"Manful" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... de Sandwich To join in no one could refuse— Six bushels on 'em came in, and wich Wanish'd in about two two's. The Gatter Waltz next followed arter— [9] They lapp'd it down, right manful-ly, [10] Until Joe Guffin and his darter, Was in a state of Fourpen-ny! ...
— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] • John S. Farmer
... of the village, where there is always a good welcome and a good talk, and perhaps some pickled oysters and white wine to close the evening. Or a dance is organised in the dining-room, and the piano exhibits all its paces under manful jockeying, to the light of three or four candles and a lamp or two, while the waltzers move to and fro upon the wooden floor, and sober men, who are not given to such light pleasures, get up on the table or the sideboard, ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... there the Saxon kept sheep, There he lives out this Living that no man can keep, That is manful but a moment before it must pass, Like the stars sweeping westward, like ...
— Right Royal • John Masefield
... and of Virginie weeping unrestrainedly, her snowy apron flung up over her head; and of Gillian standing erect, her brown eyes very wide and winking away the tears that welled up despite herself, and her hand on Coppertop's small manful shoulder, gripping ...
— The Lamp of Fate • Margaret Pedler
... well!" they kept calling out, as one after another they fixed their hold; then with united and manful effort, and with a sing-song sound which came rolling over the water with strange effect, they commenced towing their blazing prize away from the ships she was nearing rather too threateningly, whilst great shouts and rounds ...
— French and English - A Story of the Struggle in America • Evelyn Everett-Green
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