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Hostages to fortune
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hostages to fortune — 1. The people or things one values most (from Bacon s essay Of Marriage and Single Life) 2. Hence, things of which the loss would be particularly painful 3. (in sing) a remark that might expose one to attack in the future • • • Main Entry:… … Useful english dictionary
fortune — noun 1 MONEY (C) a very large amount of money: He inherited his fortune from his father. | cost/spend/be worth a fortune: They must have spent a fortune on that house. | a small fortune (=a lot of money): She won a small fortune on the horses. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
give a hostage to fortune — formal, formal if something gives a hostage to fortune, it may cause problems in the future. She could never be president because her journalistic work gives too many hostages to fortune … New idioms dictionary
give hostage to fortune — verb To take an action or make a statement that is risky because it could cause you trouble later. , He was very cautious with his words and gave no hostages to fortune … Wiktionary
Mary Elizabeth Braddon — British novelist (1835–1915) Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley s Secret. Contents 1 Life … Wikipedia
Hostage — Hos tage, n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F. [^o]tage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L. hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as a guest); and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon — William Powell Frith, 1865 Mary Elizabeth Braddon (* 4. Oktober 1837 in London; † 4. Februar 1915 in Richmond upon Thames) war eine englische Schriftstellerin … Deutsch Wikipedia
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1875 in literature — The year 1875 in literature involved some significant new books.Events* *American poet and short story writer Edgar Allan Poe is reburied in Westminster Hall and Burying Ground on October 1, 1875 with a larger memorial marker. Some controversy… … Wikipedia
