"Strike a blow" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... who had too much sense to engage the battle for the sake of an apple, and who was provoked to strike a blow only for friendship's sake, easily saw the truth of what Miss Jenny said; and was therefore presently convinced, that the best part she could have acted for her friend, would have been to have ...
— The Governess - The Little Female Academy • Sarah Fielding
... ashamed of this real, good woman. And he longed to tell her so, to say to her, "Don't be ashamed. Let me see the real woman, the good woman. That is the woman I seek when I am near you." But he did not dare to strike a blow ...
— Bella Donna - A Novel • Robert Hichens
... strike a blow that shall put heart into the friends of our cause," said Washington to ...
— From Farm House to the White House • William M. Thayer
... accordant with His will, we have a right to feel that 'the battle is not ours but God's,' and to be sure that therefore we shall conquer. Of course we are not to say to ourselves, 'God will fight for us, and we need not strike a blow,' Jehoshaphat's example does not fit our case in that respect, and we may thank God that it does not. We have a better lot than to 'stand still and see the salvation of God,' for we are honoured by being allowed to share the stress of conflict and the glow ...
— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren
... enough to ride to Land's End if need be to strike a blow for Beatrix,"—smiting the table ...
— Beatrix of Clare • John Reed Scott
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