A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages, and a Complete Alphabetical IndexG. Bell and sons, 1899 - 583 páginas |
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| Título | A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages, and a Complete Alphabetical Index Bohn's reference library |
| Autor | Henry George Bohn |
| Editor | G. Bell and sons, 1899 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 20 Dic. 2005 |
| Largo | 583 páginas |
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