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Taken all together, his appearance was that of a weak man, of delicate constitution,—an appearance hardly justified by the fact; for he endured fatigue and privation with remarkable stanchness.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various

After all, he reviewed, it would be cowardly and base to desert a trusting wife; he pictured her as asleep and securely confident in his stanchness.

From The Husbands of Edith by McCutcheon, George Barr

No great stress in her life had occurred to awaken her to a stanchness either of resistance or yielding.

From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Yet I can believe that many would achieve that faith and stanchness; enough to make a beginning of success.

From The Subterranean Brotherhood by Hawthorne, Julian

Even now she was a mere dependent of Mrs. St. John Deloraine, though there was a stanchness in that lady's character which made her patronage not precarious.

From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew