Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dispirited; cowardly; craven.
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Examples
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Thou shalt not live; that I may tell pale-hearted Fear it lies, and sleep in spite of thunder.
Macbeth 1878
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Ericson slept composedly, and his deep, steady breathing seemed to tell pale-hearted fear it lied.
The Dictator Justin McCarthy 1871
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Take her home with you, and live hour after hour with the pale-hearted disgrace you call your daughter.
A Double Story George MacDonald 1864
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Mercutio calls her “a pale-hearted wench,” and Romeo says she did not “grace for grace and love for love allow,” like
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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Thou shalt not live; that I may tell pale-hearted Fear it lies, and sleep in spite of thunder. '
Tales from Shakespeare Mary Lamb 1805
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1626: That I may tell pale-hearted Feare, it lies;
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Thou shalt not live; that I may tell pale-hearted Fear it lies, and sleep in spite of thunder. "
Tales from Shakespeare Mary Lamb 1805
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