Proverbial Philosophy

About this eBook

Compiler

Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

Title

Proverbial Philosophy The First and Second Series

Credits

E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Chris Pinfield, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Proverbs

Category

Text

eBook-No.

50064

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50064

Release Date

September 27, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.FIRST SERIES. — PREFATORY. — THE WORDS OF WISDOM. — OF TRUTH IN THINGS FALSE. — OF ANTICIPATION. — OF HIDDEN USES. — OF COMPENSATION. — OF INDIRECT INFLUENCES. — OF MEMORY. — THE DREAM OF AMBITION. — OF SUBJECTION. — OF REST. — OF HUMILITY. — OF PRIDE. — OF EXPERIENCE. — OF ESTIMATING CHARACTER. — OF HATRED AND ANGER. — OF GOOD IN THINGS EVIL. — OF PRAYER. — THE LORD'S PRAYER. — OF DISCRETION. — OF TRIFLES. — OF RECREATION. — THE TRAIN OF RELIGION. — OF A TRINITY. — OF THINKING. — OF SPEAKING. — OF READING. — OF WRITING. — OF WEALTH. — OF INVENTION. — OF RIDICULE. — OF COMMENDATION. — OF SELF-ACQUAINTANCE. — OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. — OF FRIENDSHIP. — Of Love. — OF MARRIAGE. — OF EDUCATION. — OF TOLERANCE. — OF SORROW. — OF JOY.
5. 5.SECOND SERIES. — INTRODUCTORY. — OF CHEERFULNESS. — OF YESTERDAY. — OF TO-DAY. — OF TO-MORROW. — OF AUTHORSHIP. — OF MYSTERY. — OF GIFTS. — OF BEAUTY. — OF FAME. — OF FLATTERY. — OF NEGLECT. — OF CONTENTMENT. — OF LIFE. — OF DEATH. — OF IMMORTALITY. — OF IDEAS. — OF NAMES. — OF THINGS. — OF FAITH. — OF HONESTY. — OF SOCIETY. — OF SOLITUDE. — RECAPITULATION.

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