| 单词 | pusillanimous |
| 例句 | She almost feels sorry for him, the pusillanimous wretch. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The pusillanimous, corporate-speak testimony of several corporate executives is quoted at length — perhaps at too great a length. A Disaster at Sea, Animated by 26 Hours of Black-Box Recordings 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z They may be starved of live gigs, this may be the first HM concert in the area since Motörhead two years ago, but the Colwyn Bay rock brigade is no namby-pamby, pusillanimous collection of punters. Saxon: 'Metal fans are the most loyal in the world' – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-01-16T12:54:39Z In that movie, Tom Cruise plays a pusillanimous military spokesman who gets sucked into the frontlines of an alien invasion in a time loop that restarts whenever he meets a gruesome end. 'Terrifyingly relevant': why Doug Liman had to recut Fair Game 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Did he gouge out the eyes of the pusillanimous Emperor Michael V? Review | If you love heroic fantasy a la George R.R. Martin, you’ll love ‘The Last Viking’ 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The “Jaws mayor” has become comic shorthand for the craven and pusillanimous politician. 'A total blast': our writers pick their favorite summer blockbusters ever 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Scriptures typically evolved flexibly to promote compassion, empathy and magnanimity — so it is particularly sad when today they are cherry-picked by ideologues, wrenched from context, to justify rigid and pusillanimous dogma. What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z In a contemporary intellectual culture that is often pusillanimous in its evenhandedness, a dash of unreasonable invective is sometimes just what the doctor ordered. Against “Against [X]” 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Her predicament parallels Attila’s growing sense that much of his own work is pusillanimous and dangerously indulgent. When a Young Immigrant Vanishes in London, Can a Wildlife Biologist Help? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The supermen are doing good, and they know what’s good for us, and they have never needed pusillanimous institutions — the cops, the press, the government — to tell them what to do. Poking at Politics, Without a Stick, on Big and Small Screens 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Scenes from an Execution, which focuses on the relationship between a pusillanimous artist and her patrons in Renaissance Venice, is Barker's most famous and accessible play – which, to him, is a problem. Howard Barker: 'I don't care if you listen or not' 2012-10-01T18:31:02Z You want to know what all that pearl clutching over “civility” by the pusillanimous punditocracy has been about for the last few days? Forget Stephen Miller and Sarah Sanders, dining-while-black is the real test of civility in America 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z I can imagine that whoever was given the job of editing Boyne, whose previous children's book was The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, might have felt a touch pusillanimous. The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne - review 2012-08-03T21:55:06Z A courageous scoundrel is far worse than a pusillanimous one. Perspective | N.C. Wyeth painted the world full of beauty, resilience and adventure. And full of white people. 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The vice president had a reputation for being President Nixon’s attack dog and skewering political opponents as “nattering nabobs of negativism,” “vicars of vacillation” and “pusillanimous pussyfooters.” Unlike in Trump case, Secret Service kept this one secret 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is that man; a power-craving hunter-gatherer con artist out to stake his claim as a modern-day potentate while imbued with the pusillanimous power of a puff pastry. We won't get fooled again — I think. Trump's back, but let's hope it's a brief visit 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z This is a remarkably pusillanimous way of framing the case. Column: The ugly historical roots of the GOP's migrant transports 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z As his precarious mental state became ever more obvious, the GOP’s pusillanimous refusal to do its patriotic duty became ever more glaring. Don’t blame Gen. Milley 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z It would be disheartening at any time to be reminded that such pusillanimous thinking still exists. Slavery shaped today, and it is shaping tomorrow 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z That attack lead the MIT-trained physicist to hit back at his “pusillanimous” president. Bolsonaro has blessed ‘brutal' assault on rainforest, sacked scientist warns 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z He urged Trump to “heed his own pugnacious and not Zinke’s pusillanimous counsel.” Trump’s pick for managing federal lands doesn’t believe the government should have any 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z He should not be impeached out of frustration with the pusillanimous failure of Republicans in the House and Senate to stand up for congressional prerogative and constitutional norms. Opinion | We knew who Trump was but elected him anyway. We can’t impeach him for that. 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s basically everyone: the breathless news media, the credulous citizenry, the polarizing — and pusillanimous — elected officials in Washington. Trump did not invent American bigotry. But new books argue that he released it – and he has no incentive to extinguish it. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Even pusillanimous fund managers in the UK may resist something similar here. Turkey buys time before day of IMF reckoning 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Perhaps this poll was an outlier, possibly its findings reflected a temporary response to Trump’s pusillanimous performance in Helsinki with Vladimir Putin. Republicans Are Caught in a Trump Bind as the Midterms Approach 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z As does almost all of Obama's pusillanimous and impotent foreign policies that now endanger us all. U.S. Taking Negotiations ‘One Week at a Time’ on Expiring Iran Deal 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Due to the urgency of the cellphone addiction crisis, it would be pusillanimous not to borrow the lessons learned. Opinion | Your Kid’s Phone Is Not Like a Cigarette 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Sen. Cruz and Mr. Trump hurled almost as much abuse at what they said were pusillanimous Republican leaders as they threw at Mr. Obama. Trump Bets on the ‘Missing Five Million’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The pusillanimous prophets of political correctness who Trump had been mocking managed to howl with such unanimity and force that even Trump had to pay attention. Loose Cannon 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z His honesty offered a bracing counterpoint to the pusillanimous Republican leaders who continue to insist that the reality-television star would be different once in office. Donald Trump, bully in chief 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The greater wonder is that it remains so, despite the pusillanimous behavior of its most prominent representatives. Bernie’s Spinal Surgery on CEOs 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z In 2013 he likened those who eschewed his kamikaze tactics to appeasers of Nazism; now, on the stump, he lambasts mainstream Republicans as corrupt and pusillanimous. The man in the ostrich-skin boots 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Venables must take his own share of the blame for a pusillanimous policy that drafted in an extra defender, Ruddock, and left the midfield bereft of a genuinely creative talent. Arsenal v Burnley, Manchester City v Aston Villa and more: FA Cup clockwatch - live! 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Ian Austin, the Labour former minister, has denounced May’s statement as “weak and pusillanimous nonsense”. Alexander Litvinenko murder: UK freezes assets of chief suspects – as it happened 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z President Barack Obama to bring Iran in from the cold, believing him pusillanimous in the face of what they see as Iranian aggression and guileless in accommodating Iran's moderates when Khamenei pulls the strings. Saudi Arabia alarmed, in private, at Iran's sanctions relief 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z These pusillanimous evasions are telling signs of character, or its absence. Prejudice on display in the Republican campaign for president 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z In reality, Mr. Cameron’s pusillanimous response reflects the degree to which he is hostage to his Conservative Party’s hostility toward migrants in general and its neuralgia over the U.K.’s membership of the EU. U.K.’s Cameron a Hostage in Migrant Crisis 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Venables must take his own share of the blame for a pusillanimous policy that drafted in an extra defender, Ruddock, and left the midfield bereft of a genuinely creative talent. Arsenal v Burnley, Manchester City v Aston Villa and more: FA Cup clockwatch - live! 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z If it had been left to pusillanimous males probably nothing much would have happened. The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, One of America's First Libertarians 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z “He believes in and uses power in a way that many Democrats are too pusillanimous to do,” said Paul Begala, a former Clinton White House aide and longtime friend. For 2nd Clinton, a Right Hand With a Punch 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z “People do get pusillanimous,” Mr. Brown said, speaking over the faint shouts of a small group of protesters outside the event. To Brown, a Legacy; to Others, a Runaway Train 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Just read its pusillanimous "statement of support" for Sony in its hour of need. Sony pays high price for ignoring its past 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z NSW premier Mike Baird, usually a pusillanimous sort of character, adopted George W Bush’s rhetoric: “We will hunt you down.” Sydney dawn counter-terrorism raids: why now, and why so few answers? 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It is slipshod in its reasoning and pusillanimous with regard to defending fundamental rights. Why Indian author Vikram Seth is angry 2013-12-20T10:15:03Z You're entirely as pusillanimous and deceitful as the politicians you describe. As Gun Bill Crashes in the Senate, Supporters Vow to Keep Fighting 2013-04-18T02:05:23Z The American press not only gloried in covering every tittle of gossip but not infrequently lectured their pusillanimous British colleagues about American ideas of press freedom. Nobody Shouted Stop: Alleged Chinese Espionage Swept Under the Carpet 2013-03-11T15:22:41Z And then remember that Moss received a 90% vote in favour of his re-election as a director, as pusillanimous investors instead registered unhappiness by voting against the pay report. A year after the shareholder spring, the green shoots of rebellion are withering 2013-03-10T00:06:08Z Friday's reports portray institutions that were complaisant - police sympathetic but pusillanimous in the face of what they took to be society's norms, and prosecutors negligently reluctant to risk testing public opinion by pursuing charges... Media reaction to Savile report 2013-01-12T11:15:41Z But I soon thought better of my rash plan, for fear that an apoplectic Steve Jobs may even now be returning from the grave to wreak fiery vengeance on his simpering, pusillanimous heirs. Apple’s apology tour 2012-09-28T20:00:00Z He thought he would be dealing with the usual pusillanimous collection of fund managers who roll over in the end when even a modest takeover premium is on the table. Glencore's Glasenberg Xstrata gambit is dead in the water 2012-08-29T18:22:54Z After all, the lives of real people were being affected by the political posturing of these pusillanimous centrists. Why Obama should run on the success of the stimulus 2012-08-27T17:12:49Z As a happy by-product, it will cure you of any lingering doubts you might have had over the portentous, pusillanimous, utter uselessness of “the international community” into the bargain. The U.N.’s Uselessness on Syria 2012-08-11T08:45:00Z Among the German people, however, the belief gained ground that our foreign policy was feeble and was giving way before the "Encirclement"—that high-sounding phrases were succeeded by pusillanimous surrender. My Mission to London 1912-1914 2012-04-17T02:00:14.497Z The history of the Israelites in time of danger commonly presents one or other of two extremes: either pusillanimous submission, or daring defiance to the hostile power. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Indignation and rage at this vacillating, pusillanimous conduct seized the entire army, and curses and loud denunciations were heard on every side. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Mr. Henry Wellesley, though apparently pusillanimous, was a more formidable, if less romantic, antagonist. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z Dæmonomania may be referred to a false view of divine justice,—ignorance, and consequent weakness of intellect,—and a pusillanimous apprehension of perhaps a merited chastisement. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The pusillanimous lost courage, but the most able and subtle did not think it necessary to abandon the party. 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 Davison appears to have been an industrious and outspoken man, and was undoubtedly made the scapegoat for the queen’s pusillanimous conduct. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The conduct of his brethren at home, when friendly vessels were in the offing, had been reprehensible--pusillanimous. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Go on in the way which your pusillanimous nature points out to you, and do not get into mischief. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z He who refuses the work to which God calls him because of the honor and éclat that accompany it, is not humble but mistrustful and pusillanimous. Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z It was shunned by most of the pusillanimous guests, but not by me, and it was excellent. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The very word is as fire to the most pusillanimous: the very thought of its crimson depths should set us all tilting. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z They would set an example to pusillanimous counties that still hesitated about rising. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z It is astonishing how pusillanimous two years of invalidism can make one. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Dread of pain at whatsoever cost to the future of a human being—and that being their own child—actuates these unnatural and pusillanimous practices. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Charles IV., the pusillanimous King of Spain, allied himself with Napoleon and aided the latter's aggressions against Portugal. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Either way, therefore, Lord Liverpool acted wrong, and fully proved the verity of the old adage, "Power usurped is weakness when exposed; conscious of wrong, it is pusillanimous, and prone to flight." Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z All the prisoners without exception, even the most pusillanimous, even those who were beforehand tormented night and day, supported it courageously when it came. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z But the truth was that Dollar did not blame him in the least, as he turned the handle softly, and heard a pusillanimous step retreating down the corridor. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z And I did not doubt it, under the circumstances of his pusillanimous confession. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z He resembled his passionate, unrestrained, and unscrupulous mother rather than his vacillating, pusillanimous father. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Nor was it difficult to discover that he was indolent and pusillanimous, the usual companions of luxury and dissipation. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z But it was the pusillanimous misbehavior of Colonel Dunbar, left by Braddock in the rear of his army to bring along the heavier part of his stores, provisions and baggage which converted disaster into disgrace. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z And they are pusillanimous from their having been humbled by the course of life; for they raise their desires to nothing great or vast, but to things only which conduce to support of life. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z I suppose she had gotten bits of it before, hints and innuendoes, of the kind people give who are too pusillanimous to face a woman like Miss Sarah with a point-blank question. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z Alexander sometimes upheld, and sometimes thwarted Thomas, just as his own interests dictated, and pursued a course that seemed to the stout-hearted archbishop mean and pusillanimous. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z For manufacturing to become relatively stronger, the City needs to become relatively weaker, but that won't happen if the response to the financial crisis is pusillanimous. Growth figures disguise the north-south divide 2011-07-24T19:00:04Z Well, I’m such a pusillanimous coward, that I can’t screw myself up to doing anything of the kind. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z His brassy shots are just pusillanimous—there is no other word which describes them accurately—but somehow they keep on bouncing toward the pin. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z The anonymous author seemed to relish his cheeky, slightly un-Timesean kicker, which quoted a Republican on the state of the House: “a supine, subservient, soporific, superfluous, supercilious, pusillanimous body of nitwits.” Coming Next Sunday: The Latest Evolution of the Review 2011-06-18T19:06:55Z This most pusillanimous practice was one day made the theme of conversation in a large party in London, where Doctor Franklin dined. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z As increasingly happens, the pusillanimous "mainstream" media played along, portraying a foreign leader’s unhappiness with an American president as Obama’s problem. Netanyahu and his friends sucker-punch selves 2011-06-02T00:30:00Z Mysticism contains a pusillanimous skepticism in the place of reason, and, at the same time, a faith blind and carried even to the oblivion of all the conditions imposed upon human nature. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z There is irresistible seductiveness on the one side, pusillanimous fondness on the other. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Apparently he had not yet forgiven what he accounted her pusillanimous desertion of her charge. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z They took the feverish verdict of the times and applied adjectives to his conduct that were out of place; some called it "pusillanimous"—"cowardly." Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z If the passion of the ministers lie towards peace, our political writers breathe nothing but war and devastation, and represent the specific conduct of the government as mean and pusillanimous. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z "Why, you poor pusillanimous, transcendental, ossified little shrimp, you," said the big man. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z It only has a sickly foothold where the people are spiritually dominated by an ignorant or pusillanimous priesthood. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z It was dishonourable, unpatriotic, and pusillanimous; but Mr. Gladstone persevered, and with what result? Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Together the three men had drunk copiously, had laughed much and sneered continually at the pusillanimous Englishman. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z They say railroads must have no signals because pusillanimous travellers would be eternally summoning the guard, and here is exactly a similar evil with worse consequences. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z To praise the great deeds of bygone heroes within hearing of pusillanimous princes, would have been an insult. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Epicurus had been a pure and tender moralist, but pusillanimous. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z I accept your pusillanimous offer,” she said, in the full, bell-like tone of a public official. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Necessity thus educates them in that mutual interest in one another's affairs, and that taste for narrative, which pusillanimous people call prying and tattle. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z You will think me pusillanimous—and I was. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z But so many of our poets are pusillanimous. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z Under that pretext he usually causes considerable vexation to the Indians of the village of Buguey, and much more to those of the mission as they are naturally a very pusillanimous race. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z At that terrible indignity the pusillanimous spirit of the commandant was sobered into resolution. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The persons most inclined to envy are of two quite different types, namely, the ambitious and the pusillanimous. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z It was a moment of terrible suspense, but our adventurers saw the savages suddenly drop their bows, some after sending a careless shot, with a vacillating, pusillanimous aim, and others without shooting at all. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z How pusillanimous, to doubt gaining the victory over that young coxcomb with his smooth face! 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z "If I decline to name a friend—if I decline to meet you in a regular duel——" "I shall brand you as a pusillanimous cur, sah!" Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z Thy name has remained in history, to serve for the instruction of all public men, all pusillanimous judges, in order to hold up to them the shame of yielding contrary to one's own convictions. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z The pusillanimous man, being petty, holds every small advancement of others as great and as a blow to his own prestige. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Joan hung up the telephone, mortified by her own pusillanimous behavior. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Until last year, prodded by German action on Lichtenstein, it was pusillanimous on avoidance. These brilliant protests on tax-dodging can unite us all 2010-12-06T20:05:00Z The Obama administration's reluctance to put a Carter-era solar panel on the White House roof was understandable, even if repulsively pusillanimous. Obama's White House solar panel stumble 2010-10-05T16:04:00Z He is the most pusillanimous soul in the universe, and with him in charge, that body would die in less than six months. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile He minded this less than his own pusillanimous behaviour on the brink of experience. Sinister Street, vol. 1 His temper was so good as to be almost pusillanimous. The New Gulliver and Other Stories "You cowards! you ornery, pusillanimous cowards!" she flung back at the gaping black faces. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play I did not know that you were inclined to be so pusillanimous," cried Mr. Sylvester; "and in presence of a foe so unsubstantial as this you have conjured up almost out of nothing. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life But the effect of such parental causes, as I have already said," continued the exiled soul, "was a pusillanimous offspring, which for the offspring in question, myself, was extremely disastrous. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile The pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with still haunted the minds of many. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Mary smiled with contempt at the pusillanimous proposal, and resolved to remain where she was, and abide the issue. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 To poltroonery of one kind or another the Spirit makes no concessions; it wears the face of a hard master to all pusillanimous demands. Religious Perplexities The race of Romulus had degenerated into a pretentious but pusillanimous aristocracy, who desired no title to glory save that found in pedigree. Women of Early Christianity He began to be ashamed of his concessions, and to repent of having accepted pusillanimous advice. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Speaking of the friends to the British cause in North Carolina he wrote, "If they are as dastardly and pusillanimous as our friends to the southward, we must leave them to their fate." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Here a man has the advantage of a perpetual nom de plume, and he is tempted to see how pusillanimous he can be even when he is just here on a visit. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories In this fact—the certainty of his being pusillanimous about his accusation—lies the proof of his guilt, to them. Portia or By Passions Rocked A strong sense of duty, genuine piety, and a cautious but by no means pusillanimous common-sense coloured every action of his patient, laborious and eventful life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Envoys again arrived from Mexico with rich presents and a message vindicating the pusillanimous Emperor from any share in the conspiracy against Cort�s. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Yet to this pusillanimous and degenerate Church belong the future of European Turkey, and the inheritance of the sinking power of the Turks. The History of Freedom Was it not pusillanimous in him to make no attempt to see his love and to tell her that he at any rate was true to her? Lady Anna That the government of England considered the American government as pusillanimous, is evident from the encreasing insolence of the conduct of the former towards the latter, till the affair of General Wayne. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 A person is said to be pusillanimous whose desire is restrained by the fear of a danger which his equals dare to meet. The Philosophy of Spinoza Vigilius was soon coerced into submission, but the West repudiated his pusillanimous surrender, and rejected the council. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" Why, confound your pusillanimous souls, what do you mean by talking to me in that fashion? Gold He thus finds safe scope for the indulgence of his crank, and when there is nothing left of his own wife, he turns his unattractive and pusillanimous attentions to someone else's. Byways of Ghost-Land If the inconsistent conduct of Morris exposed the interest of America to some hazard in France, the pusillanimous conduct of Mr. Jay in England has rendered the American government contemptible in Europe. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 You would pass for a traitor and a coward in the eyes of the conspirators, and for a pusillanimous person in the eyes of others. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' It saps the character where it is really believed, and renders the mind which receives it servile and pusillanimous. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Simple man! what other course is left me to pursue?—Is it thy wish that I should relinquish the most glorious prize, at the very moment of its attainment, from a pusillanimous fear of consequences? Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Zarathustra is a feeble and pusillanimous man, not one of royal state who is able to bring his purpose to effect. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Is England to be pronounced so poor, or so pusillanimous, that she must give up all hope unless she can be suffered to lurk in the rear of the battle? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Catharine was glad to have the pusillanimous Charles out of the way. Henry IV, Makers of History But the stern logic of events will save the illogical, pusillanimous, confused half-measure, as it now is. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The forty chiefs, however, who had been chosen by the insurgents, considered this conduct as pusillanimous, and despised it accordingly. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. It is impossible to describe the displeasure which affected Elizabeth on this turn of affairs, which she ascribed to the pusillanimous and negligent government of James. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) The dog is grossly and offensively obscene; he is dirty, he pollutes our streets; he is a coward, and has the pusillanimous spirit of a rather faint-hearted lackey. Too Old for Dolls A Novel When improvident violence fails, men gladly shelter themselves under pusillanimous subtlety. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 The current and the development of events will run over the heads of the pusillanimous and contemptible conservatives. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 What is that defective being, with calfless legs and stooping shoulders, weak in body and mind, inert, pusillanimous and stupid, whose premature wrinkles and furtive glance, tell of misery and degradation? Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject To the pusillanimous and the idle, scandal is the condiment of life; and while back-biting furnishes their entertainment abroad, domestic quarrelling fills up the leisure hours at home. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Over and over again it forces the recalcitrant body back into the arena, preferring repeated humiliation to a pusillanimous surrender. Apologia Diffidentis It cannot be denied that hostile tendencies, which are linked with pusillanimous views, are always on hand and create conflicts. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Japanese annals attempt to palliate his discomfiture by a story about the abuse of a flag of truce, but the fact seems to have been that Kawabe no Nie was an incompetent and pusillanimous captain. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era A blind faith is only one remove from a pusillanimous skepticism. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles This was followed by others, acting in the same pusillanimous style, and at least two-thirds of the army never fired a shot. A sketch of the life and services of Gen. Otho Holland Williams Read before the Maryland historical society, on Thursday evening, March 6, 1851 He noted the pusillanimous pallor of the driver and his friend, and felt personally indebted to the desperado who had put a stop to their unpleasant conversation. Stingaree The narrow pusillanimous ego melts into nothing before the high impersonal self, symbolized by Hiram. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Others again, seized with a pusillanimous terror, wept, supplicated, and sank under the influence of a passion which completed the exhaustion of their strength. The Two Great Retreats of History There exists in him a heart-abhorrence of whatever is incoherent, pusillanimous, unveracious,—that is to say, chaotic, ungoverned; of the Devil, not of God. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. His weakness was especially shown in his pusillanimous treaties with the Northmen. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe There is no need to dwell on the miserable spectacle of his end, perhaps the meanest and most pusillanimous which has ever been recorded. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 My mind was dejected and pusillanimous—my brain, as it were, paralysed—so that whenever I took to thinking, my thoughts only wandered, or centred on the terrible doom that waited me. The Boy Tar No pusillanimous dejection!" he exclaimed; "let us vow redoubled courage and perseverance! The Two Great Retreats of History Either, like a pusillanimous coward, he turned tail, or there is some disgraceful entanglement which holds him back!” Witness to the Deed He demanded abject servility and pusillanimous crouching on the part of an offender. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim I had supposed that crime had achieved its climax when the Southern rebellion was inaugurated; but something more base, more vile, more cowardly, debasing, and pusillanimous, it seems, is now contemplated. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Oh, you pusillanimous Highland chiefs and other misters! how long will you tamely submit to such offhanded treatment? Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. The Great King, however, was not so hopelessly pusillanimous as that; for, when Cyrus reached Kunaxa, scouts brought word that the enemy's hosts were not far behind. The Two Great Retreats of History Affecting to laugh at the precautions, and sneer at the pusillanimous mind that had suggested them, he defied proof, defied suspicion. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 James, says Francis Osborn in his Traditional Memoirs, 'did so far participate of the humour of a pusillanimous prince as to pardon any sooner than those injured by himself.' Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography This may appear pusillanimous to the enthusiastic patriot, but subsequent events proved the old statesman’s wisdom and clearsightedness. Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures At this, Misters of the Jury, I, being but a pusillanimous and no Leviathan of valour—— The Judge. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. The King's party, which had hitherto kept itself in obscurity, was desirous of making reparation for this long and pusillanimous inactivity by some brilliant act. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II All the world could see how pusillanimous was the royalty they had wished to preserve, and the masses made up their mind that, real or nominal, the institution was not only useless, but dangerous. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Ruling by pusillanimous kindness, by currying favour, by seeking to be a popularity Jack? No Man's Land This is not the fashion of a magnanimous king; nay, but rather that of a pusillanimous boy. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio For this pusillanimous policy there were several reasons, the greatest being a fear of a Basuto rising and the trouble it would entail. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 I dunno why such a pusillanimous critter should cumber the yearth,' and with that he puts his hand to his hip and pulls out a forty-five from under the tails of his coat. Side Show Studies Influenced by his evil councillors, the pusillanimous king offered up the gallant seaman as a sacrifice to the revengeful Spaniards, or rather to their ambassador, Gondomar. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The pusillanimous retreat of Bishop Briçonnet from the advanced post he had at first assumed, robbed Protestantism of an important advantage which might have been retained had the prelate proved true to his convictions. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 They criticized vehemently their rulers' readiness to yield as pusillanimous and injudicious. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 We find them brave and pusillanimous; gentle and ferocious; resolute and inconstant; active and indolent; fastidiously abstemious, and indiscriminately indulgent. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity The first dignitaries of the republic are emulous to administer them: nothing of low or venal has any place in them; nothing pusillanimous, nothing unsocial and austere. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection You are merely insane—I shall not say pusillanimous. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People I know that most of my male, and many of my female readers, will think my conduct throughout pusillanimous or abject. Rattlin the Reefer Bright, the most illustrious of them, told the House of Commons that he did not care whether so pusillanimous and tinkering an affair as this was passed or not. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Coward I may be, and pusillanimous, and other things as well," the scientist replied stonily, "but, unlike you, I am not a fool. Skylark Three Its author relates: 'The pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with still haunted the minds of many. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Had the unlucky and pusillanimous Mr. Forster appeared at that moment, he "would certainly," as Mr. Patten relates, "have been cut to pieces." Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. How childish you are, Eva!" said the one, "with your fears and your doubts! and how pusillanimous is your love. The Home Prince Bentrik arrived in the midst of an impassioned tirade against pusillanimous traitors surrounding his Majesty who were betraying Marduk to the Space Vikings. Space Viking He was driven out of his pusillanimous compromise. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo The hero of the Reformation, Luther, with whom Melanchthon may be associated in this matter, could be no less pusillanimous on occasion than the hero of the New Learning, Erasmus. German Culture Past and Present His virtue was neither minute nor pusillanimous: religion had, in his discourse as well as in his conduct, that solemn gravity which can alone make it worthy of the Supreme Being. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Lane, of Oregon, a compound of conceit, ridiculous ignorance, and servility to Southern masters, was totally annihilated by the sturdy Tennesseean, for his imbecile attempts to excuse his pusillanimous submission to his chivalrous dictators. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The former is noble, daring, Titanic; the latter is pusillanimous and weak. Essays on Scandinavian Literature In vain Steller stormed and swore, accusing the chief of pusillanimous homesickness, "of reducing his explorations to a six hours' anchorage on an island shore," "of coming from Asia to carry home American water." Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward She didn't see him relax his purpose so easily; she knew she didn't believe he was of that pusillanimous fibre. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) For a week or two the sum earned by the unfortunate lady was faithfully paid her, but on the third week the pusillanimous nature of the Jew cropped out. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City It was even a sort of kind rejoinder to the various ferments kept up by the truculent twins, the pusillanimous exhorter, and the terrified Basile. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi His authority was now plainly expired; and as he had exercised his power, while possessed of it, with very precipitate and haughty counsels, he relinquished it by a despair equally precipitate and pusillanimous. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Some advised the king to leave the field; but that prince rejected such pusillanimous counsel. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell Such as are pusillanimous, who have no courage to act against the enemy; the word is true of them, they cannot act because they dare not act. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation O pusillanimous! the great events of nature are too vast for thy weak heart. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life "Ramsey"—his tone was thin—"when you were talking just now with that pusillanimous whelp, and neither of you looking at the other, did he say anything of a confidential nature?" Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi The primate, a disinterested but pusillanimous man, kept at a distance both from the prince's court and from parliament. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Adrian might have been willing to risk such a synod, but before he had time to call one, his place was taken by the vacillating and pusillanimous Clement. The Age of the Reformation Suppose that, in searching the ruins of ancient Greece, we found nothing but pusillanimous, sham imitations of Egyptian art. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 For just as the magnanimous man tends to great things out of greatness of soul, so the pusillanimous man shrinks from great things out of littleness of soul. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province So many had been killed, and so many had lost legs and arms on both sides, that it seemed weak and pusillanimous to complain, or even mention what he regarded as only a slight wound. A Victorious Union Cooper began to regard the attitude of Americans as pusillanimous. The Story of Cooperstown It is necessary to substitute for their barbarous and inhuman practices others that may lift them up and revive their drooping and pusillanimous spirits. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir Being falsely construed by Great Britain into a manifestation of a pusillanimous disposition, it served to explain the aggressions of that nation. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States If so, they evidently were in former times powerful and opulent, and have since become relaxed and pusillanimous. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government No pusillanimous dejection!" he exclaimed: "Let us vow redoubled courage and perseverance! History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 "I lived in a continual, indefinite, pining fear; tremulous, pusillanimous." Among Famous Books The French and Latin tradition seems to the German pusillanimous, and connected with that decadence which he perceives in every expression of civilization from Athens to Paris. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase He loved Violet Effingham, and he must indeed be pusillanimous if, loving her as he did, he was deterred from expressing his love from any fear of a suitor whom she did not favour. Phineas Finn The Irish Member "As if the miserable, pusillanimous reprobates did not know it as well as you!" spluttered Mrs. Wynn, with her apron to her eyes. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland The pusillanimous cuss," the latter muttered, "he 's worse than a cur dog. Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier He had always been more or less pusillanimous in the face of winter. The Courage of Marge O'Doone "Had I been Don Juan and you Donna Catherine," said the Queen to her pusillanimous husband, as they crossed the Pyrenees, "we should not have lost our kingdom." The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) There are diseases which have a tendency to lessen courage, to make pusillanimous, and to enfeeble the brain; there are others which, in destroying the body, do not affect the reason. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense They entitled their piteous and pusillanimous appeal, "The Groans of the Britons." The Leading Facts of English History "What do you think we should do here?" replied the pusillanimous commander; and no other answer would he give to the sub-ordinate who had rashly ventured to expostulate with him. "Old Put" The Patriot He had even addressed a small meeting of miners on the subject of the rights of the people, and he was no pusillanimous reformer. In the Roaring Fifties There is a fast growing feeling here, therefore, that the American Government is pusillanimous—dallies with 'em, is affected by the German propaganda, etc., etc. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II Religion frightens but a few pusillanimous minds, whose weakness of character already renders them little to be dreaded by their fellow-citizens. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense It is considered angelic in Desdemona to say untruly that she killed herself, but most immoral or pusillanimous in Ophelia to tell her lie. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth They had seen their pusillanimous kings one after another yielding to the insolent demands for their territory. A Short History of Russia It is difficult to decide, whether this strange conduct originated in a pusillanimous dread of French resentment, or a traitorous disaffection to his Sicilian Majesty. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 But that sort of pusillanimous cowardice cannot be expected to last always. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South The pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with, still haunted the minds of many. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 When the fame of this book reached the South, the poor, cowardly, pusillanimous tyrants, grew pale behind their cotton bags, and armed themselves to the teeth. Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America Well may the Grecians taunt, and laughing loud,50 Applaud the champion, slow indeed to fight And pusillanimous, but wondrous fair. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper There is nothing pusillanimous about the Irishman, except when in cold blood he was expected to attack an agent, or landlord, or policeman, armed to the teeth. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Men of fortitude applauded its wisdom, but the pusillanimous murmured that it was a dreadful counsel. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The pusillanimous idea, that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with, still haunted the minds of many. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 I now began to reason upon the matter, and to consider that it was pusillanimous in me to give way to such boyish terrors. The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three In the course of the day he primed and loaded his pistols, in order to be prepared against any of those contingencies which the fears of pusillanimous men never fail to create. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two But so must it ever be with those timid and pusillanimous villains who strive to impose upon their consciences, and hesitate between right and wrong. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One In the morning the walls of the castle were seen wrapt in flames, and only a few miserable and pusillanimous beings, unworthy of the sword, were viewed on the battlements, pointing to their extinct brethren. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The moment he entered the dock, it was observed that his face expressed all the pusillanimous symptoms of the most unmanly terror. Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One He was therefore not prepared for this vehement outburst; she had not only refused to comply with his demand, but taunted him with stinging words for his pusillanimous conduct. Vellenaux A Novel Anæmia, mild neurasthenia, cardiac symptoms—and a few other pusillanimous ailments. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India We are apt to speak of a low and pusillanimous spirit as the ordinary cause by which dubious wars terminate in humiliating treaties. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Unfortunately, the Egyptian monarch, alike pusillanimous and incapable, was so far from making any offensive effort, that he was not prepared even to defend his capital against the invaders. Ancient Egypt She ran upstairs, and immediately one of the most beggarly, sordid, and pusillanimous knocks that ever spoke of starvation and misery was heard at the door. Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One It made the timid boy pusillanimous, while it made the fierce more indignant and resentful. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 He felt, now when it was too late, that his position had been one of almost pusillanimous negligence. Judith of the Plains Senator Hale thought the course of Northern representatives and senators pusillanimous and submissive to the last degree; and no considerations of taste prevented him from expressing his opinions on all occasions. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics He had no pusillanimous notion of the unworthiness of revenge. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. Vassali, as cruel as he was pusillanimous, in vengeance, plucked out the eyes of his cousin. The Empire of Russia The Encyclopædists are never weary of contrasting their own age of practical rationalism with "the pusillanimous ages of taste." Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Hence again an amateurish notion that defence is always stupid or pusillanimous, leading always to defeat, and that what is called "the military spirit" means nothing but taking the offensive. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Mason denounced his letter to Virginia gentlemen as a "puny, pusillanimous attempt to hoodwink" the people of Virginia. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics But the policy of the States continued to be vacillating and pusillanimous. History of Holland And it is not credible, how assuming, proud, and peremptory, they will grow, when once they find the reins are slackened, and that their pusillanimous superior is afraid of punishing their want of due respect. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 How is it that LOUIS-PHILIPPE feels no touch of sympathy for that pusillanimous scoundrel—Just? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 The blue sky is forced back, cut off in all directions; even the pusillanimous sun retires from the conflict; the heavens have darkened ominously. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees To do so would be pusillanimous; moreover to retire and abstain from further dealings would make Williams' two cheques more obviously a charitable donation, and the thought of them was becoming galling. Unleavened Bread Jefferson's policy of commercial embargo seemed pusillanimous to Jackson and the other Western Democrats. The Promise of American Life Friends are stupid, and pusillanimous, and parsimonious; 'wearied of his stay, yet offended at his departure;' it is the manner of the world. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 The one dreads the burden, as too much for a pusillanimous soul and a weak constitution; the other under takes, and carries it through. The Works of Horace In the shaping of this policy and in the general ordering of affairs, the rank and file of the members had very little say—they were hopelessly invertebrate and pusillanimous. Ireland Since Parnell If he was pusillanimous in the moment of the storm, his spirit, his force, his varied interests, returned the moment the storm was past. Bacon Delaine racked his brain, and could think of nothing better than delay and a pusillanimous waiting on Providence. Lady Merton, Colonist Governor Stuyvesant was very indignant, in view of what he deemed the pusillanimous conduct of Bikker in "this dishonorable surrender of the fort." Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam "I'll see what goblin scared my pusillanimous staff and robbed me of victory!" The Last Shot Alarmed at the fate of his brother, and seemingly distrustful of the impartiality of Samoa's fire, the pusillanimous villain refused to expose a limb above the gunwale. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I There exists in him a heart-abhorrence of whatever is incoherent, pusillanimous, unveracious,—that is to say, chaotic, _un_governed; of the Devil, not of God. Past and Present Why, you poor, pitiful, pusillanimous old pachyderm, if the boy has dishonored you he has honored himself. Kindred of the Dust The pusillanimous Van Twiller was in a great rage, but had no decision of character to guide him in such an emergency. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam To the half-hearted, the indifferent and the pusillanimous—yes! Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink And audacious claims were urged upon the state when the pusillanimous Blandoo shrank from the thought of resisting them. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I "Shall I be believed?" she questioned a third time, and there was a fire in her eyes which seemed to leap out and scathe the pusillanimous monarch as he sat quaking in his Council. A Heroine of France There was a thrill passed over the audience, which had its effect, not only upon the unbeliever, but likewise upon the pusillanimous member of the church. The California Birthday Book But Noronha, on his arrival at Goa, was immediately put under an arrest by the viceroy, for this pusillanimous behaviour, and was sent home prisoner to Lisbon, to answer for his conduct. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 The natives are heathens of a pusillanimous character, yet false and treacherous; for it ally the case that cowardice and treachery go together. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Possibly the doubtful character of the Prince's first campaign was less his fault than that of his pusillanimous enemies. In the Days of Chivalry He began to fear that something was going on behind his back, and that the real danger to Auvergne came no longer from determined enemies but from pusillanimous friends. Medieval People He does not wish to imitate those pusillanimous people who prefer to live in the agony of doubt rather than to look misfortunes in the face. Common Sense, How to Exercise It Shannon was, he found he had a man to deal with more pusillanimous than himself, in the person of S. C. Pomeroy, chairman of the Committee of Public Safety. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler The magnanimous man always praises himself in his heart; and so the pusillanimous man, on the contrary, always deems himself less than he is. The Banquet (Il Convito) The enervated legionaries abandoned their own and the public defence, and their pusillanimous indolence may be considered the immediate cause of the downfall of the empire. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History I had determined as an offset to my pusillanimous behavior about the cave to show a dogged industry in the matter of the Island Queen. Spanish Doubloons Little things, magnified by pusillanimous apprehension, stood in his way. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes But the pusillanimous policy which prompted the embargo survived its repeal. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator It seems to be one of the self-punitive characteristics of tyranny, whether the tyrant be a man, a community, or a caste, to have a pusillanimous fear of its victim. The Grandissimes "I shall always be ready for you," said Bog, smiling at this pusillanimous postponement--which is a mild way of making a clear backout. Round the Block To pretend to pardon, while we are labouring under the pain or dishonour of them, will be thought by some to be but the vaunted mercy of a pusillanimous heart, trembling to resent them. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 But if I were to sit in the outer court any longer I would be pusillanimous. The Precipice In the second, in the vigor of manhood, it was withdrawn by a mysterious and pusillanimous policy from the ocean. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator This great nation was engaged in the pusillanimous work of beating poor little Mexico—a giant whipping a cripple. Half a Century Nature, with her truth, remains to the bad, to the selfish and the pusillanimous forever a sealed book: what such can know of Nature is mean, superficial, small; for the uses of the day merely. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice The cardinal, impetuous and pusillanimous too, was for calling out the troops at once; but his brother the duke, "who was not easily startled," was opposed to anything demonstrative. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 The majority of the population are ignorant of their rights,—and too pusillanimous to maintain them against the hierarchy, if they were not. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 Vaguely repenting what she had done, she at the same time rejoiced in the recollection of her passage of arms with Miss Shale, and was inclined to despise her family for their pusillanimous attitude. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories Did he reject the patriarchal order—like some poor pusillanimous cry-babies among us? The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Another thing, among frontiersmen the man who goes to law for protection of that kind, makes of himself a pusillanimous object for every vagabond to spit upon and kick. Reminiscences of a Pioneer It was rendered possible by his morbid, his actually pusillanimous dread of poverty; he doesn't feel safe without half a million between him and starvation. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 The pusillanimous Upton was left behind, and, next to himself in command of the expedition, but in reality the moving spirit, he took the gallant Macrae. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago Do not suffer a pusillanimous timidity to prevent you from saving a fellow-creature from destruction, who does not deserve to have a human being for his enemy. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are He was reproached with his pusillanimous desertion; the commander of the caravel manned his boat and hastened to the relief of the admiral, followed by the recreant master, covered with shame and confusion. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Or, did you think your great father, the President, governed by a pusillanimous principle, would allow you to kill any of his people, without seeking to be revenged? Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Their cause is not yet desperate; their army is safe; but the conduct of France, and more especially of England, has been most pusillanimous and culpable. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. Of these the Fatimites were either rash or pusillanimous; but the descendants of Abbas cherished, with courage and discretion, the hopes of their rising fortunes. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Written a book to amuse boys and girls in their vacant hours, a story to be hastily gobbled up by them, swallowed in a pusillanimous and unanimated mood, without chewing and digestion. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Terror preceded his march: he found every where, or he left, a dreary solitude; and the pusillanimous Italians presumed, without a trial, that the stranger was invincible. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The enervated soldiers abandoned their own and the public defence; and their pusillanimous indolence may be considered as the immediate cause of the downfall of the empire. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 Chosroes was a prince of a puny stature and a pusillanimous spirit. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 That pusillanimous female submitted to pay a tribute, the double of which she ought to have exacted from the Barbarians. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 I refuse that; but I am not therefore pusillanimous: when I refuse any danger or suffering by which the general good may be promoted, then brand me for a coward! Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are To the rich and pusillanimous, Bessas sold the permission of departure; but the greatest part of the fugitives expired on the public highways, or were intercepted by the flying parties of Barbarians. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 This shameful abdication was suspended, however, by the spirit of doubt and delay, which commonly adheres to pusillanimous counsels, and sometimes corrects their pernicious tendency. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 That large and ancient city, protected only by a ruined wall and pusillanimous garrison, was saved by the generous resolution of a few veterans, who resumed their arms for the defence of their country. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 The defence of the monarchy, which seemed abandoned by the pusillanimous emperor, was assumed by Æmilianus, governor of Pannonia and Mæsia; who rallied the scattered forces, and revived the fainting spirits of the troops. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Numbers of the ignorant and pusillanimous sort closed with the offer. The Life of General Francis Marion Our hatred for the tyrant is lost in pity for the man; nor can we blame his pusillanimous resignation, since a Greek Christian was no longer master of his life. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Such principles are false and cowardly; such principles can never produce aught but feeble men and pusillanimous nations. Democracy in America — Volume 2 X. But man is not in truth so poor and pusillanimous a creature as this system would represent. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author "But infinitely more difficult for us," said I, with a sigh of pusillanimous relief. The Amateur Cracksman But I am certain that a State governed by the rules of justice and fortitude, or a Church built and founded upon the rock of faith and true knowledge, cannot be so pusillanimous. Areopagitica A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England The pusillanimous temper of the Egyptians could only hope for a change of masters; the arms of Chosroes depopulated the land, yet under his reign the Jacobites enjoyed a short and precarious respite. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The Constituent Assembly, so proud and haughty towards the king, was, like all the revolutionary assemblies which followed it, extremely pusillanimous before the people. The Psychology of Revolution If I had been the person to whom this speech was addressed, I should have frankly acknowledged, "I am the poor and pusillanimous creature you are disposed to regard with so much scorn." Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author All his life Billy had looked with contempt upon the hated, pusillanimous highbrows, and now to be asked if he would not rather be one! The Mucker Besides, in dealing with contemporary life a novelist is goaded into too many pusillanimous concessions to plausibility. The Certain Hour Leyden, Haarlem, and most of the other towns followed the example of the nobles in receiving these pusillanimous counsels with approbation. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 The history of the revolutionary Assemblies shows how pusillanimous they were, despite the boldness of their language respecting kings, before the leaders of the popular riots. The Psychology of Revolution She thought she loved him—lavished on him that first hysteria of passion that would have gone to the pusillanimous clerk. The Beautiful and Damned He saw that something after his own heart was doing—something crooked, and he wondered that so pusillanimous a thing as Divine could have a hand in it. The Mucker If life had become vapid, and the German character servile and pusillanimous, here was the very field for a mad Ajax who should make havoc among the cowards and the pigmies. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller In the moment, when his fibres find themselves disposed to he tremulous, he will be cowardly, pusillanimous; he will think of these systems only with fear and trembling. The System of Nature, Volume 2 Superstition, in fact, takes a pride in rendering man slothful, in moulding him to credulity, in making him pusillanimous. The System of Nature, Volume 1 These are instruments of death, resembling those used in my youth, by cavaliers that rode in the levies of the first Charles, and of his pusillanimous father. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish A timely submission saved the city as well as the life of the pusillanimous monarch. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time "The pusillanimous rascal!" he exclaimed, as he hurried off in the direction indicated. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Have I been pusillanimous, prudent or merely cruel? The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons This pusillanimous speech made Watson ten times more violent than he was before. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 There may be slaveries so soft as to invite the base and pusillanimous, but they are more rather than less depraving than cruelties to all that makes honorable and useful manhood. The Subterranean Brotherhood The impulse that drove me from the scene was pusillanimous and cowardly. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Among these barbarians, not to avenge the death of a friend is considered as pusillanimous, and whenever death ensues, drunkenness, accident, or even self-defence, are in their eyes no extenuation of the crime. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Because of my fondness for newspapers and magazines, it is a grief to me that the Spanish press should be so weak, so poor, so pusillanimous and stiff-jointed. Youth and Egolatry And it certainly seems pusillanimous, if not hazardous, to depute to those yet unborn the task of comprehending the conditions under which we must live and strive. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform But our famous American sense of humor may be worked overtime, and, from a perception of the incongruity and relative importance of things, be insensibly degraded into pusillanimous indifference to everything, good or bad. The Subterranean Brotherhood The Elector thought this pusillanimous; he wished to be bolder and more spirited than Luther. Life of Luther Thus you may see that honest men are excessively grieved by the dishonest, the brave by the pusillanimous, those who lead sober lives by the dissolute. De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream This proves, that men of genius may have prejudices, be pusillanimous, and have an imagination, which misleads them and prevents them from examining subjects coolly. Good Sense In a brave man this terror may happen to be strong; in a pusillanimous man, simply through inertness and original feebleness of imagination, may happen to be scarcely developed. Autobiographical Sketches And he greatly assisted the machinations of his adversaries, by the wonderful firmness of his conduct upon his trial, and his spirited resolution not to submit to any thing indirect and pusillanimous. Lives of the Necromancers Strange to say, Mozart could not convince his pusillanimous father that he did not owe an apology to the Archbishop for being kicked. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 This plan of the general was disconcerted, after the signal began to sound for a retreat, by the clamours of the soldiery, who despised so pusillanimous an order. The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 But never, in the whole century of their pusillanimous cacklings, had they made a greater mistake. Crescent and Iron Cross Pilate at last yielded; his weak pusillanimous character could not withstand such violent demonstrations; he delivered up Barabbas to the people, and condemned Jesus to be scourged. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Although the conduct of Ferdinand was in this instance pusillanimous and cruel, it was next to an impossibility that he could have effected his escape. A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot But a pusillanimous spirit, occasioned by the defects of her ordinances in so far as they relate to war, caused her to lose at once her courage and her dominions. Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius The zamorin was exceedingly mortified by the discomfiture of his people, and severely reprimanded his chiefs for their pusillanimous conduct, in allowing themselves to be defeated by such a handful of men. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time King Constantine, among his endless vacillations and pusillanimous treacheries, probably made a firm protest on the subject. Crescent and Iron Cross Their manners are light and volatile, their characters effeminate and pusillanimous…. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 It was neglected by the electors of Saxony and Brandenburg, who were timid and pusillanimous, and it was lulled into false security by its strong position and defences. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers Hence the proverb addressed to a pusillanimous individual, "You are as brave as the lions of Aghla, whose tails the calves eat." Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. Their world is a workhouse, tyrannically ordered, and full of pusillanimous jealousies. England and the War He still had some 'pusillanimous wretches' among his own New Yorkers, who resented the air of superiority affected by Arnold's New Englanders and Morgan's Virginians. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton The men are of a soft and pusillanimous character, naturally inclined to craft and trickery. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 This story, fabricated out of nothing but malice, was meant to injure in two ways, by proving him a gambler, and also pusillanimous. Memories of Hawthorne The pusillanimous monarch knew neither when to pardon, nor when to punish. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Yet all the time, if you want to hear half-hearted, timid, pusillanimous talk, the place where you are most likely to hear it is in the public offices. England and the War It would have been pusillanimous, cowardly, and unworthy the Governor of the State. The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 Indignant at this pusillanimous policy, Solon devised a plan for rousing his countrymen to action. Mosaics of Grecian History An unsatisfied moral want ought to be accompanied by a more manly feeling, and fortify our mind and confirm it in its energy rather than make us unhappy and pusillanimous. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller To have defied the King would have been heroic, and there is a wide interval between failing of heroism and being pusillanimous. England under the Tudors I don't believe you women like timid, pusillanimous men. The Earth Trembled Why did you fly, you pusillanimous men, and of little faith? The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi This makes me inevitably, in talking of Venice, seek a pusillanimous safety in the trivial and the obvious. Italian Hours You did not love this pusillanimous Count, nor did he care a hang for you. A Fool and His Money He didn't mind missing the breakfast he was to have had with Barnes, but he did feel outraged over the pusillanimous trick played upon him by the remaining members of his troupe. Green Fancy Mr. Houghton, I'm not going to be timid and pusillanimous either. The Earth Trembled With characteristic treachery, the truckling and pusillanimous reptile, Crippled-Speech Trollop, has gone over to the enemy. The Gilded Age, Part 5. You, Beloved Disciple, will not a race of traitors take their beginning from you, a pusillanimous and lying breed? The Crushed Flower and Other Stories But Kid Murphy, the pusillanimous rival, was even less worthy of the superb Amazon who bore him to the altar. The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum When we think all hopes are gone, must we, like poor pusillanimous wretches, despair and die? Letters from an American Farmer "But no," said the poor young girl to herself, "that would be pusillanimous in the highest degree." The Clique of Gold Her chief convert, and he wanted converting very badly, was an inhuman, pusillanimous coal-black dwarf, 35 years of age, called Chico, 211 who became her right-hand man. The Life of Sir Richard Burton Sir Anthony also regarded as pusillanimous the proposal to leave his wife in ignorance until he had led her into the trap of holiday. The Red Planet This proposal of disbanding was a step so pusillanimous and dishonourable that it could not be approved by any council, however composed. History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second I could not help being affected with this pusillanimous behaviour. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Now, nobody is so heartily despised as a pusillanimous, lazy, good-for-nothing land-lubber; a sailor has no bowels of compassion for him. Omoo Ah," said Olympia, disappointed, "if you were in health, you would not be so pusillanimous, my child. Prince Eugene and His Times She would have blushed, she who was energy personified, to love a weak and pusillanimous man. The Honor of the Name We must not suffer ourselves to be exasperated against the instruments of our troubles, nor by fraudulent, nor pusillanimous compliances, bring guilt upon ourselves; faint hearts are ordinarily false hearts, choosing sin rather than suffering.” History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second They look with hope and confidence to Maria Theresa, whose goodness and greatness may compensate them for all that they have endured at the hands of their pusillanimous little rulers. Joseph II. and His Court But that's a cause Not often unsuccessful; power usurped Is weakness when opposed; conscious of wrong, 'Tis pusillanimous and prone to flight. The Task and Other Poems He was parsimonious, cunning, pusillanimous, fastidious, and hysterically excitable. Such Is Life We will watch over his education, and train him to be a good king for the future, and guard ourselves against being pusillanimous, foolish, and fretful, and not be discouraged in life. Old Fritz and the New Era The report soon came from Baltimore that Chase had deliberately assailed the Administration as "weak, pusillanimous, relaxed," and governed by the sole desire of continuing "in unfairly acquired power." John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court It was, to their minds, an anticlimax, a pusillanimous surrender. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty It is a pusillanimous desertion of our work to gaze after our neighbors. Essays — First Series Three days had passed before I could again eat a morsel of bread; and my mind, brave in health, now in a sick body became pusillanimous, so that I determined on death. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Payan, who was as brave as Robespierre was pusillanimous, repressed the smile of disdain that quivered on his lips a moment, and left the room. Zanoni The discontents which her wisdom had appeased were revived by the dishonest and pusillanimous policy which her successor called Kingcraft. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The tone of the proclamation was so moderate as to seem pusillanimous. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty The Marquess was the falsest, the most fickle, the most pusillanimous, of mankind. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Before, as after the 9th of Thermidor, before, as after the 1st of Prairial, the incentives of the conduct of these pusillanimous oppressors or involuntary liberators were baseness and egoism. The French Revolution - Volume 3 The majority, pusillanimous, distrustful, stupefied, "debased," "differing little from the old serfs,5231" resemble Egyptian fellahs and Hindoo pariahs. The Ancient Regime He was so gentle and conciliatory in his manner that his enemies even described him as timid and pusillanimous. Character Why had he been so pusillanimous all this time? Beyond His abilities were mean, his temper false, pusillanimous, and cruel. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Even the dangers which he avoided with a caution almost pusillanimous never confused his perceptions, never paralysed his inventive faculties, never wrung out one secret from his smooth tongue, and his inscrutable brow. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 He avoided the great offices of State with a caution almost pusillanimous, and confined himself to quiet and secluded departments of public business, in which he could enjoy moderate but certain advantages without incurring envy. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 "But," say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, "we shall be subject to a long and bloody war, if we declare independence." The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3 "We have again become pious"—so do those apostates confess; and some of them are still too pusillanimous thus to confess. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none It may even have made its impression upon these poor pusillanimous sheep. Captain Blood God will depose these pusillanimous chiefs and will put in their place strong men who will call upon Him. Penguin Island Forgetting all pusillanimous feelings, I stood and honoured the Creator in these his marvellous works. Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North I really don’t like to think so badly of any fellow-creature as I am forced to think of that politic, time-serving, pusillanimous goose. The Diary of a Goose Girl His mail was filled with letters urging him to carry things with a high hand; disregard, if necessary, the pusillanimous civil government, and boldly "save the country." Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War He prized his ease and his personal dignity too much, and shrank from responsibility with a pusillanimous fear. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 That night Richard made free talk of the undertaking to Diana and to Ruth, loving, as does the pusillanimous, to show himself engaged in daring enterprises. Mistress Wilding These two gentlemen had been very successful at their posts, and considered it rash and pusillanimous to abandon, on the first difficulty, an enterprise of such great cost and ample promise. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains First he rejected those engaged in sedentary occupations, and then those who were big-bellied or had a pusillanimous look; and he admitted those of ill-repute, the scum of Malqua, sons of Barbarians, freed men. Salammbo The mean, pusillanimous fever which took under-hold of me two months ago is still THERE, as impregnably fixed as a cockle-burr in a sheep's tail. A Biography of Sidney Lanier Just so, pusillanimous; prattling out little moralities that have been prattled into them, and afraid to live life. Martin Eden Cities in the kingdom of Cyprus, at that time ruled by Henry II a pusillanimous prince. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete There are such women, and they will love you just as readily as any pusillanimous product of bourgeois sheltered life.” Martin Eden "Because you are cowardly, greedy, ungrateful, pusillanimous and mad!" Salammbo |
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