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To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
