Edgar Rice Burroughs book Tarzan of the Apes
Source: Tarzan of the Apes (1912), Ch. 6 : Jungle Battles
“The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty,
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself, for lack
Of somebody to hew and hack.”
Canto I, line 359
Source: Hudibras, Part I (1663–1664)
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Of somebody …" by Samuel Butler (poet)?
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