Careful Words

armed (adj.)

That it should come to this!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 2.

Arm'd at point exactly, cap-a-pe.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 2.

I saw young Harry, with his beaver on,

His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd,

Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury,

And vaulted with such ease into his seat

As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds,

To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus

And witch the world with noble horsemanship.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1.

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,

For I am arm'd so strong in honesty

That they pass by me as the idle wind,

Which I respect not.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iv. Sc. 3.

What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted!

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,

And he but naked, though locked up in steel,

Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.

I'm weary of conjectures,—this must end 'em.

Thus am I doubly armed: my death and life,

My bane and antidote, are both before me:

This in a moment brings me to an end;

But this informs me I shall never die.

The soul, secured in her existence, smiles

At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself

Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years;

But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,

Unhurt amidst the war of elements,

The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719): Cato. Act v. Sc. 1.

I'm armed with more than complete steel,—

The justice of my quarrel.

Christopher Marlowe (1565-1593): Lust's Dominion. Act iii. Sc. 4.

So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love,

And thus the soldier arm'd with resolution

Told his soft tale, and was a thriving wooer.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757): Richard III. (altered). Act ii. Sc. 1.

He's armed without that's innocent within.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Epistle i. Book i. Line 94.