Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rags of Antisthenes

Rank pride may be seen peering through the rags of Antisthenes' doublet. (See Antisthenes.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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