A book of quotations, proverbs and household words; a collection of quotations from British and American authors, ancient and modern; with many thousands of proverbs, familiar phrases and sayings, from all sources, including Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Latin
“WHEN the origin of a thing is remote and mysterious it has been the custom to attribute it to the Devil or to Asia.””
Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets
“amat victoria curam””
A book of quotations, proverbs and household words; a collection of quotations from British and American authors, ancient and modern; with many thousands of proverbs, familiar phrases and sayings, from all sources, including Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Latin
“WHEN the origin of a thing is remote and mysterious it has been the custom to attribute it to the Devil or to Asia.””
Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets