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Half an inch taller than Kerry, she fully merited the compliment designed by that trite apothegm, "a fine woman."
DOPESAX ROHMERAnd he quoted with approval the infamous apothegm of Louis the Eleventh: "Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare."
HISTORY OF THE RISE OF THE HUGUENOTSHENRY BAIRDThe trouble with Riderhood's apothegm is that it supplies an endless excuse for not doing it.
FROM THE EASY CHAIR, SERIES 2GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS"Les femmes se suivent et se ressemblent toujours," said I, parodying a well-known apothegm.
IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTHAMELIA ANN BLANDFORD EDWARDSThis legend reads like a moral apothegm on the increasing value of life as it passes away.
ROMAN MOSAICSHUGH MACMILLANHe delighted to express his opinions by an apothegm, illustrate them by a parable, or drive them home by a story.
OUR AMERICAN HOLIDAYS: LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAYVARIOUSIn reading the above sentence a curious apothegm of an old weather-beaten Dutch navigator comes full upon my recollection.
THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POEEDGAR ALLAN POEThe great poet Mutanebbi has given us an apothegm of great power on this very subject.
THE WOMEN OF THE ARABSHENRY HARRIS JESSUPYou venerate them accordingly, while you mutter the old Swede's apothegm about the 'small intelligences' that rule mankind.
THE MARTINS OF CRO' MARTIN, VOL. II (OF II)CHARLES JAMES LEVERIn the early Saxon law it was expressed by the apothegm "Factum reputabitur pro volunte."
THE EMANCIPATION OF MASSACHUSETTSBROOKS ADAMSWORDS RELATED TO APOTHEGM
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