Электронная книга: Weyman Stanley John «Starvecrow Farm»
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Weyman, Stanley John — (b. 1855) Novelist. The House of the Wolf (1890), Francis Cludde (1891), A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), My Lady Rotha (1894), The Red Cockade (1895), The Man in Black (1896), Shrewsbury (1897), The Castle Inn (1898),… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
fields have eyes, and woods have ears — The urban equivalent is walls have ears. c 1225 in Englische Studien (1902) XXXI. 8 Veld haued hege [eye], and wude haued heare Campus habet lumen et habet nemus auris acumen. c 1386 CHAUCER Knight’s Tale 1.1522 But sooth is seyd, go sithen many… … Proverbs new dictionary
two wrongs don’t make a right — Similar to two blacks don’t make a white. 1783 B. RUSH Letter 2 Aug. (1951) I. 308 Three wrongs will not make one right. 1814 J. KERR Several Trials of David Barclay 249 Two wrongs don’t make one right. 1905 S. WEYMAN Starvecrow Farm xxiv. He… … Proverbs new dictionary
