heart-stout

Updated: June 7, 2025

Now, the war-hosts of the ancient commonwealths not dependent on the mechanical contrivances of the modern army were necessarily composed of the very best men: the strong-boned, the heart-stout, the sound in wind and limb. Under these conditions the State shuddered through all her frame, thrilled adown every filament, at the death of a single one of her sons in the field.

M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel - Prince Zaleski