cowardice

• “Again, here at CENTCOM, for the past few days they have been criticizing Iraqi military for what they term cowardice on the battlefield.”

  CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003

• “Thou hast been spellbound by an evil eye, my darling, and the fainting which you call cowardice is the work of magic.”

  The Fair Maid of Perth

• “It was then openly proposed to withdraw Sherman; and John Hickman, of Pennsylvania, who had been elected as an anti-Lecompton Democrat, but had gone over to the Republicans, took the floor to resist what he characterized as cowardice and treachery.”

  Four years under Marse Robert,

• “Excuse me, Balsquith; but that consideration is what we call cowardice in the army.”

  Press Cuttings

• “I believe that what you term your cowardice is merely a physical weakness," declared the girl.”

  Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross

• “Dear, do you wish me to help you against what you call your cowardice?”

  Born in Exile

• “Schoolboys cannot understand that this shrinking from danger (I speak of palpable danger), which they call cowardice, nearly always emanates from a superior intellect.”

  The Channings

• “I have seen him, in Paris, commit what I call the cowardice of thought.”

  Beatrix

• “I can remember that I was both a coward and a boaster; but I have frequently remarked that the quality which we call cowardice in”

  Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer

• “I can remember that I was both a coward and a boaster; but I have frequently remarked that the quality which we call cowardice, in a child, implies no more than a greater sense of danger, and consequently”

  Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer

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