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  • DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN REGIONAL ENGLISH
    Volume 1: A-C
    Volume 2: D-H
    Volume 3: I-O
    Volume 4: P-Sk
    FREDERIC G. CASSIDY AND JOAN HOUSTON HALL, CHIEF EDITORS
    These four volumes capture the language spoken on America's main streets and country roads, words and phrases passed along within homes and communities, from east to west, north to south, childhood to old age. Built upon an unprecedented survey of spoken English across America and bolstered by extensive historical research, this series preserves the language with all its idioms and peculiarities.

  • EARLY AMERICAN PROVERBS AND PROVERBIAL PHRASES
    BARTLETT JERE WHITING

  • MODERN PROVERBS AND PROVERBIAL SAYINGS
    BARTLETT JERE WHITING

  • PROVERBS, SENTENCES, AND PROVERBIAL PHRASES FROM ENGLISH WRITINGS MAINLY BEFORE 1500
    BARTLETT JERE WHITING