Category: Language & Communication
Value of Study of Proverbs -- Difficulty of exact Definition -- Definitions by various Writers -- The Saw -- The Adage -- The Essentials of a Proverb -- The Value of Brevity -- Legitimate Use of Hyperbole -- Proverbs often one-sided Views of Truth -- Sometimes contradict each...
The Power of the Tongue -- Speech and Silence -- Knowledge and Wisdom not Interchangeable Terms -- Truth and Untruth -- Travellers' Tales -- Flattery -- Industry and Sloth -- Yo...
9. CHAPTER IIAncient Collections of Proverbs -- The Proverbs of Solomon -- Ecclesiasticus -- The Work of D'Anvers on Solomon's Proverbs -- The Collections of De Worde, Trevisis, and Lydgate...
12. CHAPTER VProverbs that are misunderstood -- The Cheese -- Raining Cats and Dogs -- Cattle-harrying -- The Bitter End -- By Hook or Crook -- Proverbs of Evil Teaching -- Necessity has no...
11. CHAPTER IVNational Idiosyncrasies -- The Seven Sages of Greece -- Know Thyself -- The Laconic "If" -- Ancient Greek Proverbs -- Roman Proverbs -- The Proverbs of Scotland: Strong Vein of...
13. CHAPTER VIProverbs suggested by Animals -- Animal Characteristics: Sagacity, Fidelity, Cunning, Greed, etc. -- The Horse -- The Dog -- The Cat: her Nine Lives; the Catspaw; falling on Fee...
8. CHAPTER IValue of Study of Proverbs -- Difficulty of exact Definition -- Definitions by various Writers -- The Saw -- The Adage -- The Essentials of a Proverb -- The Value of Brevity --...
10. CHAPTER III"The Book of Merry Riddles" -- Introduction of Proverbs in our Literature -- A Surfeit of Proverbs -- "The two Angrie Women of Abington" -- Fuller on the Misuse of Proverbs -- T...
1. CHAPTER IValue of Study of Proverbs -- Difficulty of exact Definition -- Definitions by various Writers -- The Saw -- The Adage -- The Essentials of a Proverb -- The Value of Brevity --...
5. CHAPTER VProverbs that are misunderstood -- The Cheese -- Raining Cats and Dogs -- Cattle-harrying -- The Bitter End -- By Hook or Crook -- Proverbs of Evil Teaching -- Necessity has no...
6. CHAPTER VIProverbs suggested by Animals -- Animal Characteristics: Sagacity, Fidelity, Cunning, Greed, etc. -- The Horse -- The Dog -- The Cat: her Nine Lives; the Catspaw; falling on Fee...
3. CHAPTER III"The Book of Merry Riddles" -- Introduction of Proverbs in our Literature -- A Surfeit of Proverbs -- "The two Angrie Women of Abington" -- Fuller on the Misuse of Proverbs -- T...
2. CHAPTER IIAncient Collections of Proverbs -- The Proverbs of Solomon -- Ecclesiasticus -- The Work of D'Anvers on Solomon's Proverbs -- The Collections of De Worde, Trevisis, and Lydgate...
4. CHAPTER IVNational Idiosyncrasies -- The Seven Sages of Greece -- Know Thyself -- The Laconic "If" -- Ancient Greek Proverbs -- Roman Proverbs -- The Proverbs of Scotland: Strong Vein of...
7. CHAPTER VIIThe Power of the Tongue -- Speech and Silence -- Knowledge and Wisdom not Interchangeable Terms -- Truth and Untruth -- Travellers' Tales -- Flattery -- Industry and Sloth -- Yo...