vade mecum
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Literary Anecdotes forms a handy vade mecum of great and terrible superlatives.
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Far from bridging the communications gap between East and West, this vade mecum is sure to cause confusion if not some international incidents.
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Such a vade mecum Abbe Dimnet gracefully provides in the form of the True, the Beautiful and the Good, as approved by philosophers, improved by artists, lived by the saints.
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Distributed in more than a billion copies, the so-called Little Red Book remains the fundamental vade mecum of every citizen of the Chinese People's Republic.
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Moreover, as the Greek Manual formed the guide and vade mecum of all the painters of the Greek Church, so this Latin one became the indispensable monitor in all Latin foundations.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William