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Make a Virtue of Necessity (To)

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See Chaucer’s poem of the Knightes Tale, line 3,044; also The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Dryden’s poem of Palămon and Arcite.

 

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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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Maitland Club (The)
Maize
Majesty
Majesty
Majolica Ware
Majority
Make
Make a hand of or on (To)
Make a Hit (To)
Make a Virtue of Necessity (To)
Make away with (To)
Make away with Oneself (To)
Make Bricks without Straw (To)
Make Eyes at (To)
Make Mountains of Molehills (To)
Make one’s Bread (To)
Make the Door (To)
Make the Ice (To)
Make-wage
Make-weight