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As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
Something given that way.
Something given that way.
To grow a philosopher's beard.
To grow a philosopher's beard.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
