Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases: With a Copious Index of Principal Words
Title | Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases: With a Copious Index of Principal Words PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Preston |
Publisher | Prabhat Prakashan |
Total Pages | 62 |
Release | 1880-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
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Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Title | Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases PDF eBook |
Author | Various |
Publisher | Good Press |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 2023-09-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
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Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases with a Copious Index of Principal Words
Title | Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases with a Copious Index of Principal Words PDF eBook |
Author | Preston Thomas |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 332 |
Release | 2016-06-23 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781318029280 |
A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Title | A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Preston |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Total Pages | 144 |
Release | 2013-04-20 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781484169551 |
Long before writing and books were in common use, proverbs were the principal means of imparting instruction. In modern times there is not so much need to apply these old sayings as a means of educating the people, but they are still constantly met with in the newspapers and in general literature, and they are rightly considered as "The texts of common life." The late Earl Russell very aptly described a proverb as "The wisdom of many and the wit of one." We value proverbs chiefly as moral maxims teaching some practical lesson set forth in concise, pithy sentences, which are fixed in the memory without effort, and retained without being burdensome. They have been found useful for guidance in almost every condition of life; but, on the other hand, it is quite true that many dangerous precepts have been propounded in proverbs, and some of the older ones gave such questionable advice, or were couched in such objectionable language, that they have been very properly omitted from every collection intended, as this is, for general use. Other old proverbs have become obsolete, and as their meaning is now obscure, they have not been included in the Dictionary.
Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
Title | Publishers' circular and booksellers' record PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1452 |
Release | 1881 |
Genre | |
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Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Title | Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1452 |
Release | 1881 |
Genre | Bibliography |
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English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Title | English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases PDF eBook |
Author | George Latimer Apperson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 742 |
Release | 1929 |
Genre | Proverbs, English |
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