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Letter "F" » feathers
«The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.»
«The Ruffed Padanga of Borneo and Rotherham spreads out his feathers in his courtship dance and imitates Winston Churchill and Tommy Cooper on one leg. The padanga is dying out because the female padanga doesn't take it too seriously.»
«When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black»
«Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? / Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? / Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? / Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? / Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? / Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, / And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.»
Author: Bible
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Keywords:
abide,
abide by,
band,
barn,
barns,
bring home,
crib,
crush,
feathers,
furrow,
furrowed,
furrows,
goodly,
harrow,
harrowed,
harrowing,
harrows,
labour,
left wing,
ostrich,
peacocks,
The Harrow,
The Ostrich,
The Unicorns,
The Wild,
unicorn,
unicorns,
valleys,
wilt
«The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly with a cloth»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Humorist,
Physician,
Poet,
Professor,
Writer)
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About:
Men and Women
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Keywords:
bunch,
cloth,
cloths,
feathers,
flap,
flapped,
flapping,
flaps,
softly
«What: is the jay more precious than the lark because his feathers are more beautiful?»