A collection of English proverbs digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion : with short annotations : whereunto are added local proverbs with their explications, old proverbial rhythmes, less known or exotick proverbial sentences, and Scottish proverbs / by J. Ray, M.A. and Fellow of the Royal Society.

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A collection of English proverbs digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion : with short annotations : whereunto are added local proverbs with their explications, old proverbial rhythmes, less known or exotick proverbial sentences, and Scottish proverbs / by J. Ray, M.A. and Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Ray, John, 1627-1705.
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Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] :: Printed by John Hayes ..., for W. Morden,
1678.
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Proverbs.
Proverbs, Hebrew.
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"A collection of English proverbs digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion : with short annotations : whereunto are added local proverbs with their explications, old proverbial rhythmes, less known or exotick proverbial sentences, and Scottish proverbs / by J. Ray, M.A. and Fellow of the Royal Society." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A58161.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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A COLLECTION OF English PROVERBS Digested into a convenient Method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion; WITH Short ANNOTATIONS.

Whereunto are added Local Proverbs with their Explications, Old Proverbial Rhythmes, Less known or Exotick Proverbial Sentences, and Scottish Proverbs.

The Second Edition Enlarged by the Addition of many hundred English, and an Appendix of Hebrew Proverbs, with Annotations and Parallels.

By J. Ray, M.A. and Fellow of the Royal Society.

CAMBRIDGE, Printed by John Hayes, Printer to the Uni∣versity, for W. Morden. 1678.

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