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A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs

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A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs

Henry G. Bohn

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Chi va piano va sano, say the Italians: who goes gently goes safely. Henry Bohn's polyglot marches through the proverbs of Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Holland and Denmark, each rendered into English, two hundred thousand words of national character caught in one-line sayings. Compare how whole peoples warn, tease and console. A grand tour taken one proverb at a time.

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11 chapters

  1. 1FOREIGN PROVERBS
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4FRENCH PROVERBS.
  5. 5ITALIAN PROVERBS.
  6. 6GERMAN PROVERBS.
  7. 7SPANISH PROVERBS.
  8. 8PORTUGUESE PROVERBS.
  9. 9DUTCH PROVERBS.
  10. 10DANISH PROVERBS.
  11. 11INDEX.
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