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Midas had the ears of an ass. The tale says Apollo and Pan had a contest, and chose Midas to decide which was the better musician. Midas gave sentence in favour of Pan; and Apollo, in disgust, changed his ears into those of an ass.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Aspatia
Aspen
Aspersions
Aspnaltic Lake
Asrael
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Ass
Ass’s Bridge (The)
Asses (Feast of)
Ass-eared
Assassins
Assay
Assaye Regiment
Assiento Treaties. [Spanish, agreement treaties.]
Assinego
Assumption (Feast of the)
Assurance
Astagoras (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Astarte
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