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Judge put out of countenance.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Clever man puts another out of countenance. · Clever man puts another out of countenance. · view the constellation · filed as J1212

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Filed under Clever man puts another out of countenance.

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The doubly-bribed judge. One of the disputants keeps the hens he is to give the judge in his hand and when the decision begins to go against him makes the hens cry out
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Putting out of countenance by telling evil stories Thief exposes owner's unjust claim Absurd pretence, when allowed, puts pretender out of countenance Cheater put out of countenance by raising alarm. Wine seller carries water into his cellar. Man raises alarm pretending that he thought the house must be afire Worldly man puts religious man out of countenance Thirty years old for twelve years. Man claims to be thirty; has been doing so for the last twelve years Old man in love with young woman puts his critics out of countenance Rebuke for telling a poor and long-winded story Poet puts others out of countenance

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