Sentence examples for iron arm from inspiring English sources

The Romany legend's bout with Iron Arm Cabbage in 1823, lasting over 30 rounds, was among the most savage in bare-knuckle history.

In Apulia, William ("Iron Arm") de Hauteville, Robert's eldest half brother, having successfully defeated the Byzantine Greeks who controlled that region, had been elected count of Apulia in 1042.

He fought under Byzantine command against the Arabs (1038 40), and he earned his sobriquet "Iron Arm" during the Norman-Byzantine siege of Muslim-occupied Syracuse Sicilyy) when he charged and killed the emir of the city.

He is also given the nickname "Iron Arm", which carried over into the title of his fictional biography Iron Arm, Golden Sabre.

It eventually carried over into the storyline of Iron Arm, Golden Sabre and, subsequently, The Legend of Zhou Tong.

The tale also gives him the nickname "Iron Arm", which he shares with the executioner-turned-outlaw Cai Fu, and makes the outlaw Lu Zhishen his sworn brother.

They were obelisk-shaped lamps, with basalt rock bases from Castellfollit de la Roca and wrought iron arms, topped with the four-armed cross; they were decorated with vegetable themes and included the birth and death dates of Balmes.

It was founded about 870 by Baldwin I Iron-Arm (or Ferreus), first ruler of Flanders.

The rise of Flanders began when the official administrator of the pagus, Baldwin I Iron-Arm, married the Western Frankish king Charles II the Bald's daughter in 862 and was appointed count of Flanders.

The northernmost of these was Flanders, whose founder, Baldwin I (Iron-Arm; reigned 862 879), managed not only to abduct the Carolingian king's daughter and marry her but also to win that king's approval as count of Ghent.

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