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Page 67
... never thrown away . 536. Bonne bouche . ( Fr . ) - A nice morsel . A tit - bit , reserved as a gratification for the last mouthful . 537. Bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée . ( Fr. ) Prov . - A good name is better than a ...
... never thrown away . 536. Bonne bouche . ( Fr . ) - A nice morsel . A tit - bit , reserved as a gratification for the last mouthful . 537. Bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée . ( Fr. ) Prov . - A good name is better than a ...
Page 72
... never tear a dog away from a greasy hide . A dog that has once tasted flesh will be always gnawing anything of the kind . Proverb implying that bad habits stick closely . ( Cf. The Greek saying , χαλεπὸν χορίω κύνα γεῦσαι . Theocr . 10 ...
... never tear a dog away from a greasy hide . A dog that has once tasted flesh will be always gnawing anything of the kind . Proverb implying that bad habits stick closely . ( Cf. The Greek saying , χαλεπὸν χορίω κύνα γεῦσαι . Theocr . 10 ...
Page 91
... never trusts its life to one hole only . Chaucer , Wif of Bath ( Prol . 572 ) , has : I hold a mouse ' s hert not worth a leek That hath but oon hole to sterte to . 757. Cogito , ergo sum . ( L . ) - I think , therefore I exist . Des ...
... never trusts its life to one hole only . Chaucer , Wif of Bath ( Prol . 572 ) , has : I hold a mouse ' s hert not worth a leek That hath but oon hole to sterte to . 757. Cogito , ergo sum . ( L . ) - I think , therefore I exist . Des ...
Page 97
... nocet nunquam , nocet esse locutum . ( L. ) Anth . Sacr . Jac . Billii ( in loquaces ) .— It never hurts a man to keep silence , but often to speak . G 825. Continuo culpam ferro compesce , priusquam Dira per incautum CONTICUISSE . 97.
... nocet nunquam , nocet esse locutum . ( L. ) Anth . Sacr . Jac . Billii ( in loquaces ) .— It never hurts a man to keep silence , but often to speak . G 825. Continuo culpam ferro compesce , priusquam Dira per incautum CONTICUISSE . 97.
Page 100
... never done until it is perfectly completed . 848. Cosa mala nunca muere . ( S. ) Prov . - A bad thing never dies . 849. Così fan tutti . Mozart's operas . 850. Coup de grâce . 851. Coup de main . ( It . ) - So do they all . Title of one ...
... never done until it is perfectly completed . 848. Cosa mala nunca muere . ( S. ) Prov . - A bad thing never dies . 849. Così fan tutti . Mozart's operas . 850. Coup de grâce . 851. Coup de main . ( It . ) - So do they all . Title of one ...
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