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The proverb says of the Genoese, that they have a sea without fish, lands without trees, and men without faith.
The proverb says of the Genoese, that they have a sea without fish, lands without trees, and men without faith.
Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Joseph Addison
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- Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Addison. · page_450
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