Absurd pretence, when allowed, puts pretender out of countenance

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Absurd pretence, when allowed, puts pretender 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 J1214

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Claim that dog-head captured game. Two hunters, one with dog and other with dog-head, dispute. The claim that the dog-head captured the game is allowed and then the alarm is raised that the owner of the, game is coming to punish the theft

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Putting out of countenance by telling evil stories Judge put out of countenance Thief exposes owner's unjust claim 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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