"Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring."
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Tom Browne, Γneus; reported as a proverb in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 641. Sylvius. Letter. John Dryden, Epilogue to Duke of Guise. William Marsden, History of Christian Churches, Volume I, p. 267. In Sir John Mennes' (Mennis) Musarum DeliciΓ¦. (1651). Thomas Nash, Lenten Stuff (1599). Reprinted in Harleian Miscellany. Sir H. Sheres, Satyr on the sea officers. Rede me and be nott wrothe. I, III. (1528).
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