You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom. From LearnThat.org. [Mark Twain (1835-1910), U.S. author.]
Adjective : an intrepid explorer. From Dictionary.com.
State, proved a reckless intrepidity, which is apt to be popular with. From Wordnik.com. [Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
"intrepidity," which I translate for myself to mean the "frivolous levity," of the government in suggesting such matters. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle] Reference
Patience and deliberation are more akin to intrepidity. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
Divining the reason for the hostile intrepidity they gave chase. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Wales, he exerted his courage and charity with an heroic intrepidity. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Every one knows the disdainful intrepidity of women in the matter of duels. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Pacha, son of Mehemet Ali, is fighting for us with the most wonderful intrepidity. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
The most striking characteristic of Hayes as a soldier was his personal intrepidity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes] Reference
In this terrible night Lavillette failed not to give proofs of the rarest intrepidity. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
But the self-possession and intrepidity of the brave women were equal to the occasion. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
This exploit of courage and intrepidity gained him, together with the applauses of his. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
'Good gracious,' I replied, amazed at his intrepidity, 'that must have been an experience!'. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Mrs. Van Alstine's coolness and intrepidity, in this critical hour, were quickly displayed. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
That night he did go, and with some intrepidity knocked at the door of the mysterious cave. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
To his poignant wit, and poisonous malignity, Aristophanes joined great intrepidity of spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
In this order Arnold advanced with the utmost intrepidity, along the St. Charles, against the battery. From Wordnik.com. [An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut detailing the distressing events of the expedition against Quebec, under the command of Col. Arnold in the year 1775] Reference
Cook gained such credit for his intrepidity that he was promptly promoted from lieutenant to commander. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Yet, of his intrepidity and nobler endurance, I will relate an anecdote which was told me by reliable persons. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
It was received with the intrepidity which had, all throughout the trial, characterised the soldier and the man. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
They advanced with all their accustomed dash, and a warlike intrepidity worthy of Chaka, their renowned ancestor. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
After the battle of Phillippi, she would neither survive liberty nor Brutus, but died with the bold intrepidity of Cato. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
It is but justice here to acknowledge how much we were indebted to the intrepidity, courage, and seaman-like behaviour of. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference
During this trying occasion, the men behaved with the utmost intrepidity and obedience, not a man flinching from his post. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference
I could see his eye glow and his brow light with inspiration, and I drew in courage as I looked upon him in his intrepidity. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
He had, with amazing intrepidity, taken her arm walking down the long avenue of trees, and she made no attempt to withdraw it. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
They spoke with such courage and intrepidity, as astonished the infidels, and occasioned the conversion of several among them. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The keeper recovered his character; and, as a recompense for his sufferings and intrepidity, had an annuity settled on him for life. From Wordnik.com. [A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
Urituen, who, by extraordinary intrepidity and presence of mind, succeeded in extricating herself from the very jaws of a crocodile. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
Its members are recruited from among ex-soldiers of the British army, with a reputation for hardihood and intrepidity second to none. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
Soon his carcase was seen floating on the surface of the waters, and they knew that he had fallen a victim to his courage and intrepidity. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
The timeless Marianne, originally supposed to represent boldness, audacity and intrepidity, is likely to be chosen by the sole criterion of beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
The methods practised by the German aerial scout vary widely, and are governed in no small measure by the intrepidity and skill of the airman himself. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
If any showed signs of fear, their death was certain; if on the other hand they waited the fatal stroke with intrepidity, the people generally relented. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Two master gamesters, a Berkshire and a Hampshire man then entered the ring on a particular challenge, and showed much skill, intrepidity and good bottom. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
To have an idea of their vivacity and intrepidity, you must have shared their danger and seen their charge, which exceeded any thing of the sort I ever saw before. From Wordnik.com. [A sketch of the life and services of Gen. Otho Holland Williams Read before the Maryland historical society, on Thursday evening, March 6, 1851] Reference
For upwards of forty years Mr. Ellerthorpe was known as a fearless swimmer and diver, and during that period he saved no fewer than forty lives by his daring intrepidity. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe] Reference
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