You may the better estimate his quietude by the
fearlessness of a little mouse, which sits on its hind legs, in a streak of moonlight, close by Judge Pyncheon's foot, and seems to meditate a journey of exploration over this great black bulk.
This ignorant, unconscious
fearlessness of his made him a little waggish in the matter of whales; he followed these fish for the fun of it; and a three years' voyage round Cape Horn was only a jolly joke that lasted that length of time.
I mention this circumstance, because, as if the cows and calves had been purposely locked up in this innermost fold; and as if the wide extent of the herd had hitherto prevented them from learning the precise cause of its stopping; or, possibly, being so young, unsophisticated, and every way innocent and inexperienced; however it may have been, these smaller whales --now and then visiting our becalmed boat from the margin of the lake --evinced a wondrous
fearlessness and confidence, or else a still becharmed panic which it was impossible not to marvel at.
He tried a dozen times to express his gratitude to me, but his voice choked with emotion and he could not speak, and yet he had, as I was to later learn, a reputation for ferocity and
fearlessness as a fighter that was remarkable even upon warlike Barsoom.
Two days afterward these same magistrates appeared before the cardinal and their spokesman addressed Mazarin with so much
fearlessness and determination that the minister was astounded and sent the deputation away with the same answer as it had received from the Duke of Orleans -- that he would see what could be done; and in accordance with that intention a council of state was assembled and the superintendent of finance was summoned.
I consider one American," said he, "equal to three Canadians in point of sagacity, aptness at resources, self-dependence, and
fearlessness of spirit.
You never seriously thought of marrying her; you admired her originality, her
fearlessness, her energy of body and mind; you delighted in her talent, whatever that was, whether song, dance, or dramatic representation; you worshipped her beauty, which was of the sort after your own heart: but I am sure she filled a sphere from whence you would never have thought of taking a wife.
Natty had followed the supporters of this unexpected object to the top of the cave, and took his station at a little distance behind him, leaning no his rifle, in the midst of his pursuers, with a
fearlessness that showed that heavier interests than those which affected himself were to be decided.
Such is the
fearlessness, the insensibility to danger, which men acquire by the habitude of constant risk.
I believed in her
fearlessness in any adventure that would interest her.
His sanguine temper, and
fearlessness of mind, operated very differently on her.
Her prattle amused him, and he was both flattered and worried by the
fearlessness with which she followed him everywhere.
