iron-hearted

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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

Into this loosely compact political and social organization, hard-headed, clear-sighted, iron-hearted, steel-clad Cortes precipitated himself.

From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

In calmer moments, even the hard-fisted, iron-hearted, unterrified and never-washed democracy would have shed a few blushes over it.

From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Templeton, Timothy

Mr. Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras, calls it "an iron-fronted, iron-footed, and iron-hearted town."

From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by Muirhead, James F. (James Fullarton)

The great enemy of the country,—the haughty, vindictive, and cruel foe of England at this period, was the iron-hearted bigot of Spain: and upon Spain were the eyes of all men turned with apprehension.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry