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• stolen fruit is sweet — The proverb is used in a variety of forms, principally in allusion to the temptation of Eve (Genesis iii. 6): e.g. c 1390 CHAUCER Parson’s Tale 1. 332 The fleesh hadde delit in the beautee of the fruyt defended [forbidden]. See also the next… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• fruit — see when all fruit fails, welcome haws he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree September blow soft, till the fruit’s in the loft stolen fruit is sweet the tree is known by its fruit …   Proverbs new dictionary

• stolen waters are sweet — With allusion to PROVERBS ix. 17 (AV) Stolen waters are sweet. Cf. c 1395 WYCLIF Bible Proverbs ix. 17 Stoln watris ben swettere. Less frequent than the preceding entry (stolen fruit is sweet). c 1548 Will of Devil (1863) 9 This saiyng of the… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• fruit of the poisonous tree — 1: a doctrine of evidence: evidence that is derived from or gathered during an illegal action (as an unlawful search) cannot be admitted into court 2: evidence that is inadmissible under an evidentiary exclusionary rule because it was derived… …   Law dictionary

• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Peter Robbins (British author) — Infobox Writer name = Peter Robbins caption = birthdate = {Birth date and age|1946|df=yes} birthplace = London, England nationality = British occupation = Author notableworks = influences = George Monbiot, Michael Moore, Oliver James website =… …   Wikipedia

• steal — see one man may steal a horse, while another may not look over a hedge hang a thief when he’s young, and he’ll no’ steal when he’s old it’s a sin to steal a pin stolen fruit is sweet stolen waters are sweet …   Proverbs new dictionary

• sweet — see with a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair little fish are sweet revenge is sweet stolen fruit is sweet stolen waters are sweet the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Peter Robbins — * Peter Robbins (British author), author of Filthy Rich (book) and Stolen Fruit * Peter Robbins (actor), voice of Charlie Brown * Peter M. Robbins, industrialist and builder of the submarine Alicia . * Pete Robbins, American saxophonist and… …   Wikipedia

• List of works by Mary Martha Sherwood — The following is a list of the published works of Mary Martha Sherwood. Because it relies on M. Nancy Cutt s annotated bibliography of Sherwood s books in Mrs. Sherwood and her Books for Children , this list does not include her many periodical… …   Wikipedia

• Ann Harding — dans Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935) Données clés Nom de naissanc …   Wikipédia en Français