Then, so the story ran, she drew him from his indolence, continuing the work of Joan of Arc, both by nerving the king to warlike enterprises - she did apparently induce him to take part personally in the conquest of Normandy - and by surrounding him with that band of wise advisers who really administered France during her ascendancy. [Please select]
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There remains the cowardly method you have been nerving yourself to attempt, never dreaming that I was aware of your purpose. [Please select]
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When I waked again, it was almost nine, and nerving myself to the inevitable, I rang for a cold bath. [Please select]
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In nerving himself to go through the ordeal he had worked up his fermenting mind into a positively brutal mood. [Please select]
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Nature seemed resting, and nerving herself for the warfare of the elements. [Please select]
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II He spent most of the next morning nerving himself to face the garrulous world of the Athletic Club. [Please select]
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We stood for some moments gathering breath and nerving ourselves for the desperate struggle. [Please select]
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It was a little as though Captain Charlie were nerving himself to say good-by to his old comrade. [Please select]
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While she looked so stoical and heavy she was patiently working out an idea, and was nerving herself for an act of heroism. [Please select]
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