"Ironsides", for they were strong and firm as iron, and were never beaten. From Wordnik.com. [True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Pictures and Stories for Little Folk] Reference
"Ironsides" reached them the cavalry "gave a great shout for joy of his coming to them.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
In fact Cromwell's "Ironsides" of a later day owed their invincibility to very much the same spirit. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Sea Power] Reference
This regiment, which was called "Ironsides," was never beaten, and in time came to be regarded as invincible. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers] Reference
"Ironsides" Merkel as she contemplates renewed U.S. monetary adventurism after last week's much-heralded QE2 announcement. From Wordnik.com. [MarketWatch.com - Top Stories] Reference
Among other celebrated persons in history endowed with uncommon strength were Edmund "Ironsides," King of England; the Caliph. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Indeed, so successful were Cromwell's "Ironsides" that a considerable part of the Parliamentary army was reorganized on his plan. From Wordnik.com. [A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.] Reference
"who made some conscience of what they did;" and such were the men of which his celebrated regiment of "Ironsides" was composed. From Wordnik.com. [Character] Reference
What did the captain's son do, on board the Ironsides?. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
Homeric age fit to follow old Cromwell and his Ironsides. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
Where does Holmes say should be the grave of Old Ironsides?. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
The name "Old Ironsides" refers to a man mountain ship 49 50. From Wordnik.com. [Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922 Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8] Reference
I thought my Ironsides were proof against fire as well as steel. From Wordnik.com. [Cromwell] Reference
Old Ironsides is turned around once a year at the Boston Navy Yard. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2006] Reference
Historical: Old Ironsides was the name given the frigate Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Ironsides he made quick and terrible work of the conquest of the island. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
His pen was as sharp and effective as the sabres of Cromwell's Ironsides. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
The English fought ten years before Cromwell took command of his Ironsides. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Ironsides sent to the Mediterranean to relieve the Old Tea-Wagon, ordered home. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860] Reference
Navy warship, still officially a Navy warship, Boston Harbor, called Old Ironsides. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2006] Reference
She's had a rough couple of days with Ol 'Ironsides, and she still soldiers through. From Wordnik.com. [Slice, Serrate, Squash, Subsume and Slag] Reference
The same might apply to the Fuzzy Wuzzies, to Cromwell's Ironsides, and to some extent our own. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
At first a few muttered remonstrances, but finally whole Ironsides broadsides, with the result above named. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864] Reference
Just as in the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen sails. From Wordnik.com. [Robbie Gennet: On Role Models and their Bongs] Reference
My ancestor was Colonel Hamilton, as stout a Cromwellian as ever led a squadron of Noll's Ironsides to a charge. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850] Reference
Cromwell at once set about to effect the entire remodelling of the army on the plan of his favorite Ironsides. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
The New Ironsides, now on special service, is said to be one of the most formidable iron-clad vessels in the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
See the article by C.H. Firth on 'The Raising of the Ironsides' in the Transactions of the Royal H.storical Society. From Wordnik.com. [Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles] Reference
Now "Mose" brings his Bowery Boys into our parlor, or Cromwell Judd recruits his Ironsides from the hamlets of the Kennebec. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860] Reference
Did that unscrupulous Protector (?) take away the "Pavoise" at the same time, or order his Ironsides to "remove that bauble?". From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 12, January 19, 1850] Reference
But it was then that Cromwell put forth his supreme military genius and with his Ironsides crushed the royal troops at Worcester. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
Having fled Rome and Garibaldi's legion in 1849, Pius visited the USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," then berthed in Gaeta harbor. From Wordnik.com. [How Benedict XVI Will Make History] Reference
And we died out there too — "he pointed towards the water-meadow" — before there ever were any Ironsides in their pretty uniforms. From Wordnik.com. [War Game]
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