A Hand-Book of Proverbs: Comprising Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages, and a Complete Alphabetical Index (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Henry G. Bohn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 033152631X ISBN 13: 9780331526318

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from A Hand-Book of Proverbs: Comprising Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, With His Additions From Foreign Languages, and a Complete Alphabetical Index

A proverb is usually defined, an Instructive sentence, or common and pithy saying, in which more is generally designed than ex pressed famous for its peculiarity and elegance, and therefore adopted I? The learned as well as the vulgar, by which it is dis tin nishe from counterfeits, which want such authority.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033152631X
• ISBN 13: 9780331526318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 661