Manfulness

Definitions

The state of being manful

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“He will at least have⟳ the manfulness to depart out of it, if not; to say⟳: "I cannot move⟳ in thee, and be a man; like⟳ a wretched drift-log dressed in man's clothes and minister's clothes, doomed to a lot baser than belongs to man, I will not continue⟳ with thee, tumbling aimless on the Mother of Dead Dogs here:--Adieu!"”

“He only sees his own⟳ weakness, and want⟳ of life, of spirit, of manfulness, of power.”

“Nor were these sentiments, be it remembered, the mere boasting manifesto of a hot-brained inexperienced youth, entering on literature with feelings of heroic ardour, which its difficulties and temptations would soon deaden or pervert: they are the calm principles of a man, expressed with honest manfulness, at a period when the world could compare⟳ them with a long course of conduct.”

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