Hij heeft de schrift vast den bijbel van 52 bladen.He studies the Bible of fifty-two leaves (a pack of cards).
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHe studies the Bible of fifty-two leaves (a pack of cards).
Tradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · DUTCH PROVERBS · paragrafo 586 · «Hij heeft de schrift vast den bijbel van 52 bladen.»
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