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Valiancy   Listen
noun
Valiancy, Valiance  n.  The quality or state of being valiant; bravery; valor. (Obs.) "His doughty valiance."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Valiancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... its good-byes came less frequent. Cold and heat, the contumely of the slanderer, the insult of the tyrant, the agues and fevers of the flesh, the upheavals of personal fortune, were events a robust man might face with calm valiancy if he could be spared the cheering influence of the homely scene or the unchanged presence of his familiars and friends. I have sat in companies and put on an affected mirth, and laughed and sung with the most buoyant ...
— John Splendid - The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn • Neil Munro

... surly and scrupulous guard." As Palmerin of England says, and says well:—"For that the report of noble deeds doth urge the courageous mind to equal those who bear most commendation of their approved valiancy; this is the fair fruit of Imagination and of ancient histories." And last, but not least, the faculty of Fancy takes count of the cravings of man's nature for the marvelous, the impossible, and of his higher aspirations for the Ideal, the ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various

... my ears, your worship," replied the urchin, undauntedly, "and they were long enough to hear that your worship's valiancy is a very much over-praised commodity—since a maiden's dainty veil of knitted night-air has ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 • Various

... sais-je?" Charron ventures the assertion, "Je ne sais." He exhibits man's weakness, misery, and bondage to the passions; gives counsel for the enfranchisement of the mind; and studies the virtues of justice, prudence, temperance, and valiance. God has created man, says Charron, to know the truth; never can he know it of himself or by human means, and one who despairs of reason is in the best position for accepting divine instruction; a Pyrrhonist at least will never be a heretic; even if religion be regarded as an invention ...
— A History of French Literature - Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. • Edward Dowden



Words linked to "Valiancy" :   bravery, heroism, courageousness, courage, valor, valiant, gallantry, valiance, valorousness, braveness



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