Medieval Thessalonica - Sack of Thessalonica

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The lank man, knotty and tough as a hickory rail,
Whose hands were always too big for white-kid gloves,
Whose wit was a coonskin sack of dry, tall tales,
Whose weathered face was homely as a plowed field.”
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yet a coward is worse than a cup of sack with lime in it.”
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