A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs

A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs - Comprising French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish, with English Translations...
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Author: Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George),1796-1884
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Language: English
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A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs

A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs

€6,34

A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs

€6,34
Author: Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George),1796-1884
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs - Comprising French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish, with English Translations and a General Index

While engaged in editing my Handbook of English Proverbs, it occurred to me that a Collection of Foreign Proverbs, arranged in monographs, and brought as far as possible into juxta-position by a General Index, would be an interesting volume, as well to the ordinary reader as to the linguist. And it happened that more than one public writer, in reviewing my Handbook, suggested nearly the same idea, which determined me to realise it as speedily as other engagements would permit. After a lapse of more than two years, and much patient labour, during intervals of business or hours snatched from repose, I am enabled to present my gleanings to the public, and hope they will not be found deficient of grain. It will be seen that many of the proverbs are quite new to the English reader, and that others, hitherto supposed to be essentially, if not exclusively, English, are common to several other languages. A task so various and complicated could not well be executed without aid, nor do I pretend to be master of all the languages included. Accordingly, I sought the assistance of competent scholars, and have great pleasure in here proclaiming my acknowledgments to them. After the groundwork of the volume had been laid by selections from a great variety of sources, an operation in which Mr. W. K. Kelly was my principal collaborateur, I was aided in correcting the Italian by Signor Pistrucci, the Spanish by Seor Yrazoqui and the Chevalier Francisque Michel, the Portuguese by Senhr Guerra, the Danish by[iv] Miss Rowan, and the Dutch by Mr. John van Baalen, of Rotterdam. It seemed to me advisable, to secure all possible accuracy, that each foreign language should be read over by a native of the country. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51090
Author: Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George)
Release Date: Jan 31, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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