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To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
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.]
Made no more bones.
Made no more bones.
Through thick and thin.
Through thick and thin.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
