Prowess

Examples

• You are eleventh, there are but ten chieftains in this community who rank you in prowess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• My mother would be very proud could she only know how well I have maintained the traditions of my father's prowess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I, too, have heard of his gallant feats of prowess in chariots and _vis-à-vis! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the case of Lincoln, for example, we find that in his youth he was as distinguishe d by diligence in study as by physical stature and prowess. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Many stories of his prowess and of his conquests were in circulation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• No, returned Shirley, answering the smile; Captain Gérard Moore, who trusts much to the prowess of his own right arm, I believe. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A man of his prowess who has spent some time in Africa, as I understand Monsieur Tarzan has, must have had experiences with lions--yes? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• A person whose goodness consists rather in his guiltlessness of vice, than in his prowess in virtue. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The tribe had gathered about to look upon the proof of his wondrous prowess, and to listen to his words. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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