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1728.  Morgan, Algiers, II. v. 315. The Valour and Resolution of the unflinching Knights.

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1814.  Scott, Lord of Isles, VI. xxvi. Unflinching foot ’gainst foot was set.

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1846.  Mrs. A. Marsh, Father Darcy, II. ix. 145. A fresh element of resolute, unflinching, persevering determination.

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1882.  Macm. Mag., XLV. 372. Yet he is … determinedly persevering, unflinching as a foe.

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  Hence Unflinchingly adv.

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1833.  Coleridge, Table-t., 5 Feb. Oh! for a great man … who could … unflinchingly put it into act!

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1879.  Chr. G. Rossetti, Seek & F., 236. The more unflinchingly we abide by this truth, the keener will our spiritual faculty become.

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