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... Tales. His hairwas curled, hisshoes slashed,his hose red. He could let blood, cut hair, andshave,could dance, and play ... Tale (1388). Absolute (SirAnthony), atesty but warmhearted old gentleman,who imagines that he possesses a most ...
... Tales. His hairwas curled, hisshoes slashed,his hose red. He could let blood, cut hair, andshave,could dance, and play ... Tale (1388). Absolute (SirAnthony), atesty but warmhearted old gentleman,who imagines that he possesses a most ...
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... ; one shall have the cream, andthe other all therest:choose, friend, which you like."The beartold the fox to take the cream, and thus bruin hadonly the mud.—A Basque Tale. A similar tale occurs in Campbell's Popular Tales of the.
... ; one shall have the cream, andthe other all therest:choose, friend, which you like."The beartold the fox to take the cream, and thus bruin hadonly the mud.—A Basque Tale. A similar tale occurs in Campbell's Popular Tales of the.
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Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. A similar tale occurs in Campbell's Popular Tales of the West Highlands (iii. 98), called "The Keg of Butter." The wolf chooses the bottom when "oats" weretheobject of choice, and the top when "potatoes" were ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. A similar tale occurs in Campbell's Popular Tales of the West Highlands (iii. 98), called "The Keg of Butter." The wolf chooses the bottom when "oats" weretheobject of choice, and the top when "potatoes" were ...
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... tale is toldbyMr. Morrisin The Earthly Paradise (April). Actae'on, a hunter, changed byDiana into astag. A synonym for a cuckold. Divulge Page himself for a secure and wilful Actæon [cuckold]. Shakespeare, Merry Wives, etc., act iii. sc ...
... tale is toldbyMr. Morrisin The Earthly Paradise (April). Actae'on, a hunter, changed byDiana into astag. A synonym for a cuckold. Divulge Page himself for a secure and wilful Actæon [cuckold]. Shakespeare, Merry Wives, etc., act iii. sc ...
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... Tale],Smoky columnstower aloft intotheairof amber. Longfellow, The Golden Milestone. Agag, inDryden's satireof Absalom and Achit'ophel, is sir Edmondbury Godfrey, the magistrate, who was found murdered in a ditch near Primrose Hill. Dr ...
... Tale],Smoky columnstower aloft intotheairof amber. Longfellow, The Golden Milestone. Agag, inDryden's satireof Absalom and Achit'ophel, is sir Edmondbury Godfrey, the magistrate, who was found murdered in a ditch near Primrose Hill. Dr ...
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