"I have it on reliable authority that middle class guy is actually richer than croesus.". From Wordnik.com. [Obama's big night: "We won North, we won South, we won in between."] Reference
One species, Ornithoptera croesus (EN), which is endemic to the northern Moluccas, has a wingspan of nearly 20 centimeters in females. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in Wallacea] Reference
As the necessity for certain services required by the whole area became more and more pressing, the City of Toronto sat at the centre of this dynamic area, rich as croesus, and well able to provide its residents with the municipal services they required. From Wordnik.com. [MetroPast, Present and Future] Reference
PTERIS croesus, f P. fiondibus pinnatis, pinnis crenatis, infimis bipartitis pinnatitidis, soris argenteis. From Wordnik.com. [Species plantarum : exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas] Reference
It was not when Wallace saw the Ornithoptera croesus flying about, but only when he held it in his hands, and opened its glorious wings, that the sight of its beauty overcame him so powerfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
I had decided to return to Ternate in a week or two more, but this grand capture determined me to stay on till I obtained a good series of the new butterfly, which I have since named Ornithoptera croesus. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference
Enigmaticcore: I have it on reliable authority that middle class guy is actually richer than croesus. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's big night: "We won North, we won South, we won in between."] Reference
Proud American ... - 12/3/10 7:32am good point. but you know only our lords and masters have the right to look out for their own self-interest, for the proles to do so is def. subversive. reminds me of "the grapes of wrath" where the foreman said that anybody who wanted 5 cents a bushel was a red, to which the workers spokesman replied, that he guessed they were all red because they wanted to be paid a living wage; a living wage mind you, just a living wage, hardly the riches of croesus. From Wordnik.com. [Crooks and Liars] Reference
Ornithoptera croesus, i. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences]
"Who has not heard and read of Lucien Apleon, 'The Genius of the Age,' sage, savant, artist, sculptor, poet, novelist, a giant in intellect, the Napoleon of commercial capacity, the croesus for wealth, and master of all courts and diplomacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Mark of the Beast] Reference
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