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The study of character is rude and elementary: a man is either heroic or dastard, loyal or a traitor; wholly noble, or absolutely base.— A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.
I prophesy that thou shalt prove Nor base nor dastard, whom, so young, the Gods Already take in charge; for of the Pow'rs Inhabitants of heav'n, none else was this Than Jove's own daughter Pallas, who among The Greecians honour'd most thy gen'rous Sire But thou, O Queen!— The Odyssey of Homer
"And he deserted you like a dastard She nodded in answer.— Dieux ont soif. English
Hold! dastard--unless thou art dead to every sense of manhood--hold Long.— The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1

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