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... phrase sometimes applied to the head , -the body being compared to a house . The head is the highest part , and is accordingly regarded as the top or attic story . Brewer , in his Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , says : " Professor Gold ...
... phrase sometimes applied to the head , -the body being compared to a house . The head is the highest part , and is accordingly regarded as the top or attic story . Brewer , in his Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , says : " Professor Gold ...
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... phrase popu- larly applied in Great Britain to the nine of diamonds in a pack of playing- cards . " Perhaps the ... Phrase and Fable , says that the phrase means either that the per- son has cut his canine teeth , and con- sequently can ...
... phrase popu- larly applied in Great Britain to the nine of diamonds in a pack of playing- cards . " Perhaps the ... Phrase and Fable , says that the phrase means either that the per- son has cut his canine teeth , and con- sequently can ...
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... Phrase and Fable . The Thomists . A name given to the followers of Thomas Aquinas ( 1227- 1274 ) , the noted Schoolman . Thomists were Nominalists . Angelic Doctor ; Scotists . See Thousand and One Nights . See Arabian Nights ...
... Phrase and Fable . The Thomists . A name given to the followers of Thomas Aquinas ( 1227- 1274 ) , the noted Schoolman . Thomists were Nominalists . Angelic Doctor ; Scotists . See Thousand and One Nights . See Arabian Nights ...
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