The real "braggart and poltroon" sits in the Oval Office.
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"The Poltroon Husband," as the title immediately suggests, mimics Henry James.
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She said, "I refuse to live like a poltroon," which made me laugh.
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The Scaramouch, to quote my Webster's dictionary, was a "braggart and a poltroon" in the theater that emerged in 16th-century Italy.
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A "poltroon," I read, is an "utter coward," which I knew; I didn't know that the word probably descends from the Old Italian poltrire , to laze around in bed, from poltro , bed.
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Poltroon was an event horse ridden by American rider Torrance Watkins.
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Fleury turned to Smith and exclaimed, "Par Dieu! C'est un poltroon!" (By God, he's a coward.) Smith responded that they should scare the Prussian away from the fort before he caused problems. Smith soon applied to Washington to be relieved of his post.
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The Poltroon Press was one of several influential small presses in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with Rebis Press (Betsy Davids) and Five Trees Press (Kathleen Walkup, Jamie Robles, Cheryl Miller, etc.), which began their publishing and teaching activities during the mid-1970s.
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Once upon a time, there was a kingdom Udayagiri, its King (Mukkamala) has two sons Pratap (N. T. Rama Rao) a valiant, & Jagjit (Lanka Satyam) a poltroon one that envies his brother. Pratap's life ambition is to couple up with Devakanyas the angels Indrakumari (B. Saroja Devi), Nagakumari (L.
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The two men were soon on the closest terms. While Montmorin continued as minister in name, Mirabeau became so in fact. Montmorin did not dare to come to a decision without consulting Mirabeau, but neither Mirabeau nor La Marck were under any illusions as to his character. Mirabeau complained bitterly that Montmorin was "slack" (flasque) and a "poltroon" (gavache).
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John M. Fleming, "John Mitchel: The Irish Poltroon," Nashville Patriot, 6 October 1857, p. 2. Mitchel, however, denied that Fleming made any such challenge. He stated Fleming appeared to be at a loss for words in this second encounter, so he merely dismissed Fleming as a "whipped man" and left the scene."The Street Fight at Knoxville Between Mitchell and Fleming," Nashville Union and American, 8 October 1857, p. 2.
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Statue in Cavendish Square, London In 1818, Bentinck and his older brother John joined the army, but personal conflicts derailed his military career. As an officer in the 9th Lancers, he called his superior officer, Captain John Ker, a "poltroon", in February 1821. Ker levelled charges against Bentinck of "inattention to duty and contemptuous, insubordinate and disrespectful behaviour." Bentinck requested an inquiry into the charges and was ultimately cleared.
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Erwin's son- in-law, Charles Dickinson, became enraged and started quarreling with Jackson's friend, which led to Jackson becoming involved. Dickinson wrote to Jackson calling him a 'coward and an equivocator.' The affair continued, with more insults and misunderstandings, until Dickinson published a statement in the Nashville Review in May 1806, calling Jackson a 'worthless scoundrel, ... a poltroon and a coward.' The political atmosphere in Nashville was heated by ambition.
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Watkins married Charles Fleischmann in February 1981; she competed under his last name in the 1984 Olympics. In 1988 Watkins lost four of her champion horses, including Curragh and Poltroon in a horrific barn fire. She lost most of her competition ribbons, cups and trophies as well as her 1984 Olympic 3-day event medal. In June 1995, Watkins and her partner Erik Fleming purchased a property in Hardwick, Massachusetts, which they named Morningfield Farm.
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The film begins in a village where Raja Shekaram (N. T. Rama Rao) a reputed advocate, leads a happy family life with his poltroon wife Kamala (Savitri) and short-tempered brother Krishna (Krishna). In the same village, Zamindar Nagaraju (Nagabhuashanam) a malicious, for which his father empowers the property in the name of younger son Raghava (Shobhan Babu). Therefore, Nagaraju spurns Raghava when Rajashekar & Kamala foster him and presently he is parked at Russia.
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He voted in favor of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, describing the House debate on the bill as "one of the severest struggles that I have ever witnessed in Congress."Buddy Levy, American Legend: The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett (Penguin, 2006). He frequently clashed with fellow Tennessee congressman Davy Crockett, with Crockett calling Lea a "poltroon, a scoundrel, and a puppy," and warning they would fight if they ever crossed paths.Levy, American Legend: The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett.
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Frances C. Butler (born 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American book artist and educator. Butler received her B.A. in History at the University of California, Berkeley in 1961, her M.A. in History at Stanford University in 1963, and a second M.A. in Design at UC Berkeley in 1966. She was a professor at UC Berkeley from 1968–70, and began teaching at UC Davis in 1970. She ran Goodstuffs Handprinted Fabric from 1973–79, and co-founded Poltroon Press with Alastair Johnston in 1975.
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The Zulu attitude towards firearms was that: "The generality of Zulu warriors, however, would not have firearms – the arms of a coward, as they said, for they enable the poltroon to kill the brave without awaiting his attack."Bourquin, S. Military History Journal, V.4, No.4, The Zulu military organization and the challenge of 1879, South African Military History Society, ISSN 0026-4016, Dec. 1978. Even though their fire was not accurate, it was responsible for five of the seventeen British deaths at Rorke's Drift.Bourquin, S. section 'War of 1879', subsection 'Weapons'Knight 1996, p.
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A controversy arose between partisans of Schley and those of Sampson over their respective claims to the credit of the victory over Cervera's fleet during the recent war. Of that discussion neither officer personally took public notice until after the appearance of a work by Edgar Stanton Maclay entitled History of the United States Navy. In that book, the author referred to Commodore Schley as a "caitiff, poltroon and coward." The proofs of the book had been read and approved by various naval officers, among them Rear Admiral Sampson.
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When new housing was built, much of it was in the form of high rises rather than Khrushchev's low-rise structures, which lacked elevators or balconies. Historian Robert Service summarizes Khrushchev's contradictory personality traits. According to him, Khrushchev was: > at once a Stalinist and an anti-Stalinist, a communist believer and a cynic, > a self-publicizing poltroon and a crusty philanthropist, a trouble-maker and > a peacemaker, a stimulating colleague and a domineering boor, a statesman > and a politicker who was out of his intellectual depth.Service, Robert > (1997) A History of Twentieth-Century Russia.
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The film begins at a colony where Lingababu (Rajendra Prasad) a poltroon who runs a mobile canteen with his four friends maintains a good affinity with everyone due to his amicable nature. Once, he is acquainted with a charming girl Raaga (Rajasri) and falls for her. A few incidents pose Lingababu as a courageous guy before her and they couple up. Soon after the marriage, Lingababu learns that Raaga has a life threat from a dangerous goon Pakir Dada (Tanikella Bharani) because of which she has married him to safeguard herself.
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Stanley Dover is a six-year-old boy who finds his monster companion in a sewer. In a twist on monster lore, the creature – a tall, bulky, pink-furred behemoth with small tusks – proves as scared of the world as the world is of it. The monster, whom Stanley names Spot, comes home to live with the boy, with many hijinks ensuing. These occasionally including the bickering leprechaun Shaugnessy Poltroon, a gremlin named Schnitzel (sold to the Dovers as toys in issue #99), the ghost of French emperor Napoleon (introduced in issue #97) and teenaged babysitter Marcia.
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In the now publicly printed correspondence and in an afterword following it Twain called Laird "putrid,..grovleing, vulgar liar", an "ass", inflicted by such a condition through "general principles" and from "natural instinct". Laird's correspondence called Twain "a liar, a poltroon, and a puppy" and called into question his war conduct. Twain demanded Laird's "craven carcass" apologize at once for being an "unmitigated liar" or give him "the satisfaction due to a gentleman." In the following days papers from around the territory reprinted the letters, some mocking the originator of the bloody Carson Massacre hoax for getting himself into a situation that would end with his own blood.
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As a visiting Englishman, he was once invited to dine with Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, who was unaware of who he was. At dinner, the prince questioned Cromwell about affairs in England and observed, "Well, that Oliver, tho' he was a traitor and a villain, was a brave man, had great parts, great courage, and was worthy to command; but that Richard, that coxcomb and poltroon, was surely the basest fellow alive; what is become of that fool?" Cromwell replied, "He was betrayed by those he most trusted, and who had been most obliged by his father". Cromwell departed the following morning.
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Not to cherish these feelings would > be recreancy to principle. They who desire me to be dumb on the subject of > slavery, unless I will open my mouth in its defense, ask me to give the lie > to my professions, to degrade my manhood, and to stain my soul. I will not > be a liar, a poltroon, or a hypocrite, to accommodate any party, to gratify > any sect, to escape any odium or peril, to save any interest, to preserve > any institution, or to promote any object. Convince me that one man may > rightfully make another man his slave, and I will no longer subscribe to the > Declaration of Independence.
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In 1896 he was appointed lighthouse keeper at Old Field Point, and in 1901 received an appointment at the New York Navy Yard. He edited the Journal of William Maclay and was the author of History of the United States Navy, which occasioned much controversy and brought about his dismissal from government employ, by order of President Roosevelt, in 1901. The ground of this action, following Maclay's refusal of an official request for his resignation, was a passage in the History stigmatizing Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley as a “caitiff, poltroon and coward” for his conduct in the naval fight off Santiago, Cuba on 3 July 1898. Maclay also wrote Reminiscences of the Old Navy and The History of American Privateers.
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Francis A. Hyett, Florence -Her History and Art to the Fall of the Republic, Methuen & Co., London 1903 pp.518-19 There are many differing accounts of the episode, the incident being much favoured in early historical accounts and fiction. Massimo d'Azeglio in his historical novel reimagined the scene, as recounted by the character Fanfulla, thus:- : > 'The Spaniard who had taken Ferruccio, wished to conceal him, but orders > came from Maramaldo, to conduct him to his presence. Two pikes were crossed, > he was seated upon them and carried to the square... They flung him down at > Maramaldo's feet; he fell with great force, but, however, he raised himself > on one arm, and maintained a front more lofty and daring than ever... > Maramaldo approached him and said, 'You are here at last, poltroon > merchant.
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The French poet Joachim du Bellay, who lived in Rome during this period, wrote in 1555: "Yet seeing a footman, a child, a beast,/ a rascal, a poltroon made a cardinal / for having taken care of a monkey well, / a Ganymede wearing the red hat on his head / ...these are miracles, my dear Morel, that take place in Rome alone."Joachim Du Bellay, Les Regrets, Sonnet CV (Paris, 1555), cited in Robert Aldrich, Garry Wotherspoon, eds, Who's who in gay and lesbian history: from antiquity to World War II (Routledge, 2002), page 278. Innocenzo's affair with his future sister-in-law, the noted poetess and favorite in the papal court, Ersilia Cortese, resulted in scandal. Julius considered demoting him from the cardinalate after having compromised the pope's credibility.
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He also criticises him for his lack of any realistic appraisal of the state of II Corps after Le Cateau,Senior (p. 336) argues that after Mons von Kluck seems to have thought the BEF a spent force; at Le Cateau II Corps fought bravely, but were saved largely by German lack of urgency, and thereafter by von Kluck's inability to catch the BEF up, not least as he believed wrongly that the British were retreating towards the Channel Ports. He appears to have discounted them until 8 September. and "lack of urgency" in advance at the Marne, and writes that French would not have cooperated without the "brutal" intervention of Lord Kitchener.Senior 2012, pp. 335–36 Max Hastings is even less kind, arguing that French used his instructions from Kitchener (to husband the strength of the BEF and to avoid major engagements without French participation unless given Cabinet authority) as an excuse for "pusillanimity".Hastings 2013, p. 133 He criticises him for lack of "grip" and for "moral collapse" during the retreat after Le Cateau, and describes him as "a poltroon", although also pointing out that his failings were no worse than those of many French and German generals in that campaign.
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