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Faint

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Faint heart neʹer won fair lady.

“The bold a way will find or make.”


King: Orpheus and Eurydice.


“Faint harts faire ladies neuer win.” (1569.)

Philobiblion Society’s Publications (1827, p. 22).

 

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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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Fag-end (A)
Fagged Out
Fagin
Fagot
Fagot Votes
Fagots
Fahfah
Faids
Faience
Faineant
Faint
Faint Hearted
Fair (The)
Fair
Fair (Sloe)
Fair (Statute)
Fair City
Fair Game
Fair Maid (The)
Fair-star
Fair Trade