..."Pardon, brother; I only wished to try your mettle, and Iam satisfied with it...
Antonio de Trueba Henry J. Gill 「The Cid Campeador」
...Such was his mettle that he wentto the plaza free from the superstitious fears of former times...
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Frances Douglas 「The Blood of the Arena」
...This second deceptionput him on his mettle...
Grant Allen 「An African Millionaire」
...“They are safe this time,” observed Major Henderson; “but another day we will try their mettle...
Captain Frederick Marryat 「The Mission; or Scenes in Africa」
... His comrade, George, was likewise of the same mettle, and was aided in the same way...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...On inquiry he wasinformed that, during his absence, the female, who had been anxious totry the mettle of the pony, had mounted it, and that the animal hadset off at full speed...
Edward Jesse 「Anecdotes of Dogs」
...At first it seemed as if such huge, unwieldy carcases could not run very fast; but in a few minutes they managed to get up a pace that put the horses to their mettle...
R.M. Ballantyne 「The Dog Crusoe and his Master」
...However, the German criticism put him onhis mettle, and he answered that if he hadthought the greatest value of a painting lay inits fiddling little details of finishing, he toowould have painted them...
Dolores Bacon 「Pictures Every Child Should Know」
...—The ground was sandy, and several gullies descending tothe river occasioned difficulties which tried the mettle of our horses, andconvinced me that we now carried too much weight for them...
Thomas Mitchell 「Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia」
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