The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the ProverbWolfgang Mieder, Alan Dundes |
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... Shakespeare could not have learnt it from Cotgrave . We noticed that " Si Fortuna me tormenta " had a close parallel in French , and this is characteristic of the traffic of proverbs in the romance languages . " The beast with two backs ...
... Shakespeare could not have learnt it from Cotgrave . We noticed that " Si Fortuna me tormenta " had a close parallel in French , and this is characteristic of the traffic of proverbs in the romance languages . " The beast with two backs ...
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... Shakespeare . This valuable work needs to be supplemented in three ways . First , earlier examples can be found of many of the proverbs for which Tilley's earliest is from Shakespeare . Secondly , Tilley failed to add Shakespearian ...
... Shakespeare . This valuable work needs to be supplemented in three ways . First , earlier examples can be found of many of the proverbs for which Tilley's earliest is from Shakespeare . Secondly , Tilley failed to add Shakespearian ...
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... Shakespeare himself made proverbial . I still think so ; for whereas Huloet is strictly literal , Shakespeare's Rosalind applies the expression ironically and meta- phorically to Touchstone's fine language , so making it possible for us ...
... Shakespeare himself made proverbial . I still think so ; for whereas Huloet is strictly literal , Shakespeare's Rosalind applies the expression ironically and meta- phorically to Touchstone's fine language , so making it possible for us ...
Contents
Proverbs in Africa | 10 |
On the Structure of the Proverb | 43 |
Towards a Structural Analysis of Yiddish Proverbs | 65 |
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