"Strike a blow" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... King's County, and some of us strongly advised him to accept it. There were no political prosecutions impending at the time, and it seemed to me that a Nationalist who would do his work honestly in prosecuting offenders against the ordinary law might strike a blow against tyranny by refusing to accept a brief, if offered, against men accused of political offences or prosecuted under a Coercion Act. I know that a similar view was entertained by the late Very Rev. Dr. Kavanagh of Kildare, and many others. However, ...
— Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) • William Henry Hurlbert
... again in 1672, we find the government planning to strike a blow at the coffee houses. By the year 1675, these "seminaries of sedition" were much frequented by persons of rank and substance, who, "suitable to our native genius," says Anderson,[80] "used great freedom therein with respect to the courts' proceedings in these and like points, ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers
... untameable, it hides, Anguis in herba, coils and glides, And strikes when least expected, And who shall blame its watchful foe Who stands prepared to strike a blow, When the swift ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., December 6, 1890 • Various
... "there remains the great thing which you have not told me. These proposals, I admit, would strike a blow at the heart of the British Empire, but how are they to ...
— The Great Prince Shan • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... light of another day, and your lives would be made a hell for sitting here to-night. The iron grasp of superstition would hold you and your children forever over the bottomless pit of religious persecution, and cover your fair fame with infamous slander, because you dared to sit here and hear me strike a blow ...
— Men, Women, and Gods - And Other Lectures • Helen H. Gardener
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