10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROVERBIALISM»
Discover the use of
proverbialism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
proverbialism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Tragedies of Sophocles: Traxiniai. Ajax. Philoctetes. ...
935. Brunck, Wunder and Dind. 946. ivaipav vinpov. With this join Spif with wdAiv
, and render, proverbialism, Brunck compares averts his face. I speak with doubt,
Diog. Laert. II. 135. vt'iepovr — hri- but may not nakw rather be joined o-tpdrreiv.
Sophocles, Thomas Mitchell, 1844
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Alternative Histories of English
We can begin with some simple proof on the basis of the US proverbialism - 'Ain't
ain't a word'. Although there may be a little nervous selfconsciousness in this, it is
a perfect illustration of the ideology outlined above. Everyone knows there is a ...
Richard J. Watts, Peter Trudgill, 2002
3
American Audacity: Literary Essays North and South
... elastic prose: its refusal of systematic argument (Emerson once claimed that he
did “not know what arguments mean, in reference to any expression of a thought”
); its incomplete or fragmentary form; its “epigrammati- cism” or “proverbialism.
... up almost fifteen years before.48 The epigraphs to his essays are another form
of self-quotation, mirroring the proverbialism of the discourses to follow. 155
Emerson's penchant for nutshell epitomes can be explained up emersonian
poetics.
Lawrence BUELL, Lawrence Buell, 2009
5
Gender, Economy and Culture in the European Union
The construction of the 'typical' will draw on 'what everyone knows', folk wisdom
and proverbialism, and on common sense truisms. In this respect, 'typical'
comedies are rarely seen to challenge traditional patterns of behaviour and ...
Simon Duncan, Birgit Pfau-Effinger, 2012
6
Electra ... with notes critical and explanatory ... by T. ...
... perhaps a proverbialism for hunting empty places, sporting on ground, where
no game is to be had : in the present instance, a-rpmp. a'. endeavouring to work
upon a mind, incapable of answering the lofty purposes required of it.
Sophocles, Thomas Mitchell, 1843
7
The Companion, by L. Hunt
The accumulation of materials had been so great, and their weight was so heavy
in proportion, that they were promoted to honours of proverbialism ; and Abon
Casem's slippers became a favourite comparison, when a superfluity of weight ...
8
The Poetics of Revelation
His earthy proverbialism balances Don Quixote's archaic idealism. Proverbs are
born out of human experience. Don Quixote's imitative language is disembodied.
It is Sancho who knows that Dulcinea is Aldonza Lorenzo, a garlic-reeking farm ...
Diana M. Culbertson, 1988
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ANALECTA THEOLOGICA: A DIGESTED AND ARRANGED COMPENDIUM OF ...
The expression iv y<ov(q, in a corner, i. e. in secret, is a proverbialism, of which
examples are not uncommon ; thus Ter. Adelph. Interea in angulum aliquo
abeam. Senec. ad Polyb. Multa tibi non licent, qua humillimis el in &nga\o
jacentibus ...
10
Vargas: A Tale of Spain
Satan, it appears, had counted without his hosta proverbialism this, by the way,
which I ought not to have chosen, seeing that the infernal shout which Master
Rock avouches to have heard sufliciently proves that Satan, at- that time, had his
...
Joseph Blanco White, Cornelius Villiers, 1822
