faintheart

My son turns his back on the country that should have been his and sails for Brittany again, flying like a faintheart, leaving me here, unprotected, and clearly guilty of plotting his rebellion.

The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010

Let no faintheart come forth to me to-day nor weakling.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“Then there will be so many true men that they won’t need a faintheart like me,” says Sir Henry, and walks from the sick chamber, where Jasper’s volunteer is dying, before I can say more.

The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010

Let no faintheart come forth to me to-day nor weakling. "

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

"Never despair, Bartle," said Connor; "you know the ould proverb, 'a faintheart; 'however, settin' the purty crature aside, whoever she is,

Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831