Tis Folly To Be Wise
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Tis Folly To Be Wise
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Author : Lion Feuchtwanger
language : en
Publisher: Makom Publications
Release Date : 2013-10-10
Tis Folly To Be Wise written by Lion Feuchtwanger and has been published by Makom Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with Biographical fiction categories.
This is an intimate story of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the exalted, visionary, often ridiculous, little man whose heights of philosophical grandeur were equaled only by the degrading absurdity of his private life. It is also the story of his effortlessly adulterous wife; of the frivolous nobles in France who made it fashionable to read him; and of the heroes, villains and fools who built the French Revolution and its resulting in the days of the Terror largely on his words. This is the story of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's life as he lived it and as he described it in his celebrated "Confessions." It tells of the good and evil that came to the world largely because a cuckolded husband, who happened to be a greatly misunderstood philosopher, was murdered by his wife's paramour.
Tis Folly To Be Wise
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Author : Lion Feuchtwanger
language : en
Publisher: New York : J. Messner
Release Date : 1953
Tis Folly To Be Wise written by Lion Feuchtwanger and has been published by New York : J. Messner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with categories.
Folly For The Wise
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Author : Carolyn Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1904
Folly For The Wise written by Carolyn Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904 with Children's poetry categories.
Tragedies
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Author : Sophocles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833
Tragedies written by Sophocles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with categories.
The Oxford Dictionary Of Proverbs
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Author : Jennifer Speake
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
The Oxford Dictionary Of Proverbs written by Jennifer Speake and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Reference categories.
"First published as The concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs, edited by John Simpson, 1982"--Title page verso.
A Dictionary Of Proverbs
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Author : Jennifer Speake
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-10-23
A Dictionary Of Proverbs written by Jennifer Speake and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-23 with Reference categories.
This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English and uses research from the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank. This edition has been revised and fully updated and includes numerous entirely new entries. It also features expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English. With an emphasis on examples of usage, including the earliest written evidence of its use, this A-Z guide provides a thorough - and fascinating - history for every entry. Arranged in A-Z format and with a useful thematic index, A Dictionary of Proverbs is ideal for browsing and perfectly suited for quick reference. Look up your old favourites, learn punchy new expressions to get your point across, and find the answer to that crossword clue. Seeing is believing: find proverbs relevant to every aspect of life in this entertaining and informative collection.
The Cyclop Aedia Of Practical Quotations
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Author : Jehiel Keeler Hoyt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
The Cyclop Aedia Of Practical Quotations written by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with Quotations categories.
The Cyclopaedia Of Practical Quotations
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Author : Jehiel Keeler Hoyt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
The Cyclopaedia Of Practical Quotations written by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Quotations, English categories.
The Cyclop Dia Of Practical Quotations
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Author : Jehiel Keeler Hoyt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
The Cyclop Dia Of Practical Quotations written by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Quotations, English categories.
A Dictionary Of American Proverbs
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Author : Wolfgang Mieder
language : en
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1992
A Dictionary Of American Proverbs written by Wolfgang Mieder and has been published by New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Reference categories.
Americans have a gift for coining proverbs. "A picture is worth a thousand words" was not, as you might imagine, the product of ancient Chinese wisdom -- it was actually minted by advertising executive Fred Barnard in a 1921 advertisement for Printer's Ink magazine. After all, Americans are first and foremost a practical people and proverbs can be loosely defined as pithy statements that are generally accepted as true and useful. The next logical step would be to gather all of this wisdom together for a truly American celebration of shrewd advice.A Dictionary of American Proverbs is the first major collection of proverbs in the English language based on oral sources rather than written ones. Listed alphabetically according to their most significant key word, it features over 15,000 entries including uniquely American proverbs that have never before been recorded, as well as thousands of traditional proverbs that have found their way into American speech from classical, biblical, British, continental European, and American literature. Based on the fieldwork conducted over thirty years by the American Dialect Society, this volume is complete with historical references to the earliest written sources, and supplies variants and recorded geographical distribution after each proverb.Many surprised await the reader in this vast treasure trove of wit and wisdom. Collected here are nuggets of popular wisdom on all aspects of American life: weather, agriculture, travel, money, business, food, neighbors, friends, manners, government, politics, law, health, education, religion, music, song, and dance. And, to further enhance browsing pleasure, the editors have provided a detailed guide to the use of the work. While it's true that many of our best known proverbs have been supplied by the ever-present "Anonymous," many more can be attributed to some very famous Americans, like Ernest Hemingway, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas Alva Edison, Abigail Adams, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, to name but a few offered in this fascinating collection.Who wouldn't want to know the origin of "the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings?" This uniquely American proverb and many more are gathered together in A Dictionary of American Proverbs. A great resource for students and scholars of literature, psychology, folklore, linguistics, anthropology, and cultural history, this endlessly intriguing volume is also a delightful companion for anyone with an interest in American culture.