All 4 Uses of
fortitude
in
Emma
- With the fortitude of a devoted novitiate, she had resolved at one-and-twenty to complete the sacrifice, and retire from all the pleasures of life, of rational intercourse, equal society, peace and hope, to penance and mortification for ever.†
Chpt 2.1-2 *
- She was delighted with the fortitude of her little friend—for fortitude she knew it was in her to give up being in company and stay at home; and she could now invite the very person whom she really wanted to make the eighth, Jane Fairfax.†
Chpt 2.15-16
- She was delighted with the fortitude of her little friend—for fortitude she knew it was in her to give up being in company and stay at home; and she could now invite the very person whom she really wanted to make the eighth, Jane Fairfax.†
Chpt 2.15-16
- —Emma heard the sad truth with fortitude.†
Chpt 3.1-2
Definition:
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(fortitude) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage