leather and prunella

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. That which is merely superficial and does not indicate the true nature or value of a person (or thing). archaic,uncountable
    — In the modern languages she was perfectly skilled; and if her drawings wanted the enliving touches of the master to give them effect; as an atonement, they displayed a perfect knowledge of the rules of perspective and the study of the bust. ¶ All this was however mere leather and prunella to the ladies of Glenfern […]

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With reference to leather and prunella (materials used for making shoes and apparel), from a passage in Alexander Pope’s 1734 poem “An Essay on Man”: “What differ more (you cry) than Crown and Cowl?” / I’ll tell you, Friend: a wise Man and a Fool. / You’ll find, if once the Monarch acts the Monk, / Or Cobler-like the Parson will be drunk, / Worth makes the Man, and want of it the Fellow, / The rest is all but Leather or Prunello.
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