“He bared his teeth in a happy feral grin. My own personal psycho.”
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Bleeds
“In the spight of his teeth.”
Source: Jane Scroop (her lament for Philip Sparrow) (likely published c. 1509), Colyn Cloute (published c. 1550), Line 939. Compare: "In spite of my teeth", Thomas Middleton, A Trick to catch the Old One (1605), act i, scene 2.; Henry Fielding, Eurydice Hissed.
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English poet 1460–1529Related quotes
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To suffer wet damnation to run through 'em.”
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The Revenger's Tragedy (1607), Act III. Sc. 1. Compare: "Distilled damnation", Robert Hall (in Gregory's Life of Hall).
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Translation note: A "moritat" (a word meaning both "muderous deed" and "ballad") is a street song telling of murderous crimes.
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Variant translation: Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear,
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack-knife has Macheath dear
And he keeps it out of sight.
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“The stallion stared in my direction and bared his teeth. Now horses were giving me crap.”
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Gifts
