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1The MacMillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases (Formerly Entitled the Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases)

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  • Title: ➤  The MacMillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases (Formerly Entitled the Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases)
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 2957
  • Publisher: ➤  Routledge & Kegan Paul - The Macmillan Company - Macmillan Co. - MacMillan Publishing Company - MacMillan - Macmillan - Routledge and K. Paul - Routledgeand K. Paul - Routledge and Kegan Paul
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  London - NewYork - New York - (s.l.)

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  • First Year Published: 1948
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
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2Oxford dictionary of proverbs

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  • Title: Oxford dictionary of proverbs
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  • Languages: English - und
  • Number of Pages: Median: 416
  • Publisher: ➤  OXFORD UNIV PRESS - Oxford University Press
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  • Publish Location: ➤  New York - Toronto - Oxford - OXFORD

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  • First Year Published: 2003
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
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3Dizionario comparato di proverbi e modi proverbiali

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  • Title: ➤  Dizionario comparato di proverbi e modi proverbiali
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  • Language: chi
  • Number of Pages: Median: 892
  • Publisher: ➤  Da jia chu ban she you xian gong si - Hoepli - U. Hoepli - Ulrico Hoepli
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: Xianggang - Milano

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  • First Year Published: 1900
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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4The dictionary of cliches

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  • Title: The dictionary of cliches
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  • Languages: chi - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 305
  • Publisher: ➤  Random House Publishing Group - Barnes & Noble Books - Wang wen she gu fen you xian gong si - Ballantine Books - Facts on File Publications
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York, N.Y - Taibei Shi

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  • First Year Published: 1985
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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5English proverbs explained

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  • Title: English proverbs explained
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  • Languages: chi - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 223
  • Publisher: ➤  Heinemann - Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si - Xin hua shu dian jing xiao - Shanxi ren min chu ban she - Pan Books - Fa xing dai li Xin bao gu fen you xian gong si - Xue xi chu ban gong si - Barnes & Noble
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  London - Xi'an - [New York] - Taibei Shi

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  • First Year Published: 1967
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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6Oxford dictionary of phrase, saying, and quotation

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  • Title: ➤  Oxford dictionary of phrase, saying, and quotation
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 689
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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  • Publish Location: Oxford

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  • First Year Published: 2006
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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7The Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs

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  • Title: ➤  The Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 278
  • Publisher: ➤  Oxford University Press - BCA - Guild Publishing
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  • Publish Location: ➤  New York - Oxford [England] - Oxford

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  • First Year Published: 1982
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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8Random House dictionary of America's popular proverbs & sayings

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  • Title: ➤  Random House dictionary of America's popular proverbs & sayings
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 480
  • Publisher: Random House
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York

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  • First Year Published: 2000
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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9Dictionary of proverbs

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  • Title: Dictionary of proverbs
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 288
  • Publisher: ➤  Trafalgar Square - Kyle Cathie - Cathie Limited, Kyle
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  • Publish Location: London

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  • First Year Published: 1994
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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10The Oxford dictionary of phrase, saying, and quotation

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  • Title: ➤  The Oxford dictionary of phrase, saying, and quotation
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 696
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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  • Publish Location: Oxford - New York

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  • First Year Published: 2002
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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11Kotowaza no izumi

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  • Title: Kotowaza no izumi
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  • Language: jpn
  • Number of Pages: Median: 399
  • Publisher: ➤  Hokuseidō Shoten - Hokuseidō Press
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  • Publish Location: Tokyo - Tōkyō

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  • First Year Published: 1981
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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12Dictionary of proverbs and their origins

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  • Title: ➤  Dictionary of proverbs and their origins
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 273
  • Publisher: ➤  Barnes & Noble - Barnes & Noble, Inc.
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York

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  • First Year Published: 1997
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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13The proverbial wisdom of Shakespeare

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  • Title: ➤  The proverbial wisdom of Shakespeare
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 24
  • Publisher: ➤  Norwood Editions - Modern Humanities Research Association - Folcroft Library Editions
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  • Publish Location: ➤  Norwood, Pa - Folcroft, Pa - [Cambridge, Eng.]

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  • First Year Published: 1961
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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14NTC's dictionary of proverbs and clichés

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  • Title: ➤  NTC's dictionary of proverbs and clichés
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 321
  • Publisher: National Textbook Co.
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Lincolnwood, Ill

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  • First Year Published: 1993
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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15Make Hay While the Sun Shines

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“Make Hay While the Sun Shines” Metadata:

  • Title: Make Hay While the Sun Shines
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 44
  • Publisher: ➤  Faber - Faber & Faber - faber and faber
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: London

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  • First Year Published: 1977
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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16Over the Moon

A Book of Sayings

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  • Title: Over the Moon
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  • Number of Pages: Median: 50
  • Publisher: ➤  Faber and Faber - Faber & Faber
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  • First Year Published: 1980
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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17Chaucer's use of proverbs

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“Chaucer's use of proverbs” Metadata:

  • Title: Chaucer's use of proverbs
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 297
  • Publisher: ➤  University Press - Harvard University Press - AMS Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  [New York - Cambridge, Mass - Cambridge

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  • First Year Published: 1934
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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18The Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs

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  • Title: ➤  The Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 263
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York - Oxford

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  • First Year Published: 1985
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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19The salt-cellars

being a collection of proverbs together with homely notes thereon

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“The salt-cellars” Metadata:

  • Title: The salt-cellars
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 379
  • Publisher: ➤  Funk & Wagnalls Co. - Passmore and Alabaster - Passmore and Alabaster... - Marshall - Pilgrim Pub
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: London - New York

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  • First Year Published: 1889
  • Is Full Text Available: No
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: No_ebook

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    20The Oxford dictionary of English proverbs

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    • Title: ➤  The Oxford dictionary of English proverbs
    • Author:
    • Language: English
    • Number of Pages: Median: 778
    • Publisher: ➤  Oxford at The Clarendon Press - The Clarendon Press - Clarendon Press
    • Publish Date: ➤  
    • Publish Location: Oxford

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    • First Year Published: 1935
    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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      21A compleat collection of English proverbs

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      “A compleat collection of English proverbs” Metadata:

      • Title: ➤  A compleat collection of English proverbs
      • Author:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 319
      • Publisher: ➤  printed for H. Slater; F. Noble; W. and T. Payne; T. Wright; and J. Duncan - printed by J. Hughs, for J. Torbuck; O. Payne, and T. Woodman - Printed for W. Otridge, S. Bladon [etc.] - Printed by J. Hughs for J. Torbuck, O. Payne, and T. Woodman - Printed for W. Otridge ... [and 10 others]
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: London

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      • First Year Published: 1737
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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        22Shakespeare's proverbial language

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        “Shakespeare's proverbial language” Metadata:

        • Title: ➤  Shakespeare's proverbial language
        • Author:
        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 320
        • Publisher: University of California Press
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: Berkeley

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        • First Year Published: 1981
        • Is Full Text Available: Yes
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: Printdisabled

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          23Dicionário de provérbios

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          • Title: Dicionário de provérbios
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          • Language: por
          • Number of Pages: Median: 550
          • Publisher: ➤  Editora Campus - Contexto - Elsevier - Lacerda Editores - Ministério da Cultura, Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Departamento Nacional do Livro
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: ➤  Rio de Janeiro - Lisboa - [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

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          • First Year Published: 1999
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          24Proverbs

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          • Title: Proverbs
          • Author:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 173
          • Publisher: ➤  Folcroft Library Editions - G. Bell - Bell - Norwood Editions
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: ➤  London - Norwood, Pa - [Folcroft, Pa.]

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          • First Year Published: 1874
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          25A dictionary of the proverbs in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

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          • Title: ➤  A dictionary of the proverbs in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
          • Author:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 854
          • Publisher: ➤  AMS Press - University of Michigan Press
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: Ann Arbor - New York

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          • First Year Published: 1950
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          26Muʻjam al-amthāl al-muqāranah, Inklīzī-ʻArabī

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          • Title: ➤  Muʻjam al-amthāl al-muqāranah, Inklīzī-ʻArabī
          • Author:
          • Languages: English - ara
          • Number of Pages: Median: 391
          • Publisher: ➤  Maktabat Lubnān - Librairie du Liban
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: Bayrūt - Beirut - Bayrūt

          “Muʻjam al-amthāl al-muqāranah, Inklīzī-ʻArabī” Subjects and Themes:

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          • First Year Published: 1991
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          27Howproverbs mean

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          • Title: Howproverbs mean
          • Author:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 221
          • Publisher: ➤  Mouton De Gruyter - Walter de Gruyter Inc. - Mouton - Mouton de Gruyter - De Gruyter, Inc.
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: New York - Berlin

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          Access and General Info:

          • First Year Published: 1985
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          28Dictionary of proverbs and their origins

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          • Title: ➤  Dictionary of proverbs and their origins
          • Authors:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 273
          • Publisher: ➤  Kyle Cathie - Hippocrene Books - Trafalgar Square
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: London - New York

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          • First Year Published: 1993
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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            29Shakespeare proverbs

            or, The wise saws of our wisest poet collected into a modern instance

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            • Title: Shakespeare proverbs
            • Author:
            • Language: English
            • Number of Pages: Median: 320
            • Publisher: ➤  Norwood Editions - Folcroft Library Editions - Chapman and Hall
            • Publish Date:
            • Publish Location: ➤  London - Norwood, Pa - (Folcroft, Pa.) - [Folcroft, Pa.]

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            • First Year Published: 1848
            • Is Full Text Available: No
            • Is The Book Public: No
            • Access Status: No_ebook

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            30Chaucer's beads

            a birthday book, diary & concordance of Chaucer's proverbs or sooth-saws

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            • Title: Chaucer's beads
            • Author:
            • Language: English
            • Number of Pages: Median: 128
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            31Japanese proverbs

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            • Number of Pages: Median: 224
            • Publisher: ➤  Tuttle Publishing - Tuttle Pub.
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            32An introduction to spelling and reading

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              33A collection of English proverbs

              digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion : with short annotations : whereunto are added local proverbs with their explications, old proverbial rhythmes, less known or exotick proverbial sentences, and Scottish proverbs

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                34Moral reflexions upon select English proverbs

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                  35Sof ṭov--ha-kol ṭov

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                  • Number of Pages: Median: 131
                  • Publisher: ➤  ha-Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim, ha-Ḥug le-limudim Rusiyim u-Slaṿiyim - Tarbut
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                  36A Dictionary of English and Spanish Equivalent Proverbs

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                  • Languages: ➤  Spanish; Castilian - español, castellano - English
                  • Number of Pages: Median: 280
                  • Publisher: ➤  Createspace Independent Publishing Platform - De Proverbio - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform - Smashwords
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                    37Proverbial language in English drama exclusive of Shakespeare, 1495-1616

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                    • Number of Pages: Median: 797
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                    • Publish Location: Berkeley

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                      38Wordsworth Dictionary of Proverbs

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                      • Number of Pages: Median: 721
                      • Publisher: ➤  Wordsworth - Diane Pub Co - Wordsworth Edition
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                      • Publish Location: Ware

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                      • First Year Published: 1993
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                        39Remaines concerning Britain

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                        40John Ploughman's talk

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                        • Number of Pages: Median: 174
                        • Publisher: ➤  Passmore and Alabaster - H. Altemus - Christian Focus - Passmore & Alabaster... - Wipf & Stock Publishers - Pilgrim Pr - Emerald House Group - Oliphants
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                        • Publish Location: London - Philadelphia - Tain

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                          41A hand-book of proverbs

                          comprising an entire republication of Ray's collection of English proverbs, with his additions from foreign languages and a complete alphabetical index in which are introduced [l]arge additions, as well of proverbs as of sayings, sentences, maxims, and phrases

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                          • Number of Pages: Median: 583
                          • Publisher: ➤  Bell & Daldy - Bell and Daldy - H.G. Bohn - AMS Press - Ams Pr Inc - G. Bell and Sons
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                          • Publish Location: London - New York

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                          • First Year Published: 1855
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                            42Arabic Proverbs

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                            • Title: Arabic Proverbs
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                            • Languages: English - ara
                            • Number of Pages: Median: 288
                            • Publisher: ➤  Darf Publishers - B. Quaritch - Curzon Press - Hesperides Press - Quaritch - Rowman & Littlefield - Dover Publications
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                            • Publish Location: London - Totowa, N.J

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                            • First Year Published: 1875
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                              43John Ploughman's pictures

                              or, more of his plain talk for plain people

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                              • Languages: English - wel
                              • Number of Pages: Median: 219
                              • Publisher: ➤  H. Altemus - Passmore & Alabaster... - Christian Focus - W.M. Evans - Passmore and Alabaster - Passmore & Alabaster - Pilgrim Pr - Lakeland
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                              • Publish Location: ➤  London - Caerfyrddin - Philadelphia - Tain

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                              • First Year Published: 1880
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                              44A provincial glossary

                              with a collection of local proverbs, and popular superstitions.

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                              • Number of Pages: Median: 204
                              • Publisher: ➤  Printed for Edward Jeffery - S. Hooper - E. Jeffery - Printed for S. Hooper - Printed for S. Hooper ...
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                              • Publish Location: London

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                              • First Year Published: 1787
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                              45French and English idioms and proverbs

                              with critical and historical notes

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                              • Languages: English - fre
                              • Publisher: ➤  Librairie Hachette et Cie - Hachette - Creative Media Partners, LLC
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                              • Publish Location: London - Paris

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                              • First Year Published: 1896
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                                46Panjabi Lyrics and Proverbs

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                                • Languages: pan - English
                                • Number of Pages: Median: 65
                                • Publisher: ➤  Printed at the Civil and Military Gazette Press - Creative Media Partners, LLC
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                                • First Year Published: 1905
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                                  47The proverbs, epigrams, and miscellanies of John Heywood

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                                  • Author:
                                  • Language: English
                                  • Number of Pages: Median: 466
                                  • Publisher: ➤  Priv. print. for subscribers by the Early English drama society - Early English Drama Society - Traylen - Priv. print. for subscribers, by the Early English Drama Society
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                                  • Publish Location: London - Guildford

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                                  • First Year Published: 1906
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                                    48The proverbs and epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562)

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                                    • Language: English
                                    • Number of Pages: Median: 223
                                    • Publisher: ➤  Burt Franklin - Printed for the Spenser society [by C. Simms and co.] - B. Franklin - Printed for the Spenser Society by [C. Simms and Co.]
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                                    • Publish Location: [Manchester] - New York

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                                    • First Year Published: 1867
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                                      49Proverbs in the earlier English drama

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                                      • Language: English
                                      • Number of Pages: Median: 505
                                      • Publisher: ➤  Harvard university press - Octagon - Octagon Books
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                                      • Publish Location: Cambridge - New York

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                                      • First Year Published: 1938
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                                        50Lean's collectanea

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                                        • Language: English
                                        • Number of Pages: Median: 2480
                                        • Publisher: ➤  J.W. Arrowsmith - Ganesha Publishing - J. W. Arrowsmith
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                                        • Publish Location: Bristol

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                                        • First Year Published: 1902
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                                          Proverb

                                          of Proverbs) and medieval Latin (aided by the work of Erasmus) have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs. Not all Biblical proverbs, however

                                          List of proverbial phrases

                                          counterfeits which want such authority — John Ray, A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs, 1798 Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y

                                          Netherlandish Proverbs

                                          Netherlandish Proverbs (Dutch: Nederlandse Spreekwoorden; also called Flemish Proverbs, The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World) is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel

                                          The Proverbs of Alfred

                                          The Proverbs of Alfred is a collection of early Middle English sayings ascribed to King Alfred the Great (called "England's darling"), said to have been

                                          All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

                                          found on page 12 of the section titled Proverbs, or Old Sayed-Sawes, and Adages in the English Toung. Howell's Proverbs is bound with Howell's Lexicon Tetraglotton

                                          Russian proverbs

                                          Russian proverbs originated in oral history and written texts dating as far back as the 12th century.[citation needed] The Russian language is replete

                                          Chinese proverbs

                                          has quotations related to Chinese proverbs. Many Chinese proverbs (yànyǔ 諺語) exist, some of which have entered English in forms that are of varying degrees

                                          Spanish proverbs

                                          languages. Proverbs that have their origin in Spanish have migrated to and from English, French, Flemish, German and other languages. Many Spanish proverbs have

                                          Polish proverbs

                                          proverbs exist; many have origins in the Middle Ages. The oldest known Polish proverb dates to 1407. A number of scholarly studies of Polish proverbs

                                          Book of Proverbs

                                          Παροιμίαι (Paroimiai, "Proverbs"); in the Latin Vulgate, the title was Proverbia—from which the English name is derived. Proverbs is not merely an anthology


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