lieu commun
Example Sentences
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The pride engendered by sudden possession of money is a lieu commun amongst Eastern story tellers; even in the beast-fables the mouse which has stolen a few gold pieces becomes confident and stout-hearted.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
No wonder that the First Hand who moulded the Man-mud is a lieu commun in Eastern thought.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
It ends with a Koranic lieu commun of Moslem morality.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Or if you are a physician the "lieu commun" will be, "Little-learn'd doctors the body destroy: Little-learn'd parsons the soul destroy."
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
No wonder that the first Hand who moulded the man-mud is a lieu commun in Eastern thought.
From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
