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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 storiesThief exposes owner's unjust claimAbsurd pretence, when allowed, puts pretender out of countenanceCheater 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 afireWorldly man puts religious man out of countenanceThirty years old for twelve years. Man claims to be thirty; has been doing so for the last twelve yearsOld man in love with young woman puts his critics out of countenanceRebuke for telling a poor and long-winded storyPoet puts others out of countenance

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