Snakes and Eels: The Slender Odds of Wiving Well
In A Dialogue Concerning Heresies, the character named Thomas More attributes to his father the quip that the choice of a wife resembles a man's reaching into a bag full of snakes, hoping to grasp the single eel present in the bag. Subsequent versions of the merry saying record many different...
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| 格式: | 电子 文件 |
| 语言: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Moreana
Year: 2016, 卷: 53, 发布: 1/2, Pages: 205-224 |
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B A Dialogue Concerning Heresies B John More B Thomas Whythorne B Misogyny B proverb B anecdote B C. L. Powell B Marriage B Thomas More |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |