gallant

• The whole brigade leaped over the embankments, capturing hundreds of the rebels Not less gallant was the charge of the Second brigade, led by the young, ambitious Colonel Upton. —  Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865
• Have I not heard it from the men who have fought against you, and yet admired and understood you, ay, better than your own?--gallant men, Clarence, soldiers bred who did not know what you were to me nor how proud I was of you even while I hated you? —  Clarence
• Well may you say, my own Ludolph, as you do; for most gallant was your bearing in the battle Count. —  Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
• He in a short time returned, and then, to my surprise, gave his mother and sister a full account of the way I had rescued Monsieur Planterre from the hands of the mob Mademoiselle Sophie appeared to be highly interested, and kept looking at me while her brother was speaking, and, although she did not join in the praises her mother lavished upon me for what she called my gallant conduct, evidently regarded me as a hero You have come into our country in what I fear will prove troublous times," observed La Touche, as we were seated at the supper table. —  Paddy Finn
• "He's a handsome gallant, and she's a very fine lassie, there's no denying that; but at the same time, God's blessing does not alight on marriages contracted without the parent's consent; and it's my opinion that Miss Wardhill should have waited till Sir Marcus came home before entering into a contract Rolf hinted that Sir Marcus's whole conduct was not such as to secure the love and obedience of his daughter That may be," answered Maitland; "he might not have gained her love, but her obedience still was due to him. —  Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War

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