Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations: A Book of Ready Reference for Such Familiar Words, Phrases and Expressions as are Oftenest Quoted and Met with in General Literature ; Together with Their Authorship and Position in the Original : Also, a Carefully Prepared List of Popular Quotations from the Latin, French and Other Languages |
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... devils , " whence some assume him to be identical with Beelzebub , and others with Azrael . In modern times , he has been jocularly spoken of as the destroying demon of matrimonial happiness . Could the reader take an ASMODEUS ' flight ...
... devils , " whence some assume him to be identical with Beelzebub , and others with Azrael . In modern times , he has been jocularly spoken of as the destroying demon of matrimonial happiness . Could the reader take an ASMODEUS ' flight ...
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... devil ! -BURNS . JOHN BARLEYCORN has given his very heart to this liquor [ the " Archdeacon " ] : it is a superior kind of ale , the Prince of Ales , with a richer flavour and a mightier spirit than you can find else- where in this ...
... devil ! -BURNS . JOHN BARLEYCORN has given his very heart to this liquor [ the " Archdeacon " ] : it is a superior kind of ale , the Prince of Ales , with a richer flavour and a mightier spirit than you can find else- where in this ...
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... Devil . - DEVIL take the hindmost . - BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER . BUTLER , Hudibras . PRIOR , Ode on taking Nemur . POPE , Dunciad . BURNS , To a Haggis . - - - - Go , poor DEVIL , get thee gone ; why should I hurt thee ? This world surely ...
... Devil . - DEVIL take the hindmost . - BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER . BUTLER , Hudibras . PRIOR , Ode on taking Nemur . POPE , Dunciad . BURNS , To a Haggis . - - - - Go , poor DEVIL , get thee gone ; why should I hurt thee ? This world surely ...
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... Devil . -No sooner is a temple built to God , but the DEVIL builds a chapel hard by . - HERBERT , Jacula Prudentum . -- Where God hath a temple , the DEVIL will have a chapel . BURTON , Anatomy of Melancholy . Dews . - The DEWS of the ...
... Devil . -No sooner is a temple built to God , but the DEVIL builds a chapel hard by . - HERBERT , Jacula Prudentum . -- Where God hath a temple , the DEVIL will have a chapel . BURTON , Anatomy of Melancholy . Dews . - The DEWS of the ...
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... Devil goes to dinner . - DEFOE . Flattery . - FLATTERY is the bellows blows up sin . - SHAKESPERE , Pericles . Parent of wicked , bane of honest deeds .-- PRIOR . Flattery . ' Tis an old maxim in the schools 3 * POPULAR QUOTATIONS . 57.
... Devil goes to dinner . - DEFOE . Flattery . - FLATTERY is the bellows blows up sin . - SHAKESPERE , Pericles . Parent of wicked , bane of honest deeds .-- PRIOR . Flattery . ' Tis an old maxim in the schools 3 * POPULAR QUOTATIONS . 57.
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