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... known . Does it occur in British English also ? Does it always refer to good behaviour ? 4. As holy as a horse . - Instances known from 1530. Is it found later ? " 5. As innocent as a devil of two years old ( Swift , ' Polite ...
... known . Does it occur in British English also ? Does it always refer to good behaviour ? 4. As holy as a horse . - Instances known from 1530. Is it found later ? " 5. As innocent as a devil of two years old ( Swift , ' Polite ...
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... known later , and why is the weaver taken as a type of madness ? 42. As mad as a hatter . - Instance earlier than 1863 ? 43. As mad as May butter . - Are there any references to ( May ) butter madness after the middle of eighteenth ...
... known later , and why is the weaver taken as a type of madness ? 42. As mad as a hatter . - Instance earlier than 1863 ? 43. As mad as May butter . - Are there any references to ( May ) butter madness after the middle of eighteenth ...
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... known as heraldic monsters . " The late Dr. Woodward , indeed , in his Heraldry : English and Foreign ( 1896 ) , vol . ii . p . 308 , states that the salamander formed the well - known device of Francis I. of France , in shape like a ...
... known as heraldic monsters . " The late Dr. Woodward , indeed , in his Heraldry : English and Foreign ( 1896 ) , vol . ii . p . 308 , states that the salamander formed the well - known device of Francis I. of France , in shape like a ...
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