'You are a mettled young man,' said Summertrees, evidently with increasing goodwill, on observing an alertness and contempt of danger, which perhaps he did not expect from Alan's appearance and profession,--'a very mettled young fellow indeed! and it is almost a pity'--Here he stopped abort.英文原著 · 《Redgauntlet》
-- and thought out a little plan of his own."
"What was that? Tell me, please."
"Well, there's no help for it now, I suppose. I've begun the story, and so I must continue. "In about four days' time Azamat rode over to the fortress. As his usual custom was, he went to see Grigori Aleksandrovich, who always used to give him sweetmeats to eat. I was present. The conversation was on the subject of horses, and Pechorin began to sound the praises of Kazbich's Karagyoz. What a mettlesome horse it was, and how handsome!英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
"'My horse! My horse!' he cried, all of a tremble. "As a matter of fact I heard the clattering of hoofs. "'It is probably some Cossack who has ridden up.'
"'No! Urus -- yaman, yaman!'[1] he roared, and rushed headlong away like a wild panther. In two bounds he was in the courtyard; at the gate of the fortress the sentry barred the way with his gun; Kazbich jumped over the gun and dashed off at a run along the road. Dust was whirling in the distance -- Azamat was galloping away on the mettlesome Karagyoz. Kazbich, as he ran, tore his gun out of its cover and fired.英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
"'Tis as we said," they chuckled. "He had but to see her beauty and find her a bigger devil than he, and 'twas done. The mettle of her- -damning and flogging him! Never was there a finer sight! She feared him no more than if he had been a spaniel--and he roaring and laughing till he was like to burst."英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
And although they were not all good people, yet they all did look there, she shone so with intelligence, being now quite on her mettle.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
Peter Stockmann. Oh, ideas yes! My brother has had plenty of them in his time--unfortunately. But when it is a question of putting an idea into practical shape, you have to apply to a man of different mettle. Hovstad. And I certainly should have thought that in this house at least...英文原著 · 《An Enemy of the People》