"Shields were generally made of wood, covered with……" — Thomas Bulfinch

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• One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars;… — Miguel de Cervantes
• I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud. — Brian Clough
• True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. — Jean Cocteau
• When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you… — Marina Abramovic
• And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other… — Jean de Joinville
• The doctrine that might makes right has covered the earth with misery. While it crushes the weak, it also destroys… — John Peter Altgeld

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