Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
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p.B. J. Whiting savors proverbial expressions and has devoted much of his lifetime to studying and collecting them; no one knows more about British and American proverbs than he. The present volume, based upon writings in British North America from the earliest settlements to approximately 1820, complements his and Archer Taylor's Dictionary of American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 1820-1880. It differs from that work and from other standard...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674219813
ISBN13:9780674219816
Release Date:February 1978
Publisher:Belknap Press
Length:624 Pages
Weight:3.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 7.1" x 10.0"
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