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As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.
Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
This is a pretty flimflam.
This is a pretty flimflam.
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
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.
