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Minerva

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Invita Minerva, without sufficient ability; against the grain. Thus, Charles Kean acted comedy invita Minerva, his forte lying another way. Sir Philip Sidney attempted the Horatian metres in English verse invita Minerva.

 

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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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Mince the Matter
Mincemeat
Minch-house (A)
Mincing Lane (London)
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Mind your Own Business
Minden Boys
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Minnesingers
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