1 The less courageous of the robbers made off, and his companion followed him, cursing his cowardice.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON. 2 But before the dawn my courage returned, and while the stars were still in the sky I turned once more towards Regent's Park.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VIII. DEAD LONDON. 3 Down the road towards Maybury Bridge there were voices and the sound of feet, but I had not the courage to shout or to go to them.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: X. IN THE STORM. 4 For a while the imaginative daring of the artilleryman, and the tone of assurance and courage he assumed, completely dominated my mind.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL. 5 It was this, as much as anything, that gave people courage, and I suppose the new arrivals from Woking also helped to restore confidence.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: V. THE HEAT-RAY. 6 With wine and food, the confidence of my own table, and the necessity of reassuring my wife, I grew by insensible degrees courageous and secure.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: VII. HOW I REACHED HOME. 7 His gesture suggested a resignation of the slit, and after a little while my curiosity gave me courage, and I rose up, stepped across him, and clambered up to it.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 2: III. THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT. 8 I suppose it was nearly eleven o'clock before we gathered courage to start again, no longer venturing into the road, but sneaking along hedgerows and through plantations, and watching keenly through the darkness, he on the right and I on the left, for the Martians, who seemed to be all about us.