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Meanings of try the mettle in English

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Usage of try the mettle in English
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Those are the days that try the mettle of the men.
Private Peat
2
Here was a grand subject, then, to try the mettle of any woman.
The Crisis — Volume 03
3
The consequence was that we had soon work to try the mettle of all hands.
Hurricane Hurry
4
It was a night to try the mettle of fellows, and none could behave better than did outs.
Tales of the Sea, and of Our Jack Tars
5
Eddy did not wait to try the mettle of his men, but got away with the loss of one man.
The Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers
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When about fifteen versts from the village Dodd suggested a gallop, to try the mettle of our horses and warm our blood.
Tent Life in Siberia / A New Account of an Old Undertaking; Adve...
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Leaving the poets, and keeping to ourselves, let us try the mettle of one another and make proof of the truth in conversation.
Protagoras
8
That, however, may be left in the hands of those above, while I draw near in Homeric fashion, and try the mettle of your words.
Phaedo
9
'Very well,' said Tancred, 'we are well mounted, we must try the mettle of our steeds.
Tancred; Or, The New Crusade
10
"Well, monk," Baird said, "we are going to try the mettle of your companion of yesterday."
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
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"Spare not to rub down, my men," said he, "for we have tried the mettle of our horses, and have now but one half-hour's breathing-time.
The Children of the New Forest
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