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Traces the history of more than a thousand proverbs that are still in current use
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"Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative."-- Washington Post Book World "A rich and absorbing collection...Simpson's introduction is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary."--The Times Literary Supplement "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative."-- Washington Post Book World "A rich and absorbing collection...Simpson's introduction is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary."--The Times Literary Supplement "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative."-- Washington Post Book World "A rich and absorbing collection...Simpson's introduction is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary."--The Times Literary Supplement "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative."-- Washington Post Book World "A rich and absorbing collection...Simpson's introduction is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary."--The Times Literary Supplement
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About the Editors John Simpson is Co-Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Jennifer Speake is editor of many reference works, including A Dictionary of the Renaissance.
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