iron-hearted

Example Sentences

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At last, as numerous members of the audience began to weep, that iron-hearted Liberal, Viscount Grey of Fallodon drew forth his handkerchief and wiped his eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

That insensate, bestial determination, iron-hearted, iron-strong, had beaten down opposition, had carried its point.

From A Man's Woman by Norris, Frank

The iron-hearted Berselius, the man of daring and nerve, was not here, he had been left behind in the elephant country in the immeasurable south.

From The Pools of Silence by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

The iron-hearted Lieutenant of the Tower, Sir John Brydges, had been softened by the charms of his prisoner, and begged for some memorial of her in writing.

From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Rhys, Ernest

Alas! humanity is weak: we are compelled to say that the heroic knight, the ardent lover, the iron-hearted rebel, suddenly changed his device, and took for his crest a lion no longer, only a hare.

From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous