Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Dared
What? am I dar’d and bearded to my face?
Shakespeare.—King Henry VI., Part I. Act I. Scene 3. (Gloster to Winchester.)
And dar’st thou then
To beard the lion in his den,
The Douglas in his hall?
Scott.—Marmion, Canto VI. Stanza 14.
Determined, dared, and done.
Smart.—Song to David, Verse 86.