10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALL HIS GEESE ARE SWANS»
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Dictionary of European Proverbs
... compagnie ne se b) les meilleures choses ont une fin tiene fin en este mundo
tutto finisce a questo mondo a) all his geese are swans b) all our geese are
swans c) blood is thicker than water d) everybody thinks his geese are swans e)
every ...
All his geese are swans. Hefore 1529: Skelton, Magnyyfcence, 1 . 302, In faythe,
els had I gone to longe to scole. But yf I coulde knowe a gose from a swanne.
1615: J. Andrews, Anat, of Baseness, 30 (Grosart), That by this art, can make a ...
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis, 2005
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Multi-Functional English-Chinese Dictionary
I^Mi^i ^ zl kua, lao wang mai gua zl mai zl kua Oh, all his geese are swans , even
saying his wushu skills to have the pull over Li Xiaolong. jEoWO, ta zong ai zi kua
, shen zhl chuf xu ta de wu gong chao guo le IT xiao long. She says that she is ...
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The Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
All his geese are swans [1621], He exaggerates, overestimates the merits of his
own friends, ideas etc. Of one over-loyal or too partial. Clip his wings [1578],
Restrict his freedom; reduce his conceit; limit the scope of his ambition; limit his ...
Peter Richard Wilkinson, 2008
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The new book of poultry
The breeder of a typical Embden may indeed feel that he is the happy possessor
of the goose that lays the golden eggs, and will be able to say that 'all his geese
are swans.' ”* The Toulouse breed takes its name from the well-knOWn city ...
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The British Quarterly Review
If we cannot say, us some one said of him, that all his 'geese are swans,' it may
certainly be said, that his 'swans' are always rarw ares, and superior to all other
swans. His tutor and lifelong friend, Copleston (no doubt a man of mark, but in
our ...
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Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases: Terms and ...
A burlesque exemplification of one may be found in Boswell's Life of Johnson. all
his geese are swans ; all hisse gij ijse Haer sip w'an's ; q. e. every thing here tells
us that which is horrifying and shocking to us has been introduced by the Friar; ...
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the british quarterly review
If we cannot say, as some one said of him, that all his ' geese are swans,' it may
certainly be said, that his ' swans' are alwa}"s rarte arcs, and superior to all other
swans. His tutor and lifelong friend, Copleston (no doubt a man of mark, but in ...
jackson, walford and hodder, 1867
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Guesses at truth, by two brothers [A.W. and J.C. Hare].
Poor Richard ! all his geese are swans. Doubly poor Robert ! all his swans are
geese. v. How many merits one sees in those one likes! how many faults in those
one dislikes ! Yet people fancy they see with their eyes. v. All our senses have ...
Augustus William Hare, Julius Charles Hare, 1827
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
All his geese are swans. (APP 156; ODEP 298; EAP 182; MP 263; DAP 262)
1929 "My uncle's geese were all swans." (p. 67) Wentworth, Patricia. Grey Mask.
1929. New York: Warner Books, 1986. As genteel as a bobolink (APP 35) 1843
On ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Danny Maynard All his geese are swans? Love it (I confess I had to look it up, worth it!) Like · Reply · 1 · May 18, 2015 7:05pm. Sally Angela ... «Advocate.com, May 15»
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Joe Mercer once said of Bill Shankly that he 'thinks all his geese are swans'. So it was with Bobby. In later years, he would nurture some of the ... «Daily Mail, Aug 09»
