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TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity.
Public attention was once somewhat diverted from this garment to Mi...
Tigre contro tigre. [tiger against tiger.]
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I cannot taint with fear.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Macbeth -- Act v, Sc. 3...
Till morning fair Came forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Regained, Book iv, Line 426...
Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Il Penseroso, Line 173...
Till Peter's keys some christen'd Jove adorn, And Pan to Moses lends his pagan horn.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Dunciad, Book iii, Line 109...
Till their own dreams at length deceive 'em, And oft repeating, they believe 'em.
-- Matthew Prior (1664-1721) -- Alma, Canto iii, Line 13...
Till then we shall be content to admit openly, what you (religionists) whisper under your breath or hide in technical jargon, that the ancient secret is a secret still
hat man knows nothing of the I...
Till then, we've got bugger all to do except sit and wait.
Oh, I dunno sir, we could have a jolly game of charades?...
Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold.
-- Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) -- Bedouin Song...

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