clodpole

• Show the dullest clodpole, show the haughtiest featherhead, that a soul higher than himself is actually here; were his knees stiffened into brass, he must down and worship Organic filaments, of a more authentic sort, mysteriously spinning themselves, some will perhaps discover in the following passage There is no Church, sayest thou? —  Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
• 'Skew the dullest clodpole,' says my invaluable German friend, 'shew the haughtiest featherhead, that a soul higher than himself is here; were his knees stiffened into brass, he must down and worship Chapter VII The Gifted Yes, in what tumultuous huge anarchy soever a Noble human Principle may dwell and strive, such tumult is in the way of being calmed into a fruitful sovereignty. —  Past and Present
• The lad did his best to show the knight all that he knew of upper cut, under cut, thrust, and back-hand stroke, but it did not seem to him that Sir James was very well satisfied with his skill Thou fightest like a clodpole," said the old man. —  Men of Iron
• The doors are then thrown open, and the lucky clodpole receives the tit-bit as his recompence. —  A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide
• "Thou fightest like a clodpole," said the old man. —  Men of Iron

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