Select Proverbs of All Nations: Illustrated with Notes and Comments, to which is Added, a Summary of Ancient Pastimes, Holidays and Customs. With an Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancients, and of the Fathers of the Church, the Whole Arranged on a New PlanJohn Wade P. Covert, 1825 - 216 Seiten |
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... Vicar of Bray , will be Vicar of Bray still .-- Berkshire . Bray is a well - known village in Berkshire ; the vivacious vi- car of which , living under Henry VIII . Queen Mary , and Queen Elizabeth , was first a papist , then a ENGLISH ...
... Vicar of Bray , will be Vicar of Bray still .-- Berkshire . Bray is a well - known village in Berkshire ; the vivacious vi- car of which , living under Henry VIII . Queen Mary , and Queen Elizabeth , was first a papist , then a ENGLISH ...
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... Vicar of Bray ! " Fo this , Fuller adds a sentence , which has not yet lost its application . " Such are men now - a - days , " says he " who though they cannot turn the wind , they turn their mills and set them so , that wheresoever it ...
... Vicar of Bray ! " Fo this , Fuller adds a sentence , which has not yet lost its application . " Such are men now - a - days , " says he " who though they cannot turn the wind , they turn their mills and set them so , that wheresoever it ...
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