Those are the days that try the mettle of the men.

Here was a grand subject, then, to try the mettle of any woman.

The consequence was that we had soon work to try the mettle of all hands.

It was a night to try the mettle of fellows, and none could behave better than did outs.

Eddy did not wait to try the mettle of his men, but got away with the loss of one man.

When about fifteen versts from the village Dodd suggested a gallop, to try the mettle of our horses and warm our blood.

Leaving the poets, and keeping to ourselves, let us try the mettle of one another and make proof of the truth in conversation.

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.

'Very well,' said Tancred, 'we are well mounted, we must try the mettle of our steeds.

"Well, monk," Baird said, "we are going to try the mettle of your companion of yesterday."

"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.