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iron-hearted

[ahy-ern-hahr-tid] / ˈaɪ ərnˈhɑr tɪd /


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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

Should some rough, unfeeling dobbin, In this iron-hearted age, Seize thee on thy nest, my Robin, And confine thee in a cage, Then, poor prisoner! think of me— Think, and sigh for liberty.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

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

What of Andromache, Wife of mine iron-hearted Hector, where Journeyeth she?

From The Trojan Women of Euripedes by Euripedes

You are a merciless, iron-hearted man, Carl Walraven, and I hate you!

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes




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