prowess
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prowess englanniksi
Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.
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Distinguished bravery or courage, ''especially'' in battle; heroism.
(RQ:Nashe Strange Newes)
(quote-book),(nb...)|year=1863|page=158|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZH4TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158|oclc=559689778|passage=(..) But, wroth because this man in full assembly, / Came and reviled thee, thou wouldst shew thy prowess, / The prowess that attends thee, that henceforth / Not e'er a man might think to scorn thy prowess, (..)
(quote-book)|year=1910|year_published=1917|page=38|oclc=4691195|title2=More Poems|location2=Toronto, Ont.|publisher2=& Stewart|McClelland & Stewart Publishers|year2=1919|section2=stanza 1|page2=246|pageurl2=https://archive.org/stream/cihm_78447page/n264/mode/1up|oclc2=470632416|passage=A beautiful great lady, past her prime, / Behold her dreaming in her easy chair; / Grey robed, and veiled, in laces old and rare, / Her smiling eyes see but the vanished time / Of splendid prowess, and of deeds sublime.
An act of prowess.
An act of adroitness or dexterity.
(quote-journal), M.A., Professor of Logic and Rhetoric in the University of Glasgow. Edinburgh and London: (publishing house)|William Blackwood and Sons, 1869.|journal=British Review|The North British Review|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edmonston & Douglas|month=July|year=1869|volume=L|issue=C|page=493|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucc5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA493|oclc=3658824|passage=I recollect hearing (..) of his Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet|William Hamilton's simple, independent, meditative habits, ruggedly athletic modes of exercise, fondness for his big dog, etc. etc.: (..) I did not witness, much less share in, any of the swimming or other athletic prowesses.
(RQ:Malory Le Morte Darthur)
(quote-book) In Two Volumes|location=London|publisher=Hippolyte Bailliere,(nb...)|year=1851|volume=II|page=88|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=ky0MAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA88|oclc=937887148|passage=If it is deemed of so much importance, why has no attention been paid to the effects of general friendship, such as certain military prowesses, in which you see a portion of a regiment sacrifice itself in support of another portion?