| 单词 | pusillanimity |
| 例句 | Such pusillanimity was perhaps bound to leave audiences distanced from cinema's grudge-driven slaughterers. I spit on your grave, but that's about it 2011-01-24T13:50:06Z America had only its pusillanimity to regret, Reagan said: the “greatest immorality” involved sending young men to fight a war America was not “willing to win”. Purpose and worth 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Stanhope hates their pusillanimity, and hates himself for wishing to change things. Doug Stanhope 2010-09-01T21:00:00Z Then there is the role of the psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen in justifying torture, as well as the pusillanimity of the American Psychological Association in providing cover. James Risen’s ‘Pay Any Price’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Either way, Trump always pairs his viciousness with an unfailing pusillanimity. The deposition vs. a CNN town hall: Trump is nothing without the bloodthirsty MAGA crowd 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Such pusillanimity throws into sharp relief the acts of courage these hearings have shown us. Once upon a time, America was brave 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Still, these paperwork bullies of the GOP are so ubiquitous it's easy to forget sometimes the depths of their pusillanimity. Ken Paxton makes a run for it: Fleeing a subpoena, the Texas AG epitomizes cowardice of GOP bullies 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The pusillanimity of American corporations on this subject continues to astound. Column: Farewell to 2021, the stupidest year in American history 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z There are three stages of Republican political pusillanimity. Opinion | Republicans, it isn’t too late to stand up for the nation 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z And yet Orwell’s book makes it too easy to forget that the Spanish republic was defeated by Franco, Hitler, Mussolini, and the self-interest and pusillanimity of the British, French and American governments. George Orwell’s Spanish civil war memoir is a classic, but is it bad history? 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z “Their pusillanimity disrespected the men, American and Asian, I had known who died fighting the good fight ,” he said. James Parker, CIA’s last Vietnam evacuee, holds bitter memories of fateful day 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z It was the latest anti-Trump gathering to target congressional Democrats for perceived pusillanimity towards Trump’s embryonic, whirlwind administration. The left is stealing from the right's playbook. Call it the Herbal Tea Party 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z The pusillanimity of the remain campaign’s failure to counter these claims was indefensible. After this vote the UK is diminished, our politics poisoned | Gary Younge 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The garishly orange living monument to pusillanimity made a promise back in January to release his tax returns – a standard act of disclosure and transparency for a candidate seeking the presidency. Donald Trump is a coward: Get a load of this weakling who won’t release his taxes 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Let’s not blame the oil companies for the pusillanimity of people who are supposed to lead. Even ExxonMobil says climate change is real. So why won’t the GOP? 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The New Jersey governor’s reply was a paean to pusillanimity. The GOP is running out of time to find the anti-Trump 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z To counter such a challenge with pusillanimity is to court disaster. Paris Attacks Are a Reminder to Fight for What We Believe in 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The problem with the GOP is not the corruption or pusillanimity of the party’s leaders; it is the implausibility of the Republican base’s demands. Donald Trump is an aimless, angry leader 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z To some it sounded less like a battle plan to assert American power than a Powerpoint demonstration illustrating his pusillanimity. Obama’s dilemma is America’s appetite for power and disinterest in political risk 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z His quitting the field, as he had done, washing his hands, like Pilate, free from the guilt of destroying a just man, seemed a despicable piece of pusillanimity. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The first is intellectual blindness; the second, vicious excuses; the third, greed of vain-glory; the fourth, an argument based on envy; the fifth and last, littleness of soul, that is, pusillanimity. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z They hated him now for their own pusillanimity. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z But if it was the refuge of pusillanimity, it was also the perpetual object of censure from all the greater and bolder spirits. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z We have no longer to observe discretion; we must either conquer or die; away then with pusillanimity. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z The ever-increasing scorn of the governess was mingled now with disdain of a more positive kind for the pusillanimity of the destined victim. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Will they not pronounce judgment upon us if, while we honour their heroic deeds, we ourselves display nothing but pusillanimity? The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 2012-02-04T03:00:16.007Z When it was reported to me, and a share of the presents offered me, I not only refused to accept anything, but reproached the Indians for their pusillanimity in submitting to such terms. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z She would have reason enough to blame his pusillanimity, and he himself would curse it with his last breath. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Such trend toward Race-suicide denotes, in the Race, that same neurasthenia and pusillanimity, which, in the individual, impel him to personal suicide. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Perhaps by adroitly working on the policeman’s evident pusillanimity he could induce him to make a clean breast of it. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z He does not, therefore, utterly deride the pusillanimity of my abortive attempt. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Machinery is fast displacing the poetry of farm and fireside; the sickle, the distaff, the chimney-piece, the family institution, being superseded by prose powers; and, with their sway, have come slavery, pusillanimity, dishonor. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z The “pusillanimity” lay, wholly unbeknown to Washington of course, in the estimate of us it produced among the Filipinos. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z The utter pusillanimity of suicide is the best mental antidote for the temptation to it. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Too late now might he regret that pusillanimity that had caused him to draw back from an immortal r�le; already was the car again descending! The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z I want to settle with her for the indignities I have long suffered with the pusillanimity of a meek nature. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Add to this that he was a virtuous husband, a kind father, a fervent Christian and a good-natured man full of excellent intentions, yet a spectacle of moral pusillanimity and ineptitude. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z If Napoleon had declined this counsel, which arose from either pusillanimity or perfidy, it is perfectly possible that he might have silenced all opposition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z But excellence of heart, when coupled with debility of purpose, is but a sorry character for every day concerns; in a ruler it becomes the most deadly pusillanimity. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The women alone indulge in tears on such occasions; the men considering it as a mark of pusillanimity and a want of fortitude to betray any personal tokens of sensibility or sorrow. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z Don't prate to me of pusillanimity and cowardice! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Those who fear that, on account of their frailty, they may not acquire a good habit or overcome an evil one, are guilty of pusillanimity. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Certainly this business is extremely disagreeable, but it does not excuse your pusillanimity. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Genius and dulness, courage and pusillanimity, high-hearted hope and wasting energy, are all confounded together by failure, and the world would only smile at any effort to discriminate between them. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z He remembered how often he had heard Leo denounce the pusillanimity of those who lacked courage to meet the inevitable shocks of life. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z They partook of the qualities common to their brothers-in-arms, which I will extol farther on, but their pusillanimity or their indifference belonged alone to them. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Pusillanimity is not to be confused, therefore, with humility; for humility excludes the unreasonable or immoderate desire of excellence, whereas pusillanimity represses even that desire of greatness which is reasonable and moderate. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z With this the Czar was content, but on second thought such a course appeared to the more daring among the Austrian staff as if it smacked of pusillanimity. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z "Try to imagine a European Holbrooke," went the frequently asked question in 1995, as the leaders of the old continent wrung their hands in impotent pusillanimity. Richard Holbrooke: Remembering a Great American Diplomat 2010-12-14T16:20:00Z But they cannot be in similar circumstances unless pusillanimity and cowardice should take possession of them. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams But if Liza has inherited her strong frame and her snub nose from her ancestors, the Huns, to whom does she owe her restlessness and her pusillanimity? Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z One by one they melted away, and Lonsdale marked his contempt for their pusillanimity by throwing two syphons and his gown into the Warden's garden. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He might run across the enemy's rear-guard, but he counted on their pusillanimity for the probable retreat of the very last man to Troyes. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z The policy of pusillanimity pursued before the war was still regnant. Stand Up, Ye Dead In order to guard against the effects of mere pusillanimity of presumption, we held, before going to bed, a council, to which we summoned the old mountaineers of the country. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 At last he succeeded, by reproaching himself with his own pusillanimity, in rousing his mind, and directing his attention to the scenery around, and to the view of the town before him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 She made nothing better, and nothing worse, as regarded Mrs. Filmer’s opposition; but she did unconsciously idealize Harry, and she did make excuses for his pusillanimity. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance In its broadest statement, the psychology of tipping presents the two antipodal qualities of pride and pusillanimity. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America Men, like wolves, are often great cowards alone; but give them a few companions in crime, and pusillanimity is instantly converted into ferocity. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. To wear clothing adapted to the icy season would be considered a mark of pusillanimity. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The excessive caution, or rather the imbecile pusillanimity of a Chinese catechist, was calculated rather to impede than to facilitate our progress in Tartary. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] He was a bold man, and his indignation, in view of the pusillanimity of his uncle, at last overleaped his prudence. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Her firmness conquered the weakness and the pusillanimity of the court. Women of Early Christianity The deacon knew how his brother-official was ruled by his wife, and lustily despised the white-livered caitiff for his pusillanimity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 Is it better to err on the side of generosity to God, or on the side of pusillanimity? What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People No wonder we see so much pusillanimity in the President, when we see so little enterprise in the General! The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Explanation.—Consternation is therefore a kind of pusillanimity. The Philosophy of Spinoza James the First has been taxed with pusillanimity and foolishness; this monarch cannot, however, be reproached with having engendered them! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Hill showed much pusillanimity in the affair, took to his bed, and gave out that the whole thing was a conspiracy to murder him. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors This conviction of Adelle's may seem to our modernly strenuous natures to evince the last degree of cowardice and pusillanimity before life. Clark's Field He exhorted his hearers to imitate the example of Paris, and accused the royal officers of indolence and pusillanimity. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 I wished, notwithstanding, to explain it here, because in so far as we attend to desire, pusillanimity is the true opposite of the emotion of audacity. The Philosophy of Spinoza No! it would be cowardice, it would be pusillanimity to weep and groan while there is life and vigor, when to insult and challenge are added scoffery and contemptuous ridicule! Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Disgusted at such pusillanimity, and his heart big with despair, Braddock refused to be removed, and bade the faithful friends who lingered by his side to provide for their own safety. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 You encumbered yourself for action with pledges which you could never have intended to sustain, or which in the first collision your pusillanimity threw away. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Many of the zealous Leaguers, indignant at the pusillanimity he displayed, urged the Duke of Guise to dethrone Henry III. by violence, and openly to declare himself King of France. Henry IV, Makers of History We have taught the slaveholding insolence the final lesson, that there is absolutely nothing to hope from the pusillanimity it counted upon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 The Senate did on that occasion come to a decision; against which act of pusillanimity Cicero on the following day expressed himself very vehemently. The Life of Cicero Volume II. The Duke of Orleans was annoyed and irritated by the pusillanimity displayed by the king, and by the mortifying reserve with which he himself was treated. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series He has been accused of pusillanimity and servile ambition. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 He had been able to compare the energy of Fabian with the pusillanimity of the Senator Tragaduros. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Charles could force his daughter to accept me, as he compelled her to marry Alessandro; but I will not win her in that way, and she despises me, doubtless, for what she considers my pusillanimity. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) For he will ascribe the alteration to her Majesty's pusillanimity and not to your good nature, knowing that you work but upon her humour, and not out of any love towards him. Raleigh She urged the conspirators to do their work, and chided in the strongest terms their irresolution and pusillanimity. Nero Makers of History Series So onward I went, stumbling and splashing through the mud, cursing Mannering, cursing the Motor Pirate, above all cursing myself for my own pusillanimity. The Motor Pirate “Be calm!” said Don Estevan, smiling inwardly at the contrast exhibited between the spirit of the haciendado and the pusillanimity of the Senator. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora "Master thinks a deal too much on 'em," he had said to the groom, almost in disgust at the Vicar's pusillanimity. The Vicar of Bullhampton He could not feel thankful to any gentleman for coming all the way from Geneva to accuse Americans of pusillanimity.” Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. But nothing will shake my conviction that the cruelty, the unfairness, the pusillanimity has been on the other side, not on mine. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti I looked after him, sick at heart with revenge deferred, and cursed my own pusillanimity. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 And with that she seized the hammer as though rendered furious by the pusillanimity of her attendants. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 M. Dupin, the elder, is “skilful in concealing, under an affectation of rudeness, the pusillanimity of his heart.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Unborn generations will either bless us for our activity and magnanimity, or curse us for our pusillanimity.” The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 His sadness and pusillanimity dispirited his devoted band of followers. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges There is an appearance of pusillanimity in this reserve which does them great harm, and brings them into discredit. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) It was a very solemn scene, but the pusillanimity of the unfortunate victim was astonishing, considering the boldness of his nefarious plans. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) What man could not reproach the conquerors of Siberia with, was pusillanimity and want of perseverance in carrying out a plan which had once been sketched. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II And what have we won by our pusillanimity? American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) It is a great weakness and pusillanimity to be soon angry. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning So melancholy a picture of indecision, weakness, and pusillanimity as his conduct has exhibited, I never heard of. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) The course of action which had shown as wisdom a couple of hours ago, showed now as selfishness and pusillanimity. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Or, possibly his brute intelligence penetrated the dwarf's knavish pusillanimity, and, changing his tactics that he might still range on the side of perversity, resolved himself from immobility into a rampant agency of motion. Under the Rose The Company had blundered very badly before the coming of Clive; had blundered through false security, through negligence, through pusillanimity, through greed. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III He accused the Ministry of "a scandalous breach of duty" and "the most infamous pusillanimity." A History of the Four Georges, Volume II You know my pusillanimity, which when it has no one on whom to lean and rest, makes me so desperate that life becomes a burden.' Erasmus and the Age of Reformation We cannot wonder at the burning words of condemnation which this pusillanimity called forth from the pen of brave Pierre Toussain. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 They rejected with disgust a plan whose mere proposal took their pusillanimity for granted, and whose acceptance assured their self-contempt. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays But in order to be effective in affairs, some positive force must be displayed, and modesty need not mean pusillanimity. Human Traits and their Social Significance She came nearer, more tenderly, more earnestly; she held the dewy globe with both hands, leaning forward, and sighed and shook her head, drooping at my pusillanimity. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Lieutenant Préville uttered an expression of annoyance at the pusillanimity of his countrymen. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days His own officers turned from him, disgusted at what they supposed his pusillanimity and his desertion of them and his men; while the naval officers only laughed at his unusual and somewhat absurd costume. The Three Admirals It was true that her "memoirs," strung together in Paris, had fallen flat—owing to the pusillanimity of the editor of Le Pays—but a full length "autobiography" would, she thought, stand a better prospect. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Similarly, frowns, hoots, and sneers seem bound as original responses to the observation of empty-handedness, deformity, physical meanness, pusillanimity, and defect. Human Traits and their Social Significance A dramatic contrast had been drawn, and the jury perceived the pusillanimity of Slocum's story. The Eagle's Heart Felgate mentally abused him for his pusillanimity, but saw no reason, for all that, for not turning the incident to account. The Master of the Shell That guilty and grievously common pusillanimity which leads men to make or act hypocritical professions, always moved his deepest abhorrence. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's Autobiography It is to be said, however, in his favour that he had the art, which Cicero lacked, to hide his pusillanimity. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre He afterwards reproached himself as guilty of pusillanimity. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Come, and receive my contrition for my pusillanimity, for my murmurings; come and help me to be thankful! Strife and Peace This pusillanimity can only be reasonably accounted for by supposing that the “little man” was physically incapable of encountering and overcoming by brute force the aspirant to the hand of his daughter. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Perhaps he had heard of Winch's pusillanimity, and understood the spirit which prompted Frank to fill his place. The Drummer Boy Nobles, artisans, peasants, even priests, enrolled their names; and to decline this meritorious service was branded with the reproach of impiety, or, what perhaps was esteemed still more disgraceful, of cowardice and pusillanimity. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Yet too obstinate a resistance may become a disobedience, an infraction of order and peace, a criminal pusillanimity, according to the just remark of St. Basil, Reg. disput. c. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March And after all, the abominations of New York’s politics are only a few degrees more repellent than the cruelties and pusillanimities of her self-styled patrician horde. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 His generosity bordered on profusion, his learning on pedantry, his pacific disposition on pusillanimity, his wisdom on cunning, his friendship on light fancy and boyish fondness. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. And when it was answered Him that it was not expedient but that He should drink that cup, He had to master that weakness and pusillanimity of the flesh, as must all other men. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings His first distinguished exploit was his defence of Prior's Hill fort, at the siege of Bristol—which contrasts so remarkably with the pusillanimity of his chief, Colonel Fiennes. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 How base our pusillanimity and cowardice in the pursuit of virtue! The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March For his part, he has the independence and resolution to withstand the universal pusillanimity and to refuse to die. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life She would rather perish with honor, in maintaining the dignity to which God had raised her, than degrade herself by the least pusillanimity, or act what was unworthy of her station and of her race. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. Now pusillanimity is more unlike magnanimity than presumption is. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province What I say is, are we to have pusillanimity in our first Parish Council? Wandering Heath Blinded by self-love, have we not sheltered our dastardly pusillanimity under the cloak of pretended necessity, or even virtue? The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March It made me angry at myself; I despised myself for my pusillanimity. Choice Readings for the Home Circle For the Chinese sail where they will, or can; which showeth, that their law of keeping out strangers is a law of pusillanimity and fear. Ideal Commonwealths Therefore if pusillanimity is opposed to magnanimity, it follows that it is a more grievous sin than presumption: yet this is contrary to the saying of Ecclus. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province This pusillanimity quickly gave way to resolutions and reflections better suited to the exigencies of the time. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 But what name can we find for the pusillanimity of those who are not able so much as to look humiliations, poverty, or affliction in the face? The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March It is not even an excessive fear that goes by the name of pusillanimity. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals He knew that as yet war was often inevitable—that pusillanimity provoked it, and that national honor was national property of the highest value; because it was the best national defence. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States Hence the vice opposed to pride by default is akin to the vice of pusillanimity, which is opposed by default to magnanimity. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The victims of his implacable caution could scarcely have endured agonies greater than those which his pusillanimity inflicted on himself. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 He persisted in pursuing the track of the enemy; his hardihood increased with their prudence; their circumspection he called pusillanimity, their retreat flight; he despised, that he might hope. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 I should certainly be the last to recommend anything approaching to pusillanimity in the conduct of the foreign affairs of my country. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 ANTHONY: I said, Cousin Vincent, that of pusillanimity cometh this temptation, and very truth it is that indeed so it doth. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Since, however, pride implies a certain elation, it is more directly opposed to humility, even as pusillanimity, which denotes littleness of soul in tending towards great things, is more directly opposed to magnanimity. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province My pusillanimity still clung to this wretched existence. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 It presents his opinion of the patriotic character of Mr. Windham, the disinterestedness of his own, and the wretched pusillanimity of the Neapolitan officers. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 Those on whom he most relied betimes imperiled his cause by undue concessions and pusillanimity. Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties This fault of pusillanimity maketh a man in his tribulation first, for feeble heart, impatient. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Objection 1: It seems that pusillanimity is not a sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province In the beginning he suffered many weaknesses and temptations, but afterward, by the help of God, he was changed into another man, mightily uplifted from pusillanimity of spirit, and endowed with much grace of devotion. The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes I say nothing, though I might say much, of the jealousy of adult authors, the pusillanimity of unenterprising publishers, the senile indifference of Parliament. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01 You have heard the policemen testify that the prisoner was furious at the Indian's pusillanimity. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest And some fall so afraid of it that even in the day of prosperity they fall into the night's fear of pusillanimity, and they leave the things undone in which they might use themselves well. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens But pusillanimity does not proceed from pride, since the proud man sets himself above what he is, while the fainthearted man withdraws from the things he is worthy of. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The citizens of Prague were indignant at the pusillanimity of Frederic. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power But the absurd charge of his pusillanimity and his pedantry has been carried so far, as to suppose that it affected his character as a sovereign. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions He was one of a class, all of whom are alike, in whom bluster, toadyism, and pusillanimity go in concert, and are about equally developed in degree. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State For then was his temptation fallen down from pride to pusillanimity, and was waxed that kind of the night's fear that I spoke of. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Nor is the fear that causes pusillanimity always a fear of the dangers of death: wherefore it does not follow from this standpoint that pusillanimity is opposed to fortitude. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Ferdinand was enraged at what he considered the pusillanimity of the king. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Let them open their own eyes, which degeneracy and pusillanimity have shut from the light that pains them, and let them not vainly seek their security in a voluntary ignorance of their danger. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) Nothing is so rash as fear; and the counsels of pusillanimity very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate, the evils from which they would fly. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) This pusillanimity bringeth forth, by the night's fear, a very timorous daughter, a silly wretched girl and ever whining, who is called Scrupulosity, or a scrupulous conscience. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Wherefore as presumption is a sin, so is pusillanimity. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province It is not to be concealed, that occasional instances of insubordination and pusillanimity have occurred in the British navy. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 With his usual pusillanimity the king went through the business of the hunt, the deer being literally driven into the very teeth of the dogs. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The Tories increased in confidence and strength with every new assault; whilst the battered Whigs, from their sheer pusillanimity, became noisome in the nostrils of the country. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 That dread conflagration represented the loss to him of a fortune, for, with grasping pusillanimity, Lablache had refused to insure his property. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Objection 1: It seems that pusillanimity is not opposed to magnanimity. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The reproach that can hardly be spared to Mr. Wilson, however, is that of pusillanimity. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference "It is pusillanimity, as well as folly, to shrink from the crushing of the egg, but to wait composedly for the hatching of the viper." The Christian Home His physiognomy denoted pusillanimity; but there was, at the same time, a malicious sparkle in his eye, and it was with a mocking smile that he contemplated the man with the red beard. The Amulet Instead she was hating herself for her own pusillanimity. Marcella If, however, we consider the causes of anger, which are injuries inflicted whereby the soul of the man who suffers them is disheartened, it conduces to pusillanimity. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The morning was fine, and with infantile pusillanimity she began to hope that Uncle Meshach would be taking his walks abroad. Leonora I bore the diminution of my riches without any outrages of sorrow, or pusillanimity of dejection. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant They cared only to keep out of harm's way--to avoid all peril and danger, and to thwart the Maid, whose patriotism and lofty courage was such a foil to their pusillanimity and cowardice. A Heroine of France As an exhibit of the groveling pusillanimity of the human soul, the roccolo of northern Italy reveals minus qualities which can not be expressed either in words or in figures. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation For every sin has a corresponding contrary sin, thus timidity is opposed to daring, and presumption to pusillanimity. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province No power on earth can subjugate the Southern States, although some of them have been guilty of the pusillanimity of making war with the Yankees against their sisters. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter He says, that pusillanimity, and want of decision consequent on it, marked the conduct of the assembly. The Idler in France But he was as much opposed to the pretentiousness of dogmatic metaphysics as to the pusillanimity of scepticism and the Schwärmerei of mysticism. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English In the previous year he had deemed it wise to speak with reserve, but now that this question was the principal subject of discussion in all civilised nations, reserve would not be prudence but pusillanimity. Cavour Therefore the fainthearted are virtuous: and consequently pusillanimity is not a sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province "I am so little of a sailor, that prudence, if not pusillanimity, teaches me to depend on the experience of older heads." The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas At all events, they were found out, and, in their terror and pusillanimity, they betrayed their associates. Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham Yet this was only the portly figure of Master Pyot, the petty constable, who seemed to be mounting guard just outside the cottage, and who was vastly amused at Toogood's pusillanimity. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk By making peace at this juncture, I not only incur the blame of great pusillanimity, but I render the king of Prussia still greater, and the remedy must be prompt. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Secondly, we shall consider pusillanimity which is opposed to it by way of deficiency. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province "The retribution is righteous!" groaned the Alderman, "I am punished for my pusillanimity, in the degradation of my own child!" The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas I can find none, unless it be your own weakness and the pusillanimity which causes fear in your minds. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 We shall be sometimes obliged to record cruel truths; they will, however, be directed only to those, whose unskilfulness, or pusillanimity have caused these dreadful events. Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. Finally, pusillanimity or want of faith is the vice that belongs to unlawful compromise in the department of action and realisation. On Compromise I pity his ignorance, his weakness, his pusillanimity. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 He will boast, perhaps of the imaginary obligation he has conferred on me: surely to shrink from a thing in itself right from any such apprehension, can be the result only of pusillanimity and cowardice! Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are England then might, with more reason, reproach her own rulers for pusillanimity than the Corsicans for ingratitude. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson The inaction of the negroes does not seem to be the effect either of their virtue or of their pusillanimity. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 The circus resounded with their indignant clamors, and they tumultuously besieged the gates of the palace, reproaching the pusillanimity of their indolent sovereign, and celebrating the heroic spirit of Constantine. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Richard, blushing with shame at their pusillanimity, called his English to the rescue, and arrived just in time to save the city. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 With this language many did begin to feel offended; it seemed to be morosity and ill-will, the pusillanimity of old age, or a fear, that had now become exaggerated, of the skill of Hannibal. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans By a glance of mingled scorn and anger She reproved his pusillanimity, but She spoke not. The Monk; a romance The impression was wildly wrong; and he found a cause for the Conservative majority in Gladstone’s tame foreign policy, and especially in the pusillanimity his government showed when insulted by Gortschakoff. Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake The gentle philanthropists who composed the Plain, and constituted the majority of the Assembly, contributed, by their pusillanimity, to bring about the frightful excesses of the Convention. The Psychology of Revolution The whole conduct of the King of Hungary was marked by pusillanimity and irresolution. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Peace had some narrow escapes, but with the help of his revolver, and on one occasion the pusillanimity of a policeman, he succeeded in getting away in safety. A Book of Remarkable Criminals Marcus was raging over the pusillanimity of Alexander, of which Maria had just told him. McTeague Moreover, in spite of his pusillanimity and his subservience to his Roman patrons, Josephus did possess a distinct pride of race and a love of his people. Josephus The pusillanimity and weakness of the Assembly in the face of threats was extreme. The Psychology of Revolution Such pusillanimity was beneath the mark of Paine's enthusiasm. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 But you showed a pusillanimity on that occasion that I scorn to qualify. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II Everybody condemned their pusillanimity in making off without a fight. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War One in which the ridiculous old fool should be shown up as he deserved: for his pusillanimity, his half-heartedness, his subservience. Casanova's Homecoming Never did a body of men manifest such pusillanimity. The Psychology of Revolution David said: I waited for him that saved me from pusillanimity and a storm. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales It seemed as if a challenge of strength between opposing gifts was given, and I suddenly felt all the dishonour of my diffidence—all the pusillanimity of my slackness to aspire. Villette Roderic and his train, full of pusillanimity and consternation, had fled from the direful scene, and vanished like shadows at the rising of the sun. Imogen A Pastoral Romance The pusillanimity of an Oriental, the ill-humour of a sovereign, may still bring thousands of men face to face. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt After the taking of the Bastille, it is admitted that his party was sufficiently powerful to effect a revolution in his favour; but his pusillanimity prevailed over his ambition. Paris as It Was and as It Is The Committee of Public Safety got hold of Madame du Barry, and she mounted the guillotine in company of her betters, showing a pusillanimity that befitted such a career. Holidays in Eastern France The charge of cowardice and pusillanimity, qualities which the interested and cautious enemy should, of all others, like best to find in his rival, is urged with aversion, and made the ground of dislike. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition With every step I took towards town came renewed courage; and when I reached Ned's lodgings, I felt ashamed of my pusillanimity. The Uninhabited House A concession to such advice would be treachery and pusillanimity combined, at which none would so exult as the spirits of darkness. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey I confess with shame a pusillanimity that is apt to flag if a "to be continued" do not redeem its promise before the lapse of a quinquennium. Among My Books Second Series In America, the pusillanimity of the English commanders led to terrible disasters, among which the loss of Fort William Henry, and the massacre of its garrison, were conspicuous events. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics The charge of cowardice and pusillanimity, qualities which the interested and cautious enemy should, of all others, like best to find in his rival, is urged with aversion, and made the ground of dislike. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition And when Elodie taxed him with pusillanimity he glanced at Andrew. The Mountebank As the Afghans came down at no great pace, they fired occasionally; either because of the bullets, or because of an access of pusillanimity, Fraser's troopers broke and fled ignominiously. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 That arose from a mixture of kindness and pusillanimity. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House But the pusillanimity which I have observed among the so-called Liberals has given me cause for reflection. Ghosts His fervent friends were growing aggressive, their hardy pretensions were increasing: they alarmed Canet's fundamental egoism, his deeply rooted sense of propriety, his middle-class pusillanimity. Jean-Christophe Journey's End The pusillanimity he shows in his exile exceeds even the measure of what we could have believed. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius There was no touch of pusillanimity in her heroic spirit. Letters of Catherine Benincasa I just laugh at the air of triumph they assume, and the pusillanimity of some of my fellow-countrymen. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House There are some diseases, which tend to weaken the brain; to create despondency and pusillanimity; and there are others, which destroy the body, but do not disturb the reason. Good Sense The pusillanimity of Loudoun, with his ten thousand men and powerful fleet in Nova Scotia, has been already mentioned. 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 The marquis was really sorry for the blow, chiefly because Malcolm, without a shadow of pusillanimity, had taken it so quietly. Malcolm They were members of the same futile crowd of useless charlatans who by their pusillanimity had made their country a byword and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk possible. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Already we have paid dearly enough for the pusillanimity of a hundred years: it is impossible that we should ever allow a similar bill to be again presented. Crescent and Iron Cross No pusillanimity there; but on the very heights of danger, which none other than the bravest could have gained, dauntless and safe, let her stand and fight her battle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 For he cast in the teeth of his audience their pusillanimity in suffering their champions to be murdered, and allowing so worthless a crew to lord it over them. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History We were obliged to yield to the pusillanimity of our guides, and trace back our steps. At Last To look back, they were told, to the king of England, after all the insults they had experienced, and the hostilities that were begun, would be the height of pusillanimity and weakness. Four Early Pamphlets Even Tacitus, who upbraids the other conspirators with pusillanimity, marks his admiration of this noble woman. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Suppled by long slavery, softened by mixture of blood, the black man seems to pass at one bound, as women do, from cowering pusillanimity to the topmost height of daring. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 I believe the pusillanimity of the latter is traceable, in a great measure, to the miserable way in which the poor fellows are fed. Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. The common cripple would despise his own pusillanimity, viewing the hale stoutness, and hearty heart, of this half-limbed giant. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Hate and pusillanimity have little there to nourish them. England and the War The Novgorodians were the more determined upon this bold measure by the personal pusillanimity which Ivan betrayed in a war where the advantages lay entirely at his own side. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation It asks me where is the noble womanhood that might have blossomed from this sweet bud, had it not been for my pusillanimity and love of life? The Mill Mystery No, it would be cowardice, pusillanimity, to groan and weep when there is blood and life left, when to insult and menace is added mockery. The Social Cancer That the protagonist in a great Cause should recant in the face of death seems to argue an almost incredible degree of pusillanimity, and suggests that pusillanimity and subservience are the key to his career. England under the Tudors This ruler showed himself unworthy of his name, abandoning his capital with great pusillanimity when a small Tibetan army advanced upon it. China They looked back upon his pusillanimity with awe, and extracted from his apparent fears the subtle elements of a second providence. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation I could find no excuse either for my pusillanimity or for that procrastination of my duty into which it had betrayed me. The Mill Mystery Every day's doings in the house are faithfully daguerreotyped,—all the mean tricks, contrivances of the slave-power, and the pusillanimity of the Northern members from day to day recorded. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe The young men smiled at this new proof of the well known pusillanimity of their uncle. The Prairie Reproaching himself, therefore, with his pusillanimity, he left his cavern and went straight to the town, as a soldier, who, feeling ashamed of having fled, returns intrepidly to the charge. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi We were obliged to yield to the pusillanimity of our guides, and trace back our steps. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 "Be they all on my own head!" cried Murray, blushing at his uncle's pusillanimity, and drawing out his sword with an impatience that made the old knight start. The Scottish Chiefs Indeed, it is the peculiar privilege of an author, to rob terror of contempt, and pusillanimity of reproach. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World Still Valois fumes, sword in hand, at the pusillanimity of the Western sympathizers. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance He was free from this pusillanimity; free as yet as regarded himself; but he was hardly free as regarded his betrothed. Castle Richmond Oh! he must be sure that no doubts, no pusillanimity on the part of any official would be allowed to stand in the way of the consummation of all his most cherished dreams. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel I followed slowly that I might not interrupt the child's behaviour, which moved me strangely in contrast with the pusillanimity I had so lately witnessed in Mr Stoddart. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood We have spent a good deal of money arming ourselves; and we are not going to have that money thrown away through the pusillanimity of a Cabinet of males. Press Cuttings "It pleases me," said Montaigne ironically, "to observe how much pusillanimity and cowardice there is in ambition; by how abject and servile ways it must arrive at its end." Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian Aby said that his father had lost everything by his pusillanimity, and old Mollett declared that his son had destroyed all by his rashness. Castle Richmond What! will I brave thee? ay, and beard thee too; A Roman spirit scorns to bear a brain So full of base pusillanimity. The Poetaster But, having scarcely begun speaking with Nijeradze, he at once became ashamed of his pusillanimity, and having started off listlessly, towards the end he again began to prance on his heroic steed. Yama: the pit It is very frequently set down as pusillanimity and cravenness of spirit. Friends and Neighbors And for the moment baser sentiments were silenced: greed, self-interest, pusillanimity seemed to have been purged from the race. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort I was ashamed of their pusillanimity and want of faith in the Divine Providence. Roughing It in the Bush Unhappily events over which no statesman could then have control overtook Canada, while as yet things bounded along gaily in the States, and the sons of despair seemed to have some ground for their pusillanimity. The Dominion in 1983 Forgive my wretched pusillanimity if I still have some doubt as to the wholly satisfactory result of the performance. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 Clay believed that the administration "should avoid, on the one hand, political persecution, and, on the other, an appearance of pusillanimity." Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 It may be that I mistake pusillanimity for disinterestedness. Joseph II. and His Court It is a comment more picturesque than just, for obviously Forli did not surrender through pusillanimity, but to the end that it might be delivered from the detestable rule of the Riarii. The Life of Cesare Borgia Everywhere the same spirit of awe was abroad, and the same pusillanimity, content to hug the little that remained rather than rear its head to demand that which by right belonged. 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 Nothing is so rash as fear; and the councils of pusillanimity very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate, the evils from which they would fly. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke His weakness, his pusillanimity, his meannesses of soul, stood out in sharp relief by contrast with the masterful strength and the high spirit of Sir Crispin. The Tavern Knight She hastened to give information of his pusillanimity to the next heir, the Dune of Zweibrucken, and dispatched a courier to Berlin asking succor and protection from the crown of Prussia. Joseph II. and His Court This angel must have perceived that Alma's eyes said, with the courage of a second in a duel, "Go on, now is the time!" and that Harry's answered, with masculine pusillanimity, "I don't like to!" Stories of a Western Town Let us, in a word, put behind us all prejudice and pusillanimity till we see this country of ours once more blooming like one great cornfield, covered with cows. The Burning Spear Some reproached the Christians with cowardice and pusillanimity; others asserted that they refused to fight through hatred of the people, so as to deprive them of that pleasure which the sight of bravery produces. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero What vile pusillanimity! why thus respect the presumptuous power of popular errors and opinions, resting upon no foundation. My Ten Years' Imprisonment It was not only from Spain that bitter invective was hurled upon him; British journalism poured scorn and rage upon his incompetence, French journalism held his pusillanimity up to the ridicule of the world. The Snare The pair in the malthouse might have eluded all search but for the steward's pusillanimity. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series The English soldiers, to whom his name was hateful, accused him of having in his sufferings shown pusillanimity unworthy of a soldier. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 He behaved with a pusillanimity and disingenuousness which deprived him of all claim to respect or pity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 "The moment has at length come when moderatism, royalism and pusillanimity, and all other traitorous or useless sects to the country, should disappear from the soil of Liberty." The French Revolution - Volume 3 In all this there is great moral cowardice, pusillanimity, and want of manly independence of character. Character In the course of the campaign, two instances occurred which served to show how greatly courage is admired even in enemies, and how much cowardice and pusillanimity are despised. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy The Whigs were furious at his pusillanimity, and loudly declared him to be far more deserving of blame than Grey, who, even in turning King's evidence, had preserved a certain decorum. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 For the Chinese sail where they will or can; which sheweth that their law of keeping out strangers is a law of pusillanimity and fear. New Atlantis I spoke of Polina's outburst, of my encounter with the Baron, of my dismissal, of the General's extraordinary pusillanimity, and of the call which De Griers had that morning paid me. The Gambler But the pusillanimity of Xerxes relieved them from all further anxiety. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The fear is due to my pusillanimity entirely. The Egoist The Fellows found that the popular voice loudly accused them of pusillanimity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 The world agreed to ascribe this ignominious rout to Grey's pusillanimity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Owing to the enthusiasm of some and the pusillanimity of the rest, an army of five thousand men was ready before the interval prescribed had elapsed. Salammbo His own prudence and firmness had been conspicuously displayed, and yet had done less for him than the folly and pusillanimity of others. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 |
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