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much of a muchness Jun 2nd 2012, 02:00 ‎Phrase: move sample text after quotes so [quotations] link positioned properly ← Older revision Revision as of 02:00, 2 June 2012 Line 5: Line 5:       # {{idiomatic}} Of two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them.   # {{idiomatic}} Of two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them. − #: ''I don′t know which car to buy - they are all '''much of a muchness'''.''     #* '''1819''', ''The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ax8AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA683&dq=%22much+of+a+muchness%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1Qu1T5TPJurLmAWi_fTgDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22much%20of%20a%20muchness%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 683],   #* '''1819''', ''The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ax8AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA683&dq=%22much+of+a+muchness%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1Qu1T5TPJurLmAWi_fTgDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22much%20of%20a%20muchness%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 683],   #*: As to any existing dearth of materials for comedy, I hold it to be merely imaginary; for I believe that on a fair comparison, the manners and morals of the present age and those of the past, would prove '''much of a muchness'''.   #*: As to any existing dearth of materials for comedy, I hold it to be merely imaginary; for I believe that on a fair comparison, the manners and morals of the present age and those of the past, would prove '''much of a muchness'''. Line 18: Line 17:   #* '''2000''', Steve Bruce, ''Sociology: A Very Short Introduction'', Oxford University Press, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cHrtSVUtAtQC&pg=PA80&dq=%22much+of+a+muchness%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1Qu1T5TPJurLmAWi_fTgDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22much%20of%20a%20muchness%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 80],   #* '''2000''', Steve Bruce, ''Sociology: A Very Short Introduction'', Oxford University Press, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cHrtSVUtAtQC&pg=PA80&dq=%22much+of+a+muchness%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1Qu1T5TPJurLmAWi_fTgDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22much%20of%20a%20muchness%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 80],   #*: There were many legislative and political battles to be fought before the fundamental idea that all people were '''much of a muchness''' was translated into a culture of equal rights for all, but gradually rights were extended from landowners, to rich men, to not so rich men, to all men, and then to women.   #*: There were many legislative and political battles to be fought before the fundamental idea that all people were '''much of a muchness''' was translated into a culture of equal rights for all, but gradually rights were extended from landowners, to rich men, to not so rich men, to all men, and then to women.   + #: ''I don′t know which car to buy - they are all '''much of a muchness'''.''       ====Translations====   ====Translations====

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