Both Uses of
assault
in
All's Well That Ends Well
- Her matter was, she loved your son: Fortune, she said, was no goddess, that had put such difference betwixt their two estates; Love no god, that would not extend his might only where qualities were level; Diana no queen of virgins, that would suffer her poor knight surprise, without rescue in the first assault, or ransom afterward.†
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- Thus your own proper wisdom Brings in the champion honour on my part Against your vain assault.†
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Definition:
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(assault) to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence