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Show ;': 'MpNY' v Slip !twixt, th4 r?S p ANDi V ie Lip. : AtN:il il) I session, used to signify the an 'retain 're-tain y oi all hope's '.'.expec. ; tions, h v jyer near the r f alfiime i ; niiiy appart3ntly be. , Origin t According to an ancient author, the phrifise arose thus: A king of- Thrace ; had planted a vineyard, when one of iiis slaves,- whom he had much oppresl in that very work, )rbph-esied )rbph-esied that he, ( the king ) fIi mid never taste th Vwine produced by it. The king disregarded the prophecy and when at ah entertainment lie held the' cup full of his own wine, he :seiit for his ; slave, -and Jasfced hvAix ihsultih i .:'what ' he thought' ofi Ins, :propuecy. now.?, ; rlhe slaved on f y: ans yered 1 h ere s , m any a slip betweeti tlie, cup rrta th6 lip." bcorcely. had he spoken, when news was: lrought.that ;larg vbear was layiugJliie yq kijg.;y'di th ?upv arose V in !a f ufyji atticteU tee; killed without tastihg.Vthe';i'iviiieV' Pymm;lTie has "Noti6fi6y68, Ac. at moderate prices. |