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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.]
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 clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
Something given that way.
Something given that way.
