The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Familiar Phrases

The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Familiar Phrases
Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson
Publisher: New York, Macmillan Company
Total Pages: 2978
Release: 1948
Genre: Maxims
ISBN:

A compendium of "proverbs, maxims, and familiar phrases commonly used in America and England, traced from their sources through variations to their modern forms, and arranged alphabetically by subject"--Retail bookseller.

The Macmillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Famous Phrases

The Macmillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Famous Phrases
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1948
Genre: Maxims
ISBN:

A substantial reference work of proverbs, quotations, and phrases. It attempts to trace back to their sources the proverbs, maxims, and familiar phrases in ordinary English and American use; to show their development from the first crude expression of the idea to the streamlined modern form; and to note the variations and perversions which have been built around the central theme.

Proverbs: Maxims and Phrases, Drawn from All Lands and Times (1902)

Proverbs: Maxims and Phrases, Drawn from All Lands and Times (1902)
Author: John Hendricks Bechtel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2009-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781104944490

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