When a Poor-spirited Creature that died at the same time for his Crimes bemoaned himself unmanfully, he rebuked him with this Question, Is it no Consolation to such a Man as thou art to die with Phocion?. From Wordnik.com. [Spectator, August 2, 1711] Reference
So Sara Lee's room had a different occupant for a time, a thin and fine-worn young Belgian, who yielded to Sara Lee when Jean gave up in despair, and who proceeded, most unmanfully, to faint as soon as he was between the blankets. From Wordnik.com. [The Amazing Interlude] Reference
The fear of physical suffering was not uppermost in his mind, nor even the fear that he would walk unmanfully to the high gallows, but a greater dread that if he died now, here, at Dongola, Ethne would never take back that fourth feather, and his strong hope of the "afterwards" would never come to its fulfilment. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Feathers] Reference
“It was — it was only something, sir” — the lieutenant blushed, and hesitated, and looked away unmanfully — “which I asked Captain Honyman to leave out, because — because it had nothing to do with it. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
"It was -- it was only something, sir" -- the lieutenant blushed, and hesitated, and looked away unmanfully -- "which I asked Captain Honyman to leave out, because -- because it had nothing to do with it. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War] Reference
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