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Meanings of summon courage in English

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Usage of summon courage in English
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It was some time before Agatha could summon courage to walk up-stairs.
Agatha's Husband: A Novel
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He wandered about some time before he could summon courage to enter.
Fromont and Risler — Volume 3
3
He could not summon courage to go in the bitterness of his defeat.
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
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That was the one thing he could never quite summon courage to do.
Flowing Gold
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For a few moments Lane could scarcely summon courage to approach.
An Original Belle
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Then she paused before she could summon courage to ask him another question.
An Eye for an Eye
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If she could only summon courage to tell her arrogant father the truth!
Tess of the Storm Country
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Why don't you summon courage and tell me all about it?
The Seaboard Parish Volume 3
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Why should I not summon courage, and tell him of the suspicions respecting him?
Paul Clifford — Volume 04
10
How shall the mother summon courage to bid him adieu?
The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
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He might never again summon courage, if he failed to-night!
Polly and Eleanor
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Ah,-whenwould he summon courage to enter the club again?
The Way We Live Now
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I wish I could summon courage to burn it.
Making His Way; Or, Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward
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Weeks went by before he could summon courage enough to ask Christine's hand in marriage.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
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Moran hesitated, seeming to summon courage to say something.
Hidden Gold
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I see her bite her lower lip as if to summon courage, and plunge into words.
The King’s Curse
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