Also to instill fear of God in stout-hearted men and Asian bankers.
The Buckley Cabinet|Christopher Buckley|November 24, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Here and there a stout-hearted optimist appeared among them, but his very cheerfulness seemed to offend.
West Wind Drift|George Barr McCutcheon
But the stout-hearted crew, not a whit daunted, coolly set about repairing damages.
Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880|Various
Many a stout-hearted countryman who would have faced a cannon without shrinking, trembled and turned pale.
Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,--and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams|Tobias Aconite
I always knew he was a brave, stout-hearted, gallant fellow; but that he could feel like this I never imagined.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.|Charles James Lever
Yet these brave, stout-hearted men continued their march, sustained by their superhuman energy of purpose.