CHIEFLY TAKEN FROM THE ADAGIA OF ERASMUS, WITH EXPLANATIONS; AND FURTHER ILLUSTRATED BY CORRESPONDING EXAMPLES FROM THE SPANISH, ITALIAN, FRENCH & ENGLISH LANGUAGES. BY ROBERT BLAND, M. D. F. S. A. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. EGERTON, MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL. AS this Work is indebted to your revisal for much of its correctness, permit me to present to you, in its amended form, what you have so indulgently supported when its imperfections were more numerous. Whether I consider you as a friend, whom I most esteem, or as a scholar best acquainted with this my favourite subject, I feel equally happy in an opportunity of thus publicly subscribing myself Your obliged and obedient Servant, Leicester Square, London, ROBERT BLAND. January 1st, 1814. |