Proverbs, Sentences, and Proverbial Phrases from English Writings Mainly Before 1500: From English Writings Mainly Before 1500
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This book is a collection of English proverbs, sentences, and proverbial phrases from the Middle Ages. The material is drawn from an exhaustive examination of the surviving texts, mainly printed ones but some still in manuscript. Certain books written later than 1500, usually by authors who were born twenty years or so before the turn of the century, are included, and John Heywood, the first great assembler of English proverbs, is represented by the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674437357
ISBN13:9780674437357
Release Date:February 1968
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:784 Pages
Weight:3.18 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"
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