Proverbs, English
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An introduction to spelling and reading . Containing lessons for children historical and practical; adorned with sculptures. Together with the chief rules for spelling, and dividing words into syllables. Designed To teach them to Read well and distinctly in a shorter. Time than is usual. To which are added prayers, collects, &c. By the Rev. Francis Fox, M. A. Rector of Reading in Berks.
Fox, Francis 1675-1738.Date: 1779- E-books
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English proverbs, with moral reflexions in imitation of Sir Roger L'Estrange's Æsop. Familiarly Accommodated to the Humour and Manners of the present Age. The second edition. To which is added, The Union-Proverb, occasion'd by the late French Expedition to Scotland; and several other Proverbs never before printed. By Oswald Dykes, Gent. formerly of Queen's-College, Oxon. and Amanuensis to Sir Roger L'Estrange.
Dykes, Oswald 1670?-1728.Date: 1709- E-books
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A compleat collection of English proverbs also the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish and other languages. The whole Methodically Digested and Illustrated with Annotations, and proper Explications. By the late Rev. and Learned J. Ray, M. A. and Fellow of the Royal Society. To which is added (written by the same author) A collection of English words not generally used, With their Significations and Original in two Alphabetical Catalogues; the oue of such as are proper to the Northern, the other to the Southern Counties. With an Account of the Preparing and Refining such Metals and Minerals as are gotten in England.
Ray, John 1627-1705.Date: 1737- E-books
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Moral essays on some of the most curious and significant English, Scotch and foreign proverbs By Samuel Palmer, Presbyter of the Church of England.
Palmer, Samuel d. 1724.Date: 1710- E-books
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Moral reflexions upon select British proverbs familiarly accommodated to the humour and manners of the present age, after the Method of Sir Roger L'Estrange's Aesop. By Oswald Dykes, Gent. formerly of Queen's-College, Oxon.
Dykes, Oswald 1670?-1728.Date: 1708