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wazoox
on June 20, 2014
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The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee (1830)
The translation is apparently inaccurate, it would be better as "and took to his bed, which he guarded like a bride".
gcb0
on June 20, 2014
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both ways, i completely miss the meaning.
pyb
on June 21, 2014
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The original is "garder le lit comme une mariee". It's hard to know as it's semi-colloquial 1830's French, but I would understand it in the sense of 'he stayed in bed like a honeymooner'.
zensavona
on June 21, 2014
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A married man's wife resides in a married man's bed
hueving
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However, they may be different married men.
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