"Corage" Quotes from Famous Books
... how, from a mean origin, men rise by enterprise and daring to fame and fortune, and demanded who among them would stay behind and hold Port Royal for the King. The greater part came forward, and "with such a good will and joly corage," writes the commander, "as we had much to do to stay their importunitie." Thirty were chosen, and Albert de Pierria was named ... — Pioneers Of France In The New World • Francis Parkman, Jr.
... And as I was lokyng on that fourthe wall Of Dyogenes beholdyng the ymage Sodeynly Doctryne began me to call And bad me tourne towarde hyr my vysage And soo then I dyde with humble corage Whan thynkest {thou} she sayd hast {thou} not thentent Yet of these foure walles ... — The Assemble of Goddes • Anonymous
... be skilfull in euery thyng, to acknowledge no ignorance at all. To do thus in Court, is counted of some, the chief and greatest grace of all: and termed by the name of a // Cic. 3. de vertue, called Corage & boldnesse, whan Crassus // Or. in Cicero teacheth the cleane contrarie, and that most wittelie, saying thus: Audere, cum bonis // Boldnes etiam rebus coniunctum, per seipsum est magnopere // yea in a fugiendum. Which is to say, to be bold, yea // good mat- in a good matter, is for it ... — The Schoolmaster • Roger Ascham |