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Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)

- July 19, 2018 in bon-mots, conversation, humour, wit, witticisms

Compilation of some of the best conversational witticisms of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Joseph Addison, Samuel Johnson, Oscar Wilde, and Lord Byron, and a whole host of lesser known wits.

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Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)

- July 19, 2018 in bon-mots, conversation, humour, wit, witticisms

Compilation of some of the best conversational witticisms of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Joseph Addison, Samuel Johnson, Oscar Wilde, and Lord Byron, and a whole host of lesser known wits.

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Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)

- May 10, 2017 in cervantes, don quixote, proverbs, quotes, wisdom, wit

From whole multi-paragraph excerpts to single lines, this wonderful little book dedicates itself, as the title declares, to presenting the wit and wisdom to be found in Miguel de Cervantes' masterpiece.

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Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)

- May 10, 2017 in cervantes, don quixote, proverbs, quotes, wisdom, wit

From whole multi-paragraph excerpts to single lines, this wonderful little book dedicates itself, as the title declares, to presenting the wit and wisdom to be found in Miguel de Cervantes' masterpiece.

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Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)

- May 10, 2017 in cervantes, don quixote, proverbs, quotes, wisdom, wit

From whole multi-paragraph excerpts to single lines, this wonderful little book dedicates itself, as the title declares, to presenting the wit and wisdom to be found in Miguel de Cervantes' masterpiece.

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