I was armed to the teeth with a pitiful little Smith & Wesson's seven-…

Mark Twain
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I was armed to the teeth with a pitiful little Smith & Wesson's seven-shooter, which carried a ball like a homopathic pill, and it took the whole seven to make a dose for an adult. But I thought it was grand. It appeared to me to be a dangerous weapon. It had only one fault - you could not hit anything with it. ✨ Mark Twain (1913). Roughing it
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