The Broken Column ... thought they were"of silk, but of iron, of triple ... You may perhaps soon be given up to a seared conscience. ... your neck upon the block of insensibility, but the ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/the broken column.htm
Literary Expressions ... A few tears came to soften her seared vision. ... He perceived the iron hand within the velvet glove. ... Infantile insensibility to the solemnity of his bereavement. ... /.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section vii literary expressions.htm
Torrey's Topical Textbook
1 Timothy 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Torrey's Topical Textbook