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By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
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.
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.]
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To grow a philosopher's beard.
To grow a philosopher's beard.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
