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... Proverbs - Roman Proverbs - The Proverbs of Scotland : Strong Vein of Humour in them - Spanish and Italian Proverbs - The Proverbs of France - The " Comédie des Proverbes " -The Proverbs of Spain : their Popularity and Abundance ...
... Proverbs - Roman Proverbs - The Proverbs of Scotland : Strong Vein of Humour in them - Spanish and Italian Proverbs - The Proverbs of France - The " Comédie des Proverbes " -The Proverbs of Spain : their Popularity and Abundance ...
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... proverbs , illustrating them exclusively by passages from Cervantes and other Spanish writers , and , on the strength of this , claiming them as Spanish , but it would be equally easy afterwards for Dane , Russian , and German ...
... proverbs , illustrating them exclusively by passages from Cervantes and other Spanish writers , and , on the strength of this , claiming them as Spanish , but it would be equally easy afterwards for Dane , Russian , and German ...
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... Proverbs - Roman Proverbs- The Proverbs of Scotland : Strong Vein of Humour in them— Spanish and Italian Proverbs - The Proverbs of France - The " Comédie des Proverbes " - The Proverbs of Spain : Popularity and Abundance ; Historic ...
... Proverbs - Roman Proverbs- The Proverbs of Scotland : Strong Vein of Humour in them— Spanish and Italian Proverbs - The Proverbs of France - The " Comédie des Proverbes " - The Proverbs of Spain : Popularity and Abundance ; Historic ...
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... Spanish - are naturally very similar , and are practically interchangeable , all having sprung from the same stock , and thrown into one great store - house . We cannot too distinctly bear in mind that , because a proverb greets us in ...
... Spanish - are naturally very similar , and are practically interchangeable , all having sprung from the same stock , and thrown into one great store - house . We cannot too distinctly bear in mind that , because a proverb greets us in ...
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... proverbs of his country . The Arabs , whose language is rich in such wisdom , doubtless furnished numerous contributions to this very marked feature of the national literature . Many of the Spanish proverbs are of very great antiquity ...
... proverbs of his country . The Arabs , whose language is rich in such wisdom , doubtless furnished numerous contributions to this very marked feature of the national literature . Many of the Spanish proverbs are of very great antiquity ...
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