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To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Through thick and thin.
Through thick and thin.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
