intrepidity

He had qualities of character that under better constitutional arrangements would have invigorated the functions of the House as an organ of control, but at that time, with the separation that had been introduced between the House and the Administration, his energy was mischievous and his intrepidity was a misfortune to himself and to his party.

Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism Henry Jones Ford 1888

State, proved a reckless intrepidity, which is apt to be popular with

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807

The report reveals that, instead of taking action against the guards involved, ArmorGroup North America gave them a mocked-up citation which improperly bore the seal of the US State Department and praised them for their "intrepidity".

Mercenaries in Afghanistan : Lord of the Flies Alison 2009

The report reveals that, instead of taking action against the guards involved, ArmorGroup North America gave them a mocked-up citation which improperly bore the seal of the US State Department and praised them for their "intrepidity".

Archive 2009-09-01 West End Bob 2009

Render privateering profita - ble by your statutes; let Government encourage them by suitable bounties — I do not mean such as you give to your soldiers on land, who get paid whether they fight or not, whether success - ful in battle or unsuccessful*«-but when seamen arc thus employed, let them have what they do conquer, who, irom the nature of their engage - ments, get no reward other than that which ehance may afibrd them an opportunity to ac - quire by their valor and intrepidity, which is aearly swallowed by your statutes.

The debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States : with an appendix containing important state papers and public documents, and all the laws of a public nature; with a copious index; compiled from authentic materials 1789

They had but little wealth; but they had what in a new community is far better, -- frugal and industrious habits, enterprise, firm self-reliance, and the cool intrepidity which is fostered by frequent exposure to danger.

Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Various

The surprising and illuminating thing to Westerling was the inspired statement to the press from the Gray Foreign Office, adroitly appealing to Gray chauvinism and justifying the "intrepidity" of the Gray commander in response to so-called "pin-pricking" exasperations.

The Last Shot Frederick Palmer 1915

He would have found these Confederates standing calmly in the open field, waiting the command to rush upon Hancock's advancing legions, and filled with more anxiety for Lee's safety than for their own, thus exhibiting that true intrepidity which is begotten only in bravest breasts amid greatest perils.

Reminiscences of the Civil War 1904

But it is certain that, in his youth, he was generally believed to possess, not merely that average measure of fortitude which qualifies a soldier to go through a campaign without disgrace, but that high and serene intrepidity which is the virtue of great commanders, [698] It is equally certain that, in his later years, he repeatedly, at conjunctures such as have often inspired timorous and delicate women with heroic courage, showed a pusillanimous anxiety about his personal safety.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

"intrepidity," which I translate for myself to mean the "frivolous levity," of the government in suggesting such matters.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892