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“Ran on embattled armies clad in iron, And, weaponless himself, Made arms ridiculous.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Samson Agonistes. Line 129.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 9335a93e4a5f80a416444ffd2fabf4668907601ddb17330efc2f2661c808e107
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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