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The fable's author is suspected to be an anonymous medieval person who may have been Gualterus Anglicus. [2] The Italian version has the title of Le rane chiedono un re. [3] The English version has the title of The Frogs Who Wished for a King. [4] The lesson of the tale is: One who may stand for oneself shall not subjugate oneself to others.
In The Collector (1963) by John Fowles, Clegg says, "she had me all at sixes and sevens that evening".. The phrase appears in a few songs, including "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the musical Evita; "Happy Endings" from the 1977 film New York, New York; "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" from Tears for Fears; and "Playing With Fire" by Stereo MCs.
A aggravate – Some have argued that this word should not be used in the sense of "to annoy" or "to oppress", but only to mean "to make worse". According to AHDI, the use of "aggravate" as "annoy" occurs in English as far back as the 17th century. In Latin, from which the word was borrowed, both meanings were used. Sixty-eight percent of AHD4's usage panel approves of its use in "It's the ...
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One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; One might as well throw water into the sea as to do a kindness to rogues; One law for the rich and another for the ...
Not to be confused with ab absurdo ("from the absurd"). ad abundantiam: to abundance: Used in legal language when providing additional evidence to an already sufficient collection. Also used commonly as an equivalent of "as if this wasn't enough". ad acta: to the archives: Denoting the irrelevance of a thing ad altiora tendo: I strive towards ...
The only one who may be able to help them save Henry is Mr. Gold (Carlyle) who is, in fact, Rumpelstiltskin. The two visit Mr. Gold, who now knows that Emma believes in the curse. He tells them that true love has the ability to break any curse and that, as a safeguard, he had imbued the curse's parchment with a drop of that potion made from ...
He wrote, "It may be said in his favor that nobody ever heard of him. Like an honest woman, he has always succeeded in keeping himself from being made the subject of gossip". [ 11 ] [ a ] A critic for the Daily Forum in Philadelphia agreed with Poe, though he was surprised Poe bothered reviewing Channing at all.