Project Gutenberg 2016-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 3857 Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George) 1796 1884 Bohn, Henry George Bohn, H. G. (Henry George) 13021977 A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs Comprising French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish, with English Translations and a General Index Produced by Giovanni Fini, Chris Curnow, Lindy Walsh and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs" by Henry G. Bohn is a collection of proverbs from various languages, including French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish, with accompanying English translations, written in the mid-19th century. The work serves as a resource for both casual readers and linguists, intending to share wisdom from different cultures through their proverbs. The collection provides insights into the values and common beliefs shared across diverse societies. The opening of the book presents the author’s preface, where he explains the genesis of the project—his previous work on English proverbs inspired him to compile a broader collection that spans multiple languages. Bohn mentions the collaboration with various scholars to ensure accuracy in translations and acknowledges their contributions. He expresses hope that readers will find the proverbs enlightening and reflects on how some of them may be new to English speakers while others may be more familiar than assumed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 92.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Proverbs PN Text Category: Language & Communication Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 1852740 2025-09-20T12:22:46.180796 text/html 1717462 2024-10-22T23:49:18 text/html 579238 2025-09-20T12:23:23.012573 application/epub+zip 614632 2025-09-20T12:22:53.290737 application/epub+zip 614631 2025-09-20T12:22:49.579775 application/epub+zip 1158444 2025-09-20T12:23:40.562540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1100955 2025-09-20T12:23:18.838605 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1101437 2022-09-23T08:48:25.980061 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1179612 2025-09-20T12:22:39.691796 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1159728 2024-10-22T23:49:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16258 2025-09-20T12:23:40.756492 application/rdf+xml 14995 2025-09-20T12:22:50.086745 image/jpeg 2848 2025-09-20T12:22:49.839727 image/jpeg 523997 2025-09-20T12:22:46.297764 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia