Author: Jehiel Keeler Hoyt

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-24

Total Pages: 906

ISBN-13: 9780331869828

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Excerpt from The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin; With an Appendix; Containing Proverbs From the Latin and Modern Foreign Languages; Law and Ecclesiastical Terms and Significations, Names, Dates and Nationality of Quoted Authors, Etc.; With Copious Indexes Seasons, Trees, etc., have ever before been made, and their practical value will, we are sure, be appreciated. If the subjects in the Appendix do not cover quotations, strictly speaking, they certainly do cover much proverbial philosophy, and items of information that are far oftener wanted than found. The object has not been to treat exhaustively any one topic, but to glean what is likely to be most wanted, by popular writers and readers, in the ordinary cur rent of life and work. Here, as elsewhere, usefulness has been studied rather than profuse ness. Not a line has been knowingly added merely to expand the book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations written by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin; With an Appendix; Containing Proverbs From the Latin and Modern Foreign Languages; Law and Ecclesiastical Terms and Significations, Names, Dates and Nationality of Quoted Authors, Etc.; With Copious Indexes Seasons, Trees, etc., have ever before been made, and their practical value will, we are sure, be appreciated. If the subjects in the Appendix do not cover quotations, strictly speaking, they certainly do cover much proverbial philosophy, and items of information that are far oftener wanted than found. The object has not been to treat exhaustively any one topic, but to glean what is likely to be most wanted, by popular writers and readers, in the ordinary cur rent of life and work. Here, as elsewhere, usefulness has been studied rather than profuse ness. Not a line has been knowingly added merely to expand the book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.