Author: Oswald Dykes
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Category : Proverbs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
English Proverbs, with Moral Reflexions
Author: Oswald Dykes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proverbs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proverbs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Behold the Proverbs of a People
Author: Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1626743037
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. The first section of the book focuses on the field of paremiology (proverb studies) in general, the spread of Anglo-American proverbs in Europe, and the phenomenon of modern proverbs. The second section analyzes the use of proverbs in the world of politics, including a chapter on President Obama, while the third concentrates on the uses of proverbs in literature. The final section ends with detailed cultural studies of the origin, history, dissemination, use, function, and meaning of specific proverbs. Noted scholar Wolfgang Mieder shows that proverbs matter in culture, literature, and politics. Proverbs remain part and parcel of oral and written communication, and, he demonstrates, they deserve to be studied from a range of viewpoints. While various chapters deal with a variety of issues and approaches, they cohere through a rhetorical perspective that looks at the text, texture, and context of proverbs as speech acts that make a noteworthy impact on culture and society. Whether proverbs appear in everyday speech, on the radio, on television, in films, on the pages of newspapers or magazines, in advertisements, in literary works, or in political speeches, they serve as formulaic verbal devices to add authoritative weight through tradition, convention, and wisdom.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1626743037
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. The first section of the book focuses on the field of paremiology (proverb studies) in general, the spread of Anglo-American proverbs in Europe, and the phenomenon of modern proverbs. The second section analyzes the use of proverbs in the world of politics, including a chapter on President Obama, while the third concentrates on the uses of proverbs in literature. The final section ends with detailed cultural studies of the origin, history, dissemination, use, function, and meaning of specific proverbs. Noted scholar Wolfgang Mieder shows that proverbs matter in culture, literature, and politics. Proverbs remain part and parcel of oral and written communication, and, he demonstrates, they deserve to be studied from a range of viewpoints. While various chapters deal with a variety of issues and approaches, they cohere through a rhetorical perspective that looks at the text, texture, and context of proverbs as speech acts that make a noteworthy impact on culture and society. Whether proverbs appear in everyday speech, on the radio, on television, in films, on the pages of newspapers or magazines, in advertisements, in literary works, or in political speeches, they serve as formulaic verbal devices to add authoritative weight through tradition, convention, and wisdom.
The Union-proverb: Viz
Author: Daniel Defoe
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Catalogues of Books for Sale by E.W. Stibbs
Author: E. W. Stibbs
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
Author: Jennifer Speake
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198734905
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This unique and thoroughly revised collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, drawing on the resources of the Oxford Languages team for the most up-to-date research. Lively and compelling, it is filled with favourites - old and new - with a strong emphasis on meanings of proverbs catalogued.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198734905
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This unique and thoroughly revised collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, drawing on the resources of the Oxford Languages team for the most up-to-date research. Lively and compelling, it is filled with favourites - old and new - with a strong emphasis on meanings of proverbs catalogued.
The Caxton Head Catalogue
Author: James Tregaskis (Firm)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Catalogue of the ... library of ... John Morice ... which will be sold by auction
Author: John Morice
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Catalogue of the valuable library of the late J. Morice, which will be sold by auction. [With a MS. list of prices and purchasers.]
Author: John MORICE
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Caxton Head Catalogue
Author: James Tregaskis & Son (Firm)
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Queen's College
Author: John Richard Magrath
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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