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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... Proverbs existed before books . " - D'Israeli . BY THOMAS FIELDING . John Wade NEW - YORK : PUBLISHED BY P. COVERT . 1825 . ARY 262083 ASTOR , NCX / ND TILEONESUNDATIONS 1901 1 SELECT PROVERBS.
... Proverbs existed before books . " - D'Israeli . BY THOMAS FIELDING . John Wade NEW - YORK : PUBLISHED BY P. COVERT . 1825 . ARY 262083 ASTOR , NCX / ND TILEONESUNDATIONS 1901 1 SELECT PROVERBS.
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... Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancients, and of the Fathers of the Church, the Whole Arranged on a New Plan John Wade. ARY 262083 ASTOR , NCX / ND TILEONESUNDATIONS 1901 1 ADVERTISEMENT : In making the present Selection of Proverbs ,
... Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancients, and of the Fathers of the Church, the Whole Arranged on a New Plan John Wade. ARY 262083 ASTOR , NCX / ND TILEONESUNDATIONS 1901 1 ADVERTISEMENT : In making the present Selection of Proverbs ,
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... proverb in other languages has been retained : this can be attended with little inconvenience to the En- glish ... proverb in plain English , who would not scruple to use it in the Latin , Ita- lian , French , or Spanish languages . F To ...
... proverb in other languages has been retained : this can be attended with little inconvenience to the En- glish ... proverb in plain English , who would not scruple to use it in the Latin , Ita- lian , French , or Spanish languages . F To ...
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... proverb may generally be con- cluded to be English . but there is nothing so uncertain as the derivation of proverbs , the same proverb being often found in all nations , and it is impossible to assign its pa- ternity . For this , two ...
... proverb may generally be con- cluded to be English . but there is nothing so uncertain as the derivation of proverbs , the same proverb being often found in all nations , and it is impossible to assign its pa- ternity . For this , two ...
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... PROVERBS are the book of life , the salt of knowledge , and the gatherings of ages . Like pebbles smoothed by the flood , they have flowed down the stream of time , divested of extra- neous matter , rounded into harmonious couplets , or ...
... PROVERBS are the book of life , the salt of knowledge , and the gatherings of ages . Like pebbles smoothed by the flood , they have flowed down the stream of time , divested of extra- neous matter , rounded into harmonious couplets , or ...
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