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Meanings of poor ally in английском

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Usage of poor ally in английском
1
I know not, my child; your father is a poor ally.
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
2
The earl was perplexed: his one poor ally had gone over to the enemy!
Donal Grant
3
With a fiddle-bow for his only weapon he was a poor ally, and yet he seemed to be the only true friend she possessed.
The Brown Mask
4
Though I had devoured the bar hand-out to the final crumb, I was still half-famished; and hunger is but a poor ally in any battle.
Branded
5
Your majesty ought to be magnanimous, and restore at least a semblance of independence to my poor ally, by putting an end to the occupation.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
6
Poor Ally, at that moment, represented North Dormer, with all its mean curiosities, its furtive malice, its sham unconsciousness of evil.
Summer
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