Proverbs, maxims and phrases of all ages : classified subjectively and arranged alphabetically
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Proverbs
Maxims and Phrases
Of All Ages
Classified andSubjectively Arranged
Alphabetically
Compiled by
Robert Christy
>1 »:>
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five words r., . .
; 7,jewels lon.{i ^
That on the stretch'd f^P. T'TJ'rforefAnger qf
forever."
,Sparkle Jennvs^ti
Two Volumes in One
Putnam'sG. P. Sons
York and LondonNew •I /'T
COPYRIGHT BV
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work either heor
;completeness hopes,pffection
that it be he has consci-»hathowever, may found,
endeavored to useful and instruc-makeentiously i,
tive.
I
In a book of it isto the )Vorldoffering letters,
fair to assume inthat the or as this case theautho/
claims to onfor it a exist thecompiler, groundrigh
of in some oversuperiority p^ticulars existing
works in the same of literature.departmfnt
The value as of andgreat insructors, inspired
has beenuninspired proverbs Icng recognized.
/
"The the /oice of God wepeople's voice, call,
And what are but the voice ?proverJs pubHc
Coined first and conmon made common choice.by
Then sure must lave and truth withaL"they weight
/
It be affirmed of all notable collectionsmay safely
of hitherto thatproverbs includepublished, they
tainted wi:h and thevery witmany impurity, others,
of which does not redeem their coarseness. All
such have been excluded from the present compila-
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marred his celebratedtion. Even thilearned Ray
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allusionsProverbs merel oforlocal, consisting
of a not his-or to individualstemporary chi-acter,
toric were not insertion.deered ofworthy
So far as the have extendedcon^iler's researches
he has found no ofcouiderable collection proverbs,
or was nottiat alphabet-English foreign, arranged
— soa without a clew;ically, perplexing labyrinth
that in was neces-order to lir.d itadesired proverb
to know the least theinitia atwords, ; topicalsary
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inhis collections but feels also someing ; pride
readerto the modernnotice of thehaving brought
ofthat in theburiedmany literary gems writingslay
once famous but now authors.orforgotten neglected
All con-available collections have laid underbeen
and due in thecredit to the same istribution, given
of the work.body
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