughts on defenseless women. The Wheel O' Fortune Only a set of poltroons would fail to accept the gauge of battle thus flung in their faces. The Man in Gray After a sharp pursuit of the poltroons, the Dost and his followers leisurely quitted the field. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 Ah! you are the biggest poltroon of all the gods! The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 A quiet answer made him imagine he had to deal with a poltroon and he challenged him to a fight. Authors of Greece As Thomas Fuller says, there were 'fewer persons, but not fewer men,' after the poltroons had disappeared. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII He called them poltroons and declared that he would say everything—everything that he ought to say. Jean-Christophe, Volume I This allures Dolon, son of a rich Trojan, "an only son among five sisters," a poltroon, a weak lad, ugly, but swift of foot, and an enthusiastic lover of horses. Homer and His Age So long as we have the court, the Duke, and Lord Lyndhurst on our side, we can afford to laugh at such conceited poltroons. Endymion The last scene of this splendid drama brings forward the poltroon Aegisthus who had skulked behind in the background till the deed was done. Authors of Greece Then Lizzie looked at him,—and her look, which was very eloquent, called him a poltroon as plain as a look could speak. The Eustace Diamonds No one vicious but only tedious, and no one a poltroon but only slack. First and Last I've been told, but 'tis almost too hard to believe, That one of these beings could swim, But was too great a coward and poltroon to risk The endangering of life or of limb. Home Lyrics That we are a cowardly, sneaking, good-for-nothing pack of poltroons, here in the north. The Bride of Fort Edward "Less would you like it with a man, poltroon!" said she, with an exaggerated expression of contempt in her manner. Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life Ah, desperate hope—to think of crushing Rome With such a host of cowards and poltroons! Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans Ignorance, folly and self-conceit not seldom make a man seem fearless who is a poltroon at heart. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Other Americans grew angry enough to forswear their allegiance to a nation of poltroons and dotards; they went to France or Canada to fight or fly for the Allies. We Can't Have Everything In his stern pride he did not condescend to put in motion any revenge against these petty poltroons, but went on his way with absolute indifference to all outward seeming. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies His claim was admitted with difficulty, for he stood accused of having acted the part of a poltroon in the campaign, and Washington seems to have considered the charge well founded. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 Among carnivorous beasts there is not a more contemptible poltroon than the hyaena, even when wounded. Concerning Animals and Other Matters She preferred not to deal with a poltroon, as she put it. From a Bench in Our Square So Charity begged Dyckman to get off at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, but he would not show himself so poltroon. We Can't Have Everything He was a poltroon in all these things; a poltroon. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days He called him scoundrel and poltroon, and said he had disgraced him for ever. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 The pugilist may be a poltroon, and the bookworm a hero. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 What a poltroon, indeed, was Narcissus beside you at that moment. The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne For such poltroons dread death, and in one hour they die a hundred times. Moonfleet There were men who did this, and several times I felt inclined to knock one of the poltroons overboard. The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander No more do I. Every Englishman I ever knew was a liar, and a sneaking poltroon. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" It would be better for him to consider me a poltroon than to suspect my real reasons for the agitation which I had acknowledged. The House of the Whispering Pines Nor would she, perhaps, ever have found herself a heroine, but that her respectable father was a poltroon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 The young poltroon has lost his resolution in his lovesick fever. The Iron Game A Tale of the War These tales made living seem a braver business, for all that they were written by a poltroon. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations But let him, and that pitiful poltroon of a Redding, go where they please. The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont They despised white men as base poltroons, and esteemed themselves warriors and heroes, destined to conquer all mankind. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century The adventurer who insisted on going forward when, at his first landing in Scotland, even Sir Thomas Sheridan, with all the chiefs present, advised retreat, cannot conceivably have been the poltroon of Hume’s myth. Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles This declaration was reinforced by Dawdle, who told him, that, should he now decline the engagement, all the world would look upon him as an infamous poltroon. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves We will not, however, under any circumstances, fight on "poltroon distance." The Four Canadian Highwaymen or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp "I am not a poltroon though," he said to himself as he finished dressing. Theresa Raquin She is a liar and her husband is a poltroon. A Fool and His Money On the other hand, he who plotted from the first to have nothing to do with plots was a breaker-up of parties and a poltroon who was afraid of the enemy. The Greek View of Life He was evidently a poltroon at heart, for he showed every evidence of being willing to betray his comrades and tell all that he knew on condition that his own lot would be made easier. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs "What do you want?" he demanded, and Bob McGraw realized instantly that in the janitor he had not met a poltroon. The Long Chance As to Laurent, he had decidedly become a poltroon since the night he had taken fright when passing before the cellar door. Theresa Raquin That was all very well, I replied, but how could any one who was not a poltroon endure to be publicly insulted and challenged without flying into a rage and going for his enemy? Far Away and Long Ago He said, "Sir, have I the honor of addressing the poltroon who edits this mangy sheet?" Sketches New and Old, Part 1. Or, even when afraid—not fearing with the baser emotion of the poltroon, but afraid with that brave fear which is a wisdom too, and which feeds and brightens the steady flame of courage. In Secret Mr. Skinner nodded and retired, leaving Cappy to grit his teeth and curse himself for a poltroon. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley He has just inflated himself with pride at the thought, when he hears footsteps, and the poltroon in his nature asserts itself. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Listen to me, Haight, listen well, and when you see the poltroon tell him that Jim Cummings swore he would cut his heart out. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery He chose the former, but being an Italian poltroon he died ALONE, and allowed his murderers to live on in peace and quiet. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 "Just think of it!" the poltroons exclaimed, "there were only forty-one of them!" The Fortune of the Rougons Where did you ever pick up such an arrant little poltroon? Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story I could eke out an existence here on what I had left and still feel like a gentleman, but I couldn't settle down on dear Peggy Coston and be anything but a poltroon. Kennedy Square My conscience tells me," she once wrote about an anxious decision, "that it would be the act of a moral poltroon to let the fear of suffering stand in the way of improvement. Where No Fear Was "Oh, you see," said Ivan, "she does not belong to the regiment of poltroons." Marie; a story of Russian love The officers were urging their prisoner forward, grinning and nodding to each other, whilst several voices from the crowd shouted abusively at the poltroon whose first instinct was to betray his associate. The Nether World The Duke of Parma is weak, and a poltroon,—he will not stir. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon You would die to save your lover; you, proud, brave, noble natured, would sacrifice your precious life for that wretched, vile poltroon, who flees and leaves you to suffer in his stead! At the Mercy of Tiberius D—n your pitiful soul, you are as arrant a poltroon, as ever was drummed out of a regiment. The Adventures of Roderick Random I cried: “Yah! pig, poltroon, donkey! is that the noise your filthy talents make?” and ran off for a cudgel. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini No, I shall not pardon the poltroon who, believing that his mother has disgraced his escutcheon, weeps like a woman over wrongs which he should avenge like a man. Prince Eugene and His Times Grinning and greedy and idle, and a magnificent poltroon, he had been the servant of Uncle Prudent for about three years. Robur the Conqueror One or two were poltroons in body and mind, with only a real instinct for money-making and a capacity for constructive individualism. The Judgment House Our back was toward him as he entered, perceiving which the cowardly poltroon seized us and threw us through our own window. Wolfville Days She was just—that was the one virtue in Cigarette's creed without which you were poltroon, or liar, or both. Under Two Flags That he was an arrant poltroon mattered very little, as his cowardice only set of his charms. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 Cowards and poltroons you are, who seek to murder a beardless boy who has injured none of you! The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes And then to him—"The truth now, poltroon!" 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 But fear was spur and whip to the unreasoning minds of those poltroons, and so from the danger behind us we fled, and courted a more deadly and certain peril in the fleeing. 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 He was temperate, chaste, and rigidly devout, a benignant commander, a valiant defender of his vassals, a great lover of justice, and an enemy to all flatterers, liars, robbers, traitors, and poltroons. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada What am I but a poltroon, unworthy to lace the shoes of the great leaders of my land? The Burning Spear What can a man do with naught but fools and poltroons to serve him? The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes On the threshold I looked back, past the poltroon whom I had flung into the river one midsummer day, to that prone and bleeding figure. To Have and to Hold Danton had said before his death, "The poltroon Robespierre,—I alone could have saved him." Zanoni But it deserves to be remarked that, in this wretched piece, though the Irish generally are represented as poltroons, an exception is made in favour of Sarsfield. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Like the rest of us I had always set this fellow down as a mere poltroon and windbag, a blower of his own trumpet, as Oliver had called him. Queen Sheba's Ring "That is true! that is true! but when a fellow is a coward, a poltroon, and all that sort of thing." White Lies You are good for nothing; you are a poltroon! Dona Perfecta That you are pale, poltroon, I do not wonder! Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... But this very duke of Buckingham was little better than a poltroon at bottom. Travels through France and Italy Unless I am prepared to be branded as a poltroon. All Roads Lead to Calvary Russians, when abroad, are over-apt to play the poltroon, to watch all their words, and to wonder what people are thinking of their conduct, or whether such and such a thing is 'comme il faut.' The Gambler I should have thought him a poltroon if he had declined. The Prime Minister I asked him at the moment of setting out did he know the road to Lavedan, to which the lying poltroon made answer that he did. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... Him, however, they treated as an old poltroon, and forbore not to style him a rascally traitor. The History of Caliph Vathek It seems that I am followed by poltroons. Captain Blood Ah! if that is what keeps men back, they are poltroons. Letters of Two Brides He insulted you, and then he behaved like a poltroon down at Silverbridge, and I will not have you know him any more. The Prime Minister And I'll tell you I felt like a poltroon—whatever that may be—when I turned her down. The Man in Lower Ten The simpletons and poltroons—all the fellows of Bezuquet's stamp, whom a flea would put to flight, and who could not fire a shot without closing their eyes—were conspicuously pitiless. Tartarin of Tarascon I am, I confess, a poltroon in my affections; I dread changes. The Egoist Oh! if men knew the magic spell that a heroic action throws over us, they would indeed rise to greatness! a poltroon would turn hero! Letters of Two Brides Fine clothes are the embellishment of a true adventurer; they hang ill on the sloping shoulders of a poltroon. A Book of Scoundrels In dreams he was a coward, because, as he argues, the natural man is a poltroon, and conscience, honour, all the spiritual and commanding part of our nature, goes to sleep in dreams. Essays in Little This scheme failed; and the poltroons who had formed it were compelled to share with braver men the risks of the last venture. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 On the other hand they fill the Y. M. C. A.'s with scared poltroons full of indescribably disgusting Freudian suppressions. In Defense of Women What a miserable little poltroon had fear, engendered of unjust punishment, made of me in those days! Jane Eyre A poltroon before his arrest, in Court he whimpered and whinnied for mercy; he was carried to the cart pallid and trembling, and not even his preposterous finery availed to hearten him at the gallows. A Book of Scoundrels "Not before I have killed you, poltroon!" cried d'Artagnan, making the best face possible, and never retreating one step before his three assailants, who continued to shower blows upon him. The Three Musketeers How droll the stains one sees on fine-laced doublets, From gall of envy, or the poltroon's drivel! Cyrano De Bergerac It was Nietzsche who called them the recreation of the warrior—not of the poltroon, remember, but of the warrior. In Defense of Women On the other hand, Burle fenced indifferently and passed for a poltroon. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Simply the greatest good to the greatest number—of petty rogues, ignoramuses and poltroons. In Defense of Women He was certainly no poltroon, but he felt that she was right. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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