deed of valour

Following this deed of valour, modernization works were undertaken.

Here Turin was a guest at Menegroth in honour for his deeds of valour.

He has a wry sense of humour and an uncompromising disposition, particularly when it comes to talking about deeds of valour.

"People winning their spurs, doing heroic deeds of valour, being noticed by superior officers, that sort of thing.

Despite performing glorious deeds of valour and bravery, the poem relates that the Gododdin were massacred.

Though the youngest among the Greek princes, he commanded the Pylians in the war and performed many deeds of valour.

Macaulay is giving the rough, blunt words with which a simple-minded soldier appeals to two comrades to help him in a deed of valour.

But in the evenings, around fires that are burning low, the elders will relate striking events, deeds of valour in which the tribes pride themselves.

But poems set to music were the ultimate challenge; love poems or poems of great events; deeds of valour, victories, tragedies.

Brothers led him to change the spelling of his name, by telling him his ancestors had some 'fine leys' of land granted them for deeds of valour.

The Order was instituted in 1923 by the Daily Herald specifically to recognise the deeds of valour of those who had saved their fellow workers from danger or death.

Angelica and Medoro can now love one another without fear, Pasquale and Eurilla are united, and Orlando may go in search of fresh deeds of valour.

Even the deeds of valour, so proudly recorded, only added to her depression as she reminded herself that each was committed in response to yet one more example of man's inhumanity to man.

An elaborate history of characters and their lineages is spoken of, as well as their interactions with each other, debts owed and repaid, and deeds of valour.

When a man distinguished himself by deeds of valour, or any form of meritorious conduct, he was often decorated by a chief by being presented with the feathers of this bird.

In just the same way, the people appreciate Coriolanus' extraordinary deeds of valour, but they require him to present them in the proper, humble language and to demonstrate his pain before they support him.

The Prince who was to do this deed of valour was a pale prince, with large eyes and a head full of mathematics and philosophy, but he had unfortunately neglected his fencing lessons.

The mandate is to supply regimental personnel and interested general public with a physical link to the unit's history as well as providing knowledge of past activities, battles, exploits, deeds of valour, and equipment.

He had seen many women weep these days, and had dried many a tear through deeds of valour and of self-sacrifice, which were for ever recorded in the hearts of those whom he had succoured.

A spectator inquired what wondrous chant it was which had warmed them to such a deed of valour, and he found that the exact meaning of the words, endlessly repeated, was "Ivan is in the garden picking cabbages."

Khan Bahadur or Khan Sahib was a title of honour, granted by the government of British India to Muslims who had done major deeds of valour, or service to the nation or government.

I loved your enthusiasm and your belief in miracles; but I am more prosy than you are, chérie, and prefer to pin my faith on the sale of compromising letters rather than on deeds of valour performed by a mythical hero."

But those who saw the things that were done in that time, deeds of valour and wonder, have elsewhere told the tale of the War of the Ring, and how it ended both in victory unlocked for and in sorrow long foreseen.

He was esteemed and loved by his countrymen, who celebrated his many deeds of valour and kindness in their songs and reverenced his memory, so that is was common expression among them; "God and Our Lady be our help and Rory O'More".

The Knights of Aviz and the Knights of Christ from Order of Christ, scions of the Knights Templars, achieved deeds of valour, the former under the Prince Fernando, the latter under Henrique, brother of King Duarte.