Daring Sentence Examples

Sofia stared up at him, not daring to hope he'd help her.

She saw the thaw from the cactus daring anyone to touch him to the man she'd spoken to on the phone.

Her gaze remained steady, daring him to do as he imagined.

What better place to be a bit more daring in life than on another planet?

The Malays of the coast are a maritime people, and were long famous for the daring character of their acts of piracy.

David's daring spirit might very well lead him to visit his wife even after his first flight.

Not daring to look round and without looking round, he was ecstatically conscious of his approach.

Though privateering was carried on by the French with daring and a considerable measure of success, it did not put an appreciable check on the growth of British merchant shipping.

I see a thousand of you, laughing, daring me.

Can it be possible? she thought, not daring to look at his face, but still feeling his eyes gazing at her.

By their sufferings no less than by their deeds of daring, her citizens showed themselves to be sublime, devoted and disinterested, winning the purest laurels which give lustre to Italian story.

The ancient guediks have not been abolished, the government not daring to deprive them of their privileges; but since the Tanzimat no new ones have been created, industry being declared free.

The hatred felt for him by Germans found expression in a daring attempt to murder him made by a well-bred youth named Staps on the 12th of October.

God is my witness, I didn't know-" he repeated, stressing the word "God" so unnaturally and so unpleasantly that Princess Mary stood with downcast eyes not daring to look either at her father or at Natasha.

If you're daring, then modify textures a little for more creativity.

At one time, as in the case of Blechingdon, they would perform strange exploits worthy of the most daring hussars; at another their speed and tenacity paralyses armies.

By timely and daring intervention Scotland.

He savored and toyed with her simultaneously, daring her to unleash the desire burning through her body.

The Church of Rome has discouraged these daring tactics in favour of the more cautious and probably more defensible positions of Aquinas.

Tony is quite daring; he gives it a shot.

But the little girl gave the angry kitten such a severe cuff that it jumped down again without daring to scratch.

This is a great look for those that enjoy a little daring adventure.

While I followed them shopping I never imagined I'd be allotted the opportunity accomplish a daring strike so successfully and leave without a trace!

But the most remarkable and daring application of the theory was to account for the phenomena of organic life, especially in animals and man.

By a night march of unexampled daring and difficulty Ney succeeded in breaking through the Russian cordon, but when he regained touch with the main body at Orcha only Boo of his 6000 men were still with him (2 ist).

The English commander, thus foiled, executed a daring and skilful march round the enemy's flank, and on the 9th drew up for battle in rear of the hostile army.

By the advice of Prokesch-Osten and Ebtvos, he paid a visit in the following June to London; there his daring adventures and linguistic triumphs made him the lion of the day.

What were then called reports were rather appeals to the passions; in Saint-Just's hands they furnished the occasion for a display of fanatical daring, of gloomy eloquence, and of undoubted genius; and - with the shadow of Robespierre behind him - they served their turn.

Tired of the excesses committed by these Turks, the people of Bagdad beat or killed as many of them as they could lay hands on, and Motasim, not daring to act with severity against either his guard or the citizens, took the course of quitting the city.

Many public pools, and beaches set their own standards about what is acceptable attire, and some of the more daring men's and women's suits may not be welcome at every location.

A Malibu String bikini is one that is daring, sexy and seductive.

Skin-grafting and regeneration of bone are among not the least remarkable applications of pathological principles to the combat with disease in recent times; and in this connexion may also be mentioned the daring acts of surgery for the relief of tumours of the brain, rendered practicable by improved methods of localization.

If there had been no fighting daring these autumn months worthy of mention, much creditable work had been carried out by the invaders in respect to developing communications and to improving jetties and landing-places, especially at Suvla.

The attempt also of the daring highwayman Maternus to seize the empire was betrayed; but at last Eclectus the emperor's chamberlain, Laetus the praefect of the praetorians, and his mistress Marcia, finding their names on the list of those doomed to death, united to destroy him.

At times he showed qualities as a guerillero quite equal to those of the Carlists, like Zumalacarregui and Cabrera, by his daring marches and surprises.

In 1792 he acted as financial agent in a daring attempt to secure the escape of the king and queen from Paris.

McDowell, instead of marching to join McClellan, was ordered to the Valley to assist in "trapping Jackson," an operation which, at one critical moment very near success, ended in the defeat of Fremont at Cross Keys and of McDowell's advanced troops at Port Republic (June 8-9) and the escape of the daring Confederates with trifling loss.

Burnside and the new Army of the Ohio had now cleared east Tennessee and occupied Knoxville (September 2), and meanwhile Rosecrans by a brilliant movement, in which he displayed no less daring in execution than skill in planning, once more manoeuvred Bragg out of his position and occupied Chattanooga.

In 1800 he was appointed to the command of the "Speedy" brig, a small vessel in which he gained a great and deserved reputation as a daring and skilful officer.

His capture of the Spanish frigate "Esmeralda" (40) in the harbour of Callao, on the 5th of November 1820, was an achievement of signal daring.

No one ever excelled him in daring and resource as a naval officer, but he suffered from serious defects of character, and even those who think him guiltless of the charge on which he was convicted in 1814 must feel that he had his own imprudence and want of self-command to thank for many of his misfortunes.

After his victory over Banks at Cedar Mountain, near Culpeper, Virginia, Jackson led the daring march round the flank of General Pope's army, which against all theoretical rules ended in the great victory of second Bull Run.

Ancient myths are admitted without undergoing analysis; the most naïve realism alternates with daring efforts at spiritualizing.

The common soldiers were promoted for acts of daring, and the children of chiefs were regularly trained to war, and initiated by being sent into battle with veterans, with whose aid the youth took his first prisoner, but his future rise depended on how many captives he took unaided in fight with warlike enemies; by such feats he gained the dignity of wearing coloured blankets, tassels and lip-jewels, and reached such military titles as that of " guiding eagle."

Solemn and gay dances were frequent, and a sport called the bird-dance excited the admiration of foreigners for the skill and daring with which groups of performers dressed as birds let themselves down by ropes wound round the top of a high mast, so as to fly whirled in circles far above the ground.

On the other hand, daring and skilful leaders such as Francis Marion and Thomas Sumter kept the spirit of resistance alive by their sudden attacks and surprises of British outposts.

He was the finest swordsman in the army, and possessed that daring recklessness which is the most useful quality of leadership against Asiatics.

He first attracted public attention by his conduct in the parliament of 1504, by his daring opposition to the king's demand for money.

He distinguished himself in the expedition to Santo Domingo in many fights, and especially in a daring reconnaissance with few men into the heart of the enemy's lines, for which he got the cross with laurels of San Fernando.

His daring is illustrated by the story that he came by night to the temple of Athene "of the Brazen House" at Sparta, and there set up his shield with the inscription, "Dedicated to the goddess by Aristomenes from the Spartans."

The first to explore any portion of the mighty river was the reckless and daring adventurer Ordaz.

It would be both presumptuous and premature to pass a final verdict upon the value and success of a policy to which, whatever else be said, must be accorded a certain meed of praise for its daring.

Chivalry again in its military aspect not only encourages the love of war for its own sake without regard to the cause for which war is waged, it encourages also an extravagant regard for a fantastic show of personal daring which cannot in any way advance the objects of the siege or campaign which is going on.

Driven by persecution from Moravia, hunted into mountain-caves and forests, they had scarcely secured a place of refuge in Saxony before, " though a mere handful in numbers, yet with the spirit of men banded for daring and righteous deeds, they formed the heroic design, and vowed the execution of it before God, of bearing the gospel to the savage and perishing tribes of Greenland and the West Indies, of whose condition report had brought a mournful rumour to their ears.

The result of this daring ride was a ten days' fever, after which she removed by short stages to Craigmillar, where a proposal for her divorce from Darnley was laid before her by Bothwell, Murray, Huntly, Argyle and Lethington, who was chosen spokesman for the rest.

Dunkirk, as a nest of freebooters who preyed upon Dutch commerce, was made the objective of a daring offensive campaign in 1600 by the orders of the States-General under the influence of Oldenbarneveldt in the teeth of the opposi tion of the stadholders Maurice and William Louis .

Mr Lee edited in 1902 the Oxford facsimile edition of daring always, and he never hesitated to take the gravest risks.

The most powerful of the Belgian poets, Emile Verhaeren, is the most daring in his technical methods of expressing bizarre sensation, and has been called the " poet of paroxysm."

After this daring step retreat was impossible, and with Luther.

The class to which Hutten and his friend, Franz von Sickingen, a daring and ambitious Rhenish baron, belonged, was that of the small feudal tenants in chief, the Ritterschaft or knights of the Empire.

His irrespressible and often daring humour, together with his frank distaste for much conventional religious phraseology, was a stumbling-block to some pious people.

It was at this very period - the close of the 15th and commencement of the 16th century - that the genius and daring of a Genoese mariner, Christopher Columbus, gave to Spain that new world, which might have become the possession of his native state, had Genoa been able to supply him with the ships and seamen which he so earnestly entreated her to furnish.

Alike more daring and more cruel than any ruler before him, he made the island the seat of a greater power than any of them.

In 1311 Bruce carried the war into England, seconded by the most audacious if the least skilled of his captains, his daring brother Edward.

On the 2nd of April 1571 Mary's party lost Dumbarton castle, which Crawford of Jordanhill took by a daring night surprise; and Archbishop Hamilton, a prisoner, was hanged without trial.

But this man, as the first that was distinguished there in this manner, after enduring what was likely to follow an act so daring, preserved his mind, calm and serene, until the moment when his spirit fled."

His daring march had alarmed the Goths for Ravenna, and induced them to raise the siege of Rome; but he himself was now shut up in Rimini, and on the point of being forced by famine to surrender.

In 1877-1878 Denis Kearney (1847-1907), an Irish drayman and demagogue of considerable force and daring, headed the discontented.

Not daring to return to Delhi, he remained about Honore and other cities of the western coast, taking part in various adventures, among others the capture of Sindabur (Goa), and visiting the Maldive Islands, where he became kazi, and married four wives, and of which he has left the best medieval account, hardly surpassed by any modern.

It is this daring faith in divine illumination that brings the Zwickau teachers most nearly into touch with the Anabaptists.

Many dance schools teach this as traditional samba, and exhibitions often feature elaborate turns, leaps and other daring moves.

The most daring of the cuts is the Open Minded design, while the most conservative of the looks is the Boy Toy cut.

These swimsuits are devilishly daring; perfect for the uninhibited woman.

Board shorts may be just the right speed for some swimmers, but others prefer a more daring look.

At Skinzwear, they specialize in the super-exotic, such as a teardrop pouch Spartan thong or even the more daring string Kilt thong.

While they do offer many different bikini styles, their most daring number is the Tonga Sheer.

For these daring sun seekers, micro bikinis were specially created.

If you are confident enough to wear one of these daring swimsuits, sun block is a must.

You have a chance to explore your daring side when you shop for topless bathing suits.

Sheer swimsuits might be the most daring of them all!

Try them with kitten heels if you are feeling daring!

You can even opt for a dress jacket as your top, worn over a light camisole or, for a more daring look, a corset top.

Well, for those who were hoping for some daring new cuts, they were out of luck.

You can tie them around your waist at an angle for the most daring looking effect of all.

If you are seriously daring, wear a catsuit or bodysuit a la Lady Gaga and then slip into your granny boots for a really fashion-forward look that will turn a lot of heads.

Think attitude, think progressive styling, and think daring contrasts that really make people notice you!

Indeed, Edelman's shoes are some of the most popular in the world, primarily for the touch of daring and sass they bring to even the simplest outfits.

Har Govind was a hunter and eater of flesh, and encouraged his followers to eat meat as giving them strength and daring.

This incident suggests two reflections - first that raids or attacks in rear of the " centre of operations " are valueless, however daring, and second that had Zasulich, in his determination to be worthy of his knighthood, concentrated for battle, the presence of the Madritov detachment on the field would have prevented the lamentable and costly misunderstandings of the retreat on Hamatan.

It may be urged in his favour that the general circumstances of the time, where they did not produce reckless and foolhardy daring, almost necessarily produced a somewhat excessive caution.

It was in 1455 during this war that the knight Kunz von Kaufungen carried into execution his daring plan of stealing the two sons of the elector Frederick, Ernest and Albert, but he was only momentarily successful, the princes soon escaping from his hands.

She excelled in the delivery of the risky prologues and epilogues which were the fashion, and the poet wrote for her some specially daring examples.

So secure in public favour did the book in time become, that the council of Trent, unable to suppress it and not daring to overlook it, ordered the preparation of a castrated edition.

He was, however, a desultory student, and in 1870 was advised to go to the little village of Martinhoe, in Devon, for quiet reading, but distinguished himself more by his daring climbs after seagulls' eggs and his engineering skill in cutting a pathway along precipitous cliffs to some caves.

Their daring grew with their numbers, and at last they came to be a constant annoyance to all their neighbours, both Christian and Mussulman, frequently involving Poland in dangerous and unprofitable wars with the Ottoman Empire.

In this war, which resembles in character, and in its striking vicissitudes, the English War of the Roses at the end of the 15th century, Abdur Rahman soon became distinguished for ability and daring energy.

At last, after many trials and failures, Grant took a daring step. The troops with their supplies marched round through a network of lakes and streams to a point south of Vicksburg; Admiral Porter's gunboats and the transports along with them "ran" the batteries.

About this time Philip adopted the reformed faith, of which he was afterwards the zealous and daring defender.

The works of Marquart, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte von Eran (2 pts., I896I905), abound ir daring theories and must be used with caution.

Pedro in Oporto from July 1832 to July 1833, when the duke of Terceira and Captain Charles Napier, who had succeeded Sartorius, effected a daring and successful diversion which resulted in the capture of Lisbon (July 24, 1833).

Crime was never again so brazen and daring, and 1856 marks also the beginning of political reform.

The Sententiae show the influence of Abelard, both in method and arrangement, but lack entirely the daring of Sic et Non.

Using a manoeuvre which was destined to become a familiar practice of strategy in the World War, but, at that date and in that country of mountains and primitive communications, was conspicuously daring and novel, they transferred Kutinchev's I.

His next and best-known work, Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist (2 vols., 1737-1741), preserves his name as the author of the most daring and ingenious of theological paradoxes.

His address before the graduating class of the divinity school at Cambridge, in 1838, was an impassioned protest against what he called "the defects of historical Christianity" (its undue reliance upon the personal authority of Jesus, and its failure to explore the moral nature of man as the fountain of established teaching), and a daring plea for absolute selfreliance and a new inspiration of religion.

The Kung family, however, became reduced, and by-and-by its chief representative moved from Sung to Lu, where in the early part of the 6th century we meet with Shuh-liang Heih, the father of Confucius, as commandant of the district of Tsow, and an officer renowned for his feats of strength and daring.

His attack was vigorous and daring, and the victory was one of the most complete and important ever won by the Austrian arms. Formerly it was often stated that the battle of Zenta was fought against express orders from the court, that Eugene was placed under arrest for violating these orders, and that a proposal to bring him before a council of war was frustrated only by the threatening attitude of the citizens of Vienna.

But as the duke of Vendome, a much abler general, replaced the captive, the incursion, daring though it was, proved anything but advantageous to the Austrians.

After once more passing several rivers in presence of the French army, and executing one of the most skilful and daring marches he had ever performed, the latter appeared before the entrenched camp at Turin, which place the French were now besieging with an army eighty thousand strong.

Donne excels in brief flashes of wit and beauty, and in sudden daring phrases that have the full perfume of poetry in them.

His architectural and engineering projects were of a daring which amazed even the fellow-citizens of Alberti and Brunelleschi.

Bolingbroke's daring spirit, however, recoiled from no extreme, and, fortunately for Swift, he added so much of his own to the latter's MS. that the production was first delayed and then, upon the news of Anne's death, immediately suppressed.

Its cathedral of St Pierre, in some respects the most daring achievement of Gothic architecture, consists only of a transept and choir with apse and seven apse-chapels.

The buccaneers, in fact, constituted a mercenary navy, ready for employment against the power of Spain by any other nation, on condition of sharing the plunder; and they were noted for their daring, their cruelty and their extraordinary skill in seamanship.

From 1671 to 1685 is the time of the greatest daring, prosperity and power of the buccaneers.

The brilliant exploits begun by the sack of Leon and Realejo by the English under Davis have, even in their variety and daring, a sameness which deprives them of interest, and the wonderful confederacy is now seen to be falling gradually to pieces.

Whatever may be thought of this daring theory, it seems clear that, while there is some doubt as to whether such an act as Winkelried's was possible at Sempach, taking into account the known details of the battle, there can be none as to the utter lack of any early and trustworthy evidence in support of his having performed that act in that battle.

Marie Tudor (1833),(1833), his next play, was hardly more daring in its Shakespearean defiance of historic fact, and hardly more triumphant in its Shakespearean loyalty to the everlasting truth of human character and passion.

The unfinished poems, Dieu and La Fin de Satan, are full to overflowing of such magnificent work, such wise simplicity of noble thought, such heroic and pathetic imagination, such reverent and daring faith, as no other poet has ever cast into deathless words and set to deathless music. Les Jumeaux, an unfinished tragedy, would possibly have been the very greatest of his works if it had been completed on the same scale and on the same lines as it was begun and carried forward to the point at which it was cut short for ever.

If Abelard stands for the intellectual daring of scholasticism, Lombard represents its other pole - interest in piety, i.e.

The success of this insolently clever novel, the immediate introduction of its author to the great world, and the daring eccentricities of dress, demeanour, and opinion by which he fixed attention on himself there, have always been among the most favourite morsels of Disraeli's history.

Large, " round-about " common sense, intellectual strength directed by a virtuous purpose, not subtle or daring speculation sustained by an idealizing faculty, in which he was deficient, is what we find in Locke.

But although Green's loyalty to the primary facts of the moral consciousness prevented him from constructing a rationalistic system of morals based solely upon the conclusions of metaphysics, it was perhaps inevitable that the revival of interest in metaphysics so prominent in his own speculations should lead to a more daring criticism of ethical first principles in other writers.

Under these disadvantageous circumstances, it is scarcely surprising that the heliocentric theory, while admired as a daring speculation, won its way slowly to acceptance as a truth.

They are daring sailors, and in small canvas boats of their own building voyage to Nightingale and Inaccessible islands.

More able than Turgot, though a man of smaller ideas, he abrogated the edicts registered by the lits de justice; and unable Necker, or not daring to attack the evil at its root, he thought 1781.

At the beginning of 1849 he was appointed commander of the 3rd army corps in the middle Theiss, and quickly gained the reputation of being the bravest man in the Magyar army, winning engagement after engagement by sheer dash and daring.

For three months it existed without daring to put forward a programme.

He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring, of striking military energy, initiative and resource; a high, pure and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.

Giovanni the Lame (Sciancato), a man of a daring impetuosity only equalled by his ugliness, had proved so useful a general to Giovanni da Polenta of Ravenna as to win in reward the hand of that potentate's beautiful daughter, known to history as Francesca da Rimini.

A daring soldier, he distinguished himself at the battle of the Taro against the French; but his tyranny made him hated by his subjects.

He wasn't sure how well Czerno was tracking her, but the Black God's men had grown daring enough to tear apart her apartment.

His leather vest revealed arms and chest completely covered in colorful, vivid tattoos, his whole visage daring anyone to challenge him.

What had fate in store for these daring adventurers?

Rather, our prayers can be confident, daring, even audacious.

A very skilled navigator, Mathy showed real audacity, coolness and daring, and he seemed unstoppable.

From about that date his method becomes much broader - one might almost say more brutal - and his color more vivid and daring.

He now lies at the lord chamberlain 's, not daring to have himself carried to his apartments at the palace.

But like the iron chancellor, Lenin too was a man of the most tenacious, unshakeable and daring will.

The single thing that's always attracted me--and I'm sure countless others--to football is daring, flair and goals.

At the first meeting, and scarcely daring to hope for permission, I asked if I might see the documents.

Then, hardly daring to breathe, she slowly lifted the lid.

Years ago it was considered rather daring to open the bidding on 12 points.

There are plenty of boxes to smash through and ramps to jump, if you're feeling daring.

To escape she attacked the stern destroyer, HMS Daring.

The ship made a daring escape under cover of darkness, some 100 days later.

Many dream of doing a wide range of daring exploits or emulating famous sports men.

See Tigger demonstrate his tumbling skills, speak fun phrases, hear wacky sound effects, see him perform daring cartwheels and funny handstands.

In terms of visual daring there's nothing else in the family hatchback segment to match the Civic's radical styling.

The description for each of the men doing the daring holdups was different.

It was supposedly impregnable, but Joab made a daring assault via the water shaft, and the city fell.

Daring, utterly original and possessing a keen intelligence, Jim Sclavunos ' The Vanity Set demands your immediate attention.

His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom.

It's hard to know what to do now there's no Eliot daring to preach about eating a peach.

Story of the daring raids that saw the award of 11 Victoria Crosses.

Show no fear in the face of vicious fire flights, nail-biting recon missions and daring rescues behind enemy lines.

April 24 th 1850 On Wednesday night a daring robbery was committed at the house of Mr Ridgewell a farmer of Wickham St Pauls.

Sinbad (voiced by Brad Pitt) is the most daring and notorious rogue ever to sail the seven seas.

No doubt more daring stunts are even now in preparation.

Those daring to speak of such things are still mostly considered unworthy of a serious hearing, or openly scorned.

The one string's daring notes uprise Against the storm as if they sought the skies.

I expect they will have used digital wizardry to produce some ersatz evidence of daring dos with which to impress us.

These studies marked stages of her development, and as her mind matured she abandoned the idea of a convent which for a year or two she had entertained, and added to the enthusiasm for a republic which she had imbibed from her earlier studies not a little of the cynicism and the daring which the later authors inspired.

He was a skilled knight and a daring huntsman, and although not a great general, was intrepid on the field of battle.

The stranger, Isaac Beeckman, principal of the college of Dort, offered to do so into Latin, if the inquirer would bring him a solution of the problem, - for the advertisement was one of those challenges which the mathematicians of the age were accustomed to throw down to all corners, daring them to discover a geometrical mystery known as they fancied to themselves alone.

In the first he extemporized in succession a Latin poem, a daring onslaught on Aristotelian ignorance, and an oration in praise of ignorance.

The natives are daring cragsmen.

In 1687 he made the daring innovation of lecturing in German instead of Latin, and in the following year published a monthly periodical (Scherzhafte and ernsthafte, verniinftige and einfdltige Gedanken ilber allerhand lustige and niitzliche Bucher and Fragen) in which he ridiculed the pedantic weaknesses of the learned, taking the side of the Pietists in their controversy with the orthodox, and defending mixed marriages of Lutherans and Calvinists.

The 16th century boasts the names of Bernardino Fungai, Guidoccio Cossarelli, Giacomo Pacchiarotto, Girolamo del Pacchia and especially Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1537), who while especially celebrated for his frescoes and studies in perspective and chiaroscuro was also an architect of considerable attainments (see Rome); Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, otherwise known as 11 Sodoma (1477-1549), who, born at Vercelli in Piedmont, and trained at Milan in the school of Leonardo da Vinci, came to Siena in 1504 and there produced some of his finest works, while his influence on the art of the place was considerable; Domenico Beccafumi, otherwise known as Micharino (1486-1550), noted for the Michelangelesque daring of his designs; and Francesco Vanni.

Skin-grafting and regeneration of bone are among not the least remarkable applications of pathological principles to the combat with disease in recent times; and in this connexion may also be mentioned the daring acts of surgery for the relief of tumours of the brain, rendered practicable by improved methods of localization, as well as operations upon the serous cavities for diseased conditions within them or in their vicinity.

In this materialistic or quasi-materialistic system Daring finds room for teleology; the end of Nature, he holds, is the production of a race of conscious beings.

On the 26th of August the daring flank march of Jackson's corps ended at Manassas Station (see Bull Run).

Ancient myths are admitted without undergoing analysis; the most naïve realism alternates with daring efforts at spiritualizing.

In France, Madame de Pompadour was their enemy because they had refused her absolution while she remained the king's mistress; but the immediate cause of their ruin was the bankruptcy of Father Lavalette, the Jesuit superior in Martinique, a daring speculator, who failed, after trading for some years, for 2,400,000 francs and brought ruin upon some French commercial houses of note.

For, first, their compasses are exactly like ours, and they buy them of Europeans as much as they can, scarce daring to meddle with their needles themselves.

On the rzth of June Knollys wrote to Cecil at once the best description and the noblest panegyric extant of the queen of Scots - enlarging, with a brave man's sympathy, on her indifference to form and ceremony, her daring grace and openness of manner, her frank display of a great desire to be avenged of her enemies, her readiness to expose herself to all perils in hope of victory, her delight to hear of hardihood and courage, commending by name all her enemies of approved valour, sparing no cowardice in her friends, but above all things athirst for victory by any means at any price, so that for its sake pain and peril seemed pleasant to her, and wealth and all things, if compared with it, contemptible and vile.

Adept as she was in the most exquisite delicacy of dissimulation, the most salient note of her original disposition was daring rather than subtlety.

The daring invasion of Napoleon, however, afforded the Dutch and Belgian contingents of the allied army the opportunity to fight side by side under the command of William, prince of Orange, eldest son of the new king, who highly distinguished himself by his gallantry at Quatre Bras, and afterwards at Waterloo where he was wounded (see William king of the Nether lands).

The winter of 428-427 was marked by the daring escape of half the Plataean garrison under cover of a stormy night, and by the capitulation of Mytilene, which was forced upon the oligarchic rulers by the democracy.

Secondly, it does not content itself with the mere formulae of thinking, but pushes forward to theories of method, knowledge and science; and it is a hopeful sign to find this epistemological spirit, to which England was accustomed by Mill, animating German logicians such as Lotze, Daring, Schuppe, Sigwart and Wundt.

Successful aviation meetings were held, among other places, at Reims, Juvisy, Doncaster and Blackpool; and at Blackpool a daring flight was made in a wind of 40 m.

Not satisfied with explaining adverse texts, he met his opponents with unwise audacity on their own ground, and endeavoured to produce scriptural confirmation of a system which seemed to the ignorant many an incredible paradox, and to the scientific few a beautiful but daring innovation.

Petya rode beside him, longing to look round to see whether or not the French were running after them, but not daring to.

His sister, Elsa, was a daring trapeze artiste.

A troop of cavalry, under Major Beresford, entered the district, and the daring colliers strove to unhorse the soldiers.

The one string 's daring notes uprise Against the storm as if they sought the skies.

You're probably not going to be using yours to do daring leaps off the sides of hills in competitions, though.

Daring color combinations are appropriate in Bohemian rooms when they are well planned.

Go with a light pale or take a daring plunge and paint your kitchen walls a rich emerald color.

However, the more daring fashion lover can test her knowledge by running a search for both "fashion games" and "fashion and makeup quizzes".

Daring, sexy and a little bit mysterious, So Sexy perfume is a limited edition scent launched in 2007.

If you're daring, flaunt a bold eye shadow in the daytime hours by wearing minimal other cosmetics and a neutral lipstick.

Combine this with your favorite shade of lipstick, or even try a new shade that you normally would not try just to be daring.

The company's color palette ranges from candy pinks, buttercup yellows and girlish greens to daring shades of purple, midnight black and electric blue.

If you're daring, send your pet into the Ice Caves, where magical effects may occur, increasing its magic and health points.

The innovative nature of these multi-cultural dishes is often daring and unusual.

Even if the dress is daring, it will seem more modest if it is worn with sensible heels, classic jewelry, and other modest fashion accessories.

Finding a daring prom dress for under $200 might seem like an impossible task, but there are many dresses that are extreme and do not cost a lot of money.

What makes a prom dress daring can vary from teenager to teenager.

One person's daring might seem tame to another.

What a parent thinks is daring can also be different than what a teen daughter thinks is daring.

If you're not quite daring enough to buy that super short dress or your parents firmly say no, then you can always add some interesting accessories to make your outfit stand out.

If you have a limited budget for a prom dress, then finding a daring prom dress for under $200 would be a good solution.

Keep in mind that even a mildly daring dress can be enhanced by adding some slits, rips, or unusual beading.

Shops don't always carry the more daring dresses, because there may not be as much of a market for these pieces.

Or, you may just want to make a splash with a daring and different cake.

Because the majority of the cake is black and white, a splash of color becomes a dramatic statement and a daring design variation.

By incorporating your personal flair into your wedding dress design through colors, unique styles, and daring accessories, you can have a fun, funky, and memorable wedding ensemble.

Couples with a daring fashion sense can choose a combination that reflects their sense of style and the season.

Having a wedding in the skies of Las Vegas is a great way for daring brides and grooms to make memories on their wedding day.

For those of you who hesitate to introduce animal prints into an otherwise conventional décor, there are lots of ways to introduce the zebra pattern from bold and daring to subtle and subdued.

If you're ready to take the plunge into something a little more daring or you're just a huge animal enthusiast, animal print decor is a fun way to express your wild side.

Pair a red sheet with something saucy and daring, like a leopard print comforter and complementary pillowcases.

Key jewelry pieces included dagger necklaces, edgy earrings and large brass knuckle rings that struck a balance between sophisticated and daring.

The dots can range from daring to dainty, as seen during their fashion resurgence in 2000.

Daring first-time brides sometimes choose to wear bold colors in lieu of this traditional choice; informal dresses are often shades other than the traditional white as well.

Goth Black Corset Laced Mini Dress is a daring ensemble that features split angel sleeves that are light and flowing.

This is a daring move because the corset will have to fit over the dress of your choice.

You'll be the center of attention in an outfit this daring, so make sure your attitude matches your tough and sexy exterior.

The clothing items in this group are for daring girls only!

Plus size halter top dresses come in an array of styles ranging from classically sophisticated to dangerously daring.

Necklines for plus size halter dresses vary; some are quite daring while others are modest.

Vixen Visions offers a daring number in gold.

If you're looking for something a bit less expensive and with a slightly more modern edge, Starlets and Harlots has a reasonable selection of mostly black-and-white dresses from which to choose, many with very daring low cuts.

Ample Pleasure has the market covered when it comes to lingerie on the daring and practical ends of the spectrum.

Are you the daring type who would like to show everything, or the modest type who prefers to keep some things left to the imagination?

There are body stockings with bows and lace for the girly girls, and even straight fishnet for the more daring.

Whether you are looking for the flirty dainty look with bows and lace, an opaque look that is completely sheer, or a more daring look that reveals the breast and is crotchless, Hips and Curves is the store you have been looking for.

Be daring and dress up those curves with body stockings from FantasiaWear.

Though a range of basic, everyday bras is essential, a more daring style (or two) doesn't go amiss.

In addition to the many basic bras, panties and other undergarments a woman likely has crowding her lingerie drawer, a few more daring items may show up from time to time.

For something even more daring, go to Feeling USA where you can find a backless chemise in black with red lace trim.

Black tie is an occasion when wearing something a little sexy or daring is considered appropriate as long as it is formal length.

Square neck camisoles are a popular option to wear under a suit jacket, as a layering piece or, if you are daring, they can be worn alone for a sexy look.

Red is not only daring and sexy, but can look elegant and sophisticated as well.

If you are in the mood for something more daring, try Great Glam, which has a dress called Stoke the Heat.

For the very daring, this sheer black teddy features red satin ribbons tied in bows over the cups and crotch, all of which are also trimmed in black lace ruffles.

Classic numbers can be worn to more events, while the sassier options let you be a little daring for that special occasion.

Whether you choose one that's cute and sweet or something daring and dangerous, it is going to be a memorable time.

The garments are simple enough for the strictest minimalist, yet stylish enough for the most daring diva.

When the cruise ship visits a port, Disney also provides options for adults-only excursions that include a wide range of activities from the daring, like parasailing, to private tours for those looking for a little less adventure.

Thrills and daring ventures are what define this powerful subculture of wildly talented athletes.

The Fly Girls collection is designed for the daring female members of this subculture who defy "cookie-cutter culture".

These lenses are both vibrant and daring!

Versace is unique in mixing colors that are bold and daring.

This concern with success can also lead them to try daring activities beyond their abilities, so they need to be monitored especially carefully.

Uranus named his sons Titans (meaning "straining ones") for daring to do this to him.

Tigi products are made for the daring diva who takes her hair into her own hands!

No one can accuse you of not being daring.

This unisex style can be perfect for any guy with a bit of style and daring in his personality and fashion, letting him truly make a statement about who he is.

Needless to say, it requires a touch of daring to really pull off a look that is as heavily styled as these.

Dying your hair the right shade of pink to match your dress may seem daring and distinctive, but it may also keep you from enjoying the prom if funky hair colors are not permitted.

A daring girl, such as hot topic 2009 mom Kate Gosselin, might even spike the back of a tapered bob for a sharp look.

While the maintenance of an angled bob is not for everyone, the classic yet daring shape is an excellent choice for the trendsetter who craves a little excitement.

This classic 70s cut is daring and glamorous all at once and never goes out of style.

Daring takes on Chinese favorites are the course of the day at this highly popular and critically acclaimed Mission District restaurant.

For something a little out of the ordinary, an OJ Flower Bikini with full top is daring, but adorable, while a Wacky Waikiki bikini with pull-on skirt allows you extra coverage if you want to hit the shops after swimming.

Hence, this exotic and bold mixture of lace ruffles and leopard combined with a plunging neckline throws the terms "daring", "sexy", and "Cirque de Soleil" into a single swimwear model.

It's hard to believe there was once a time when bikinis were considered very daring.

You can be as daring as you like in your video, and the main thing to remember is to have fun..

It is in fact a bandeau one piece with a daring low cut out hole under the halter strap and an open back.

Thong/G-string Bikini - For all of the exhibitionists at heart and those with a daring spirit, a thong or G-string body paint bikini can look so real you may have trouble detecting the actual paint.

When it comes to really daring, it's the rear that shows how serious Brazilians are about tanning.

A Brazilian bikini waxing is a must if you plan on wearing some of the exotic swimsuits and daring bikinis out there!

It may in fact be a great thrill to try something many people consider quite daring!

If you've grown tired of your one piece or takin look, then try on a daring Brazilian tiniest bikini.

When you're feeling especially daring, check out Dangerous Curves swimwear.

The skinnier, the better; these animal print bikinis are as tasteful as they are daring, when worn in subtle colors.

Currently, 1690 is planning to expand it sales of those daring bikinis and sensational one pieces beyond the Internet.

If you'd like to see more daring bikinis, be sure to check out 1690 Swimwear online.

It's hard to imagine the fate of Speedos if The Hoff, as he's affectionately known, hadn't been daring enough to sling one on with a leather jacket for a promotional poster in the 1980s.

A high designer bikini is cut to perfection in order to provide you with the most flattering and daring designs that money can buy.

They too have quite and extensive collection of hot looks in bold, daring colors, and unusual cuts that stand out from the crowd.

A thong bottom is standard gear for both of these very daring swimsuits.

As long as you are in an appropriate setting to wear this suit, you can work on your tan, have fun, and enjoy showing off with a daring, barely-there bikini style.

Unlike most sexy female swimwear, extreme male swimwear has the option of being funny as well as daring.

There are a lot of variations in sheer swimwear, including mesh and two-toned designs, and it's usually the best way to be daring and yet modest simultaneously.

The pouch is the most daring design in extreme male swimwear.

If you are little confused as to just what a daring slingshot bikini is, think of it like a teeny bikini and a one-piece combined.

Daring to wear an outrageous suit can take confidence, but choosing the right suit can help make you feel sure of yourself when you show it off.

Exotic Swimwear is made for daring women who are not afraid to flaunt their assets.

While a one-piece suit isn't for everyone, it can certainly be appreciated as a viable option when you want to get more daring.

As with most daring suit shopping, you need to be careful about finding a reputable shop.

You will find plenty of styles that are less daring on this website.

Dressed 2 Play is a smart place to stop for daring fishnet bikini styles.

Before you decide on this daring type of bikini, learn which types of tops work best, what to consider when buying this type of suit, and where you can find the best styles.

Speedo Swimwear is a highly successful brand that built its company and reputation on a daring little men's swimsuit simply called the "speedo".

Needless to say, these extremely daring swimsuits left nothing to the imagination!

It's time to take an honest look at who should and shouldn't attempt to pull off this daring swimsuit look.

In a world filled with skimpy bikinis and daring thong bottoms, it's easy for sexy one piece swimsuits to fall by the wayside.

If you thought that an extreme or super micro bikini were daring styles of swimwear, you haven't seen anything until you check out the illegal bikini.

Depending on your definition of illegal, there are many daring styles of bikinis available that push the limit of what many consider legal.

This style is both daring and different, and it offers no back coverage or support.

Sublime Bikinis has daring styles such as the mesh illegal G-string bikini, mesh bikini, shiny bikini, two-tone mesh illegal bikini and the two-tone bikini.

Berry Dog has many daring bikinis available.

Sun Up Sun Down sells daring bikinis such as the dental floss bikini and nude, flesh tone styles that will create the illusion that you are completely naked.

MalibuStrings.com carries a full array of daring swimsuits, including a few ultra sheer numbers that qualify as translucent when wet.

The extremely exotic flair of Koala designs might make you think they came from one of the more daring South American collections, but Koala Swimwear is made right in the good old USA.

If you happen to live in more conservative regions, you may never have seen one of these daring swimsuits "live".

It takes a daring lady to brave the micro bikini in public, but even modest women can take advantage of the look in other situations.

If you haven't visited the Micro Kitten swimsuit store, you're missing out on some of the hottest, most daring bikini looks around.

A micro mini thong bikini is scandalously daring; wearing one all but guarantees that all eyes will be on you!

Whatever the reason, a micro mini thong bikini is a scant, daring look for the woman not afraid of showing off her body.

If you love to be looked at and admired for your daring swim fashion, Look Swimwear offers a bevy of micro mini bikini thongs to choose from.

Scant doesn't even begin to describe these daring suits, but at least what fabric there is to be had is not see-through.

In the world of swimwear, micro thong bikinis are about as daring as it gets.

Yum Drop is a daring swimsuit vendor that also sells tanga underwear.

All of these labels can be applied to one of the most daring and forward thinking designers of the century, Rudi Gernreich.

Worn in some form or another since the 1930s, they were once considered very daring and sexy and are still thought so by many men and women.

Animal prints can be a great choice for changing your one piece from dull to daring.

When you want to be daring on the bottom but more demure on top, a one piece thong swimsuit is perfect.

After all, some of the fabrics used in more daring swimsuit designs can be gossamer thin, and seem more illusion than real.

White bathing suits will make you look perfectly tan, and a nude swimsuit will look utterly daring on your figure.

The brand is fun, sporty and daring, aimed at girls and women who like to keep active and enjoy life.

Louis Reard's original bikini design was considered awfully daring in its day, but in the years since its debut, the bikini has undergone numerous design changes, shrinking to a sliver of its original size.

While string bikinis are a bit daring, the Brazilian bikini can be a real shocker.

If you think Brazilian bikinis are daring, you haven't seen anything until you've seen a micro.

Be daring, and try pieces on you might not normally wear.

Deciding to wear a sheer bikini is an equally personal and daring choice.