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PROVERB LORE
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PROVERB LORE
MANY SAYINGS, WISE OR OTHERWISE,
ON MANY SUBJECTS, GLEANED
FROM MANY SOURCES
BY
F. EDWARD HULME, F.S.A.
AUTHOR OF
"WAYSIDE SKETCHES," "MYTHLAND," "NATURAL HISTORY
LORE AND LEGEND," "SYMBOLISM IN ART,"
"WILD FRUITS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE,"
"FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS," ETC.
LONDON
ELLIOT STOCK, 62 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1902
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| PAGE | |
| Value of Study of Proverbs—Difficulty of exact Definition—Definitionsby various Writers—The Saw—The Adage—The Essentialsof a Proverb—The Value of Brevity—Legitimate Useof Hyperbole—Proverbs often one-sided Views of Truth—Sometimescontradict each other—Figurativeness of Language—Avery characteristic Feature—Parables of our Lord—Proverbsoften condensed Parables—Examples of Word-Pictures—CommonestObjects supply Lessons—Interesting asreferring to Usages that have passed away—Some Proverbsenduring, some transient—May have more than one Significance—Somepalpable Truisms and Platitudes—GreatAntiquity of Proverbs—On Jewellery, Pottery, Furniture, etc.—RusticConservatism—The Aid of Alliteration—Rhyme asan Aid to Memory | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Ancient Collections of Proverbs—The Proverbs of Solomon—Ecclesiasticus—TheWork of D'Anvers on Solomon's Proverbs—TheCollections of De Worde, Trevisis, and Lydgate—The"Adagia" of Erasmus—Tavernar's "Garden of Wisdom"—Heywood'sCollection of Proverbs—Camden's "Remaines"—Davies,t ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |