1 Some talked of gray, bewhiskered hordes who were advancing with relentless curses and chewing tobacco with unspeakable valor; tremendous bodies of fierce soldiery who were sweeping along like the Huns.
2 He began to exaggerate the endurance, the skill, and the valor of those who were coming.
3 The guns, stolid and undaunted, spoke with dogged valor.
4 In encounters with guards and patrols he displayed the keenness of a detective and the valor of a gamin.
5 For a moment his face lost its valor and he looked guiltily about him.
6 But the army, the Russian army, everyone declared, was extraordinary and had achieved miracles of valor.
7 yes, those exploits of antique valor, he went on rapidly.
8 Their valor was something indescribable.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN 9 Stepping lightly, and continually glancing at her husband, showing him a valorous and sympathetic face, Kitty went into the sick-room, and, turning without haste, noiselessly closed the door.
10 The blood went bounding along his veins; and the thoughts went rioting through his brain, proud, joyful, tender, valorous.
11 Those who by valorous ways become princes, like these men, acquire a principality with difficulty, but they keep it with ease.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER VI — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQU...