• The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air.

  William Gilmore Simms
  American poet, novelist and historian
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1. well-charged
2. execution
3. gunpowder
4. exploded
5. barrel

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The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air. by : William Gilmore Simms

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