| Percy Fitzgerald - 1894 - 284 pàgines
...— And a tar who ploughs the water. Which led to the melodious chime — Eing the merry bells, &c. which in its turn brought on the fantastic and most...CAPTAIN BUTTEECUP Things are seldom what they seem, Slum milk masquerades as cream ; Highlows pass as patent leathers ; Jackdaws strut in peacocks' feathers.... | |
| Mary Schell Hoke Bacon - 1911 - 478 pàgines
...at this moment she has some very mysterious and profound things to say to him. She tells him that: Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades...High-lows pass as patent leathers, Jackdaws strut in peacock feathers. And the Captain acquiesces. Black-sheep dwell in every fold. All that glitters is... | |
| Arthur Sullivan, William Schwenck Gilbert - 1926 - 716 pàgines
...store for you ! CAPT. A change ? BUT. Aye — be prepared ! DUET — LITTLE BUTTERCUP and CAPTAIN. BUT. Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades...Highlows pass as patent leathers ; Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers. CAPT. (puzzled). Very true, So they do. BUT. Black sheep dwell in every fold ;... | |
| Raymond J. Chambers, G. W. Dean - 2000 - 374 pàgines
...Poverty of Accouniing Discourse Key words: Accouuting; Edocation; Measuremeut; Money; Rules; Standards. Things are seldom what they seem. Skim milk masquerades as cream; Highlows pass as patem leathers: 1ackdaws strut in peacock's feathers. — W. S Gilhert, HMS Pinnfore This diny ol t.inle... | |
| Arthur Sullivan, William Schwenck Gilbert - 2001 - 1222 pàgines
...store for you ! CAPT. A change? BUT. Aye - be prepared ! 35 40 45 DUET -LITTLE BUTTERCUP and CAPTAIN. Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades...Highlows pass as patent leathers; Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers. Very true, So they do. Black sheep dwell in every fold; All that glitters is not... | |
| J. S. Borthwick - 2000 - 324 pàgines
...MARY MALONE — Stewardess on Deck One FREDERICK — Waiter in the Windsor Castle Dining Room 9 I "S a Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades...High-lows pass as patent leathers, Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers. —HMS Pinafore, WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan TRAVELERS of today who embark... | |
| John H. Lienhard - 2003 - 276 pàgines
...the hidden face of the coin of invention. In their operetta Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan warn us: Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades...Highlows pass as patent leathers; Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers. For example, an engineer designing a highway system wants to include crossroads... | |
| J. Edward Ketz - 2006 - 464 pàgines
...WARNING SIGNALS 72 THE POVERTY OF ACCOUNTING DISCOURSE RJ Chambers Source: Abacus 35(3), 1999: 241-251. Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades...Highlows pass as patent leathers; Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers. (WS Gilbert, HMS Pinafore) This ditty of Little Buttercup, just a bumboat woman,... | |
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