"Dauntlessness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... appear, according to the strong expressions [106] of Herodotus, to have received the intelligence with the customary dauntlessness of his race. He feared the Persians, he was unacquainted with their mode of warfare, and he proposed to the Athenians to change posts with the Lacedaemonians; "For you," said he, "have before contended with the Mede, and your experience of their warfare ...
— Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... famous for his dauntlessness, was the first to open fire by lodging a shot in one of the enemy's tents. The rest followed, and then a shower of bullets, thick and fast, poured in upon the surprised and embarrassed foe. The men aimed low and fired with deadly precision. ...
— In the Shadow of Death • P. H. Kritzinger and R. D. McDonald
... solacing 215 All human care, accompanies its change; Deserts not virtue in the dungeon's gloom, And, in the precincts of the palace, guides Its footsteps through that labyrinth of crime; Imbues his lineaments with dauntlessness, 220 Even when, from Power's avenging hand, he takes Its sweetest, last and noblest title—death; —The consciousness of good, which neither gold, Nor sordid fame, nor hope of heavenly bliss Can purchase; ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley
... mean edifice, which some dull architect Built for an ignorant earth-turning hind, Takes on the quality of that magnificent Unshakable dauntlessness ...
— Modern British Poetry • Various
... and pallid cheek of his victim touched him less than the firmness of his nerves and the dauntlessness of his brow; for Arbaces was one who had little pity for what was unfortunate, but a strong sympathy for what was bold. The congenialities that bind us to others ever assimilate to the qualities of our own nature. The ...
— The Last Days of Pompeii • Edward George Bulwer-Lytton |
