Title: National proverbs: India
Author: Abdul Hamid Minhas
Year: 1916
Pages: 63 pages
Description: The proverbs are in English only, with no indication regarding source or usage.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Book: Provincial glossary (Grose)
Title: A provincial glossary, with a collection of local proverbs, and popular superstitions
Author: Francis Grose
Year: 1790
Pages: 397 pages
Description: The proverbs begin on p. 240, arranged alphabetically by region.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Book: Proverbs of Scotland (Hislop)
Title: The proverbs of Scotland
Author: Alexander Hislop
Year: 1870
Pages: 367 pages
Description:
The proverbs are arranged alphabetically with the occasional comment
re: usage or a parallel proverb from another language. There is a
glossary in the back.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Book: Idioms of the German language (Lloyd)
Title: Idioms of the German language, with the proverbs
Author: Joseph Henry Lloyd
Year: 1875
Pages: 198 pages
Description:
The proverbs begin on p. 98. The proverbs are in German with English
translation, along with occasional parallels from other languages.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Book: Creole proverbs (Gombo Zhèbes)
Title: Little dictionary of Creole proverbs, selected from six Creole dialects
Author: Gombo Zhèbes
Year: 1885
Pages: 42 pages
Description:
For each proverb there is a Creole version, a French version, and an
English translation, along with an indication of the source.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Book: Gaelic proverbs (Macintosh)
Title: A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases: based on Macintosh's collection
Author: Donald Macintosh
Year: 1882
Pages: 421 pages
Description: The book is organized alphabetically by the (Scottish) Gaelic with an English translation and some commentary about usage.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Book: National proverbs (Ward)
Title: National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe
Author: Caroline Ward
Year: 1842
Pages: 176 pages
Description: The book is organized alphabetically by English, with French, Italian, Spanish and German parallels.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Book: Jacula prudentum (Herbert)
Title: The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum
Author: George Herbert
Year: 1871
Pages: 260 pages
Description: The "Iacula Prudentum" begins on p. 219 and continues through p. 260.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Book: Handbook of illustrated proverbs (Barber)
Title:
The hand book of illustrated proverbs: comprising also a selection of
approved proverbs of various nations and languages, ancient and modern
Author: John Warner Barber
Year: 1855
Pages: 180 pages
Description: The sayings each contain a main saying, an illustration, an essay, along with parallel proverbs.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Book: Proverbs of Berwick (Henderson)
Title: The popular rhymes, sayings, and proverbs of the county of Berwick
Author: George Henderson
Year: 1856
Pages: 184 pages
Description:
Each of the proverbs and rhymes is accompanied by an explanatory
commentary (usually one good long paragraph). Berwickshire is in
Scotland.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Book: Shakespeare proverbs (Clarke)
Title: Shakespeare proverbs: on the wise saws of our wisest poet collected into a modern instance
Author: Mary Cowden Clarke
Year: 1848
Pages: 145 pages
Description: The proverbs are organized alphabetically but with no indication as to the play or poem that they come from.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Book: Hausa proverbs (Merrick)
Title: Hausa proverbs
Author: George Charleton Merrick
Year: 1905
Pages: 113 pages
Description:
The book contains proverbs, riddles, common expressions along with
grammatical commentary. The proverbs are presented in a Romanization of
the original, a translation, along with some comments regarding usage.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Book: Assamese proverbs (Gurdon)
Title: Some Assamese proverbs
Author: P.R. Gurdon
Year: 1896
Pages: 98 pages
Description:
The proverbs are organized by topic, in Devanagari script with a
Romanization and an English translations along with comments on usage.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Book: Proverbs and their lessons (Trench)
Title: Proverbs and their lessons
Author: Richard Chenevix Trench
Year: 1905
Pages: 179 pages
Description:
This book contains several lectures on proverbs: The Form and
Definition of a Proverb; The Generation of Proverbs;, The Proverbs of
Different Nations Compared; The Poetry, Wit & Wisdom of Proverbs;
The Morality of Proverbs and The Theology of Proverbs.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Book: Chinese Proverbs (Scarborough)
Title: A Collection of Chinese Proverbs
Author: William Scarborough
Year: 1875
Pages: 478 pages
Description: The proverbs are organized by topic, with the Chinese original, a Romanization and an English translation.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Book: Poor Richard (Franklin)
Title:
Franklin's Way to wealth, or, Poor Richard, and Advice to a young
tradesman: to which are added, Pope's Universal prayer, and proverbs and
maxims
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Year: 1812
Pages: 24 pages
Description: This is a not very readable print of the famous text by Franklin which you can find digitized elsewhere online.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Book: Agricultural proverbs of the Panjab (Maconachie)
Title: Selected agricultural proverbs of the Panjab
Author: James Robert Maconachie
Year: 1890
Pages: 308 pages
Description:
The proverbs are organized by season, written in Urdu script with a
Romanization and an English translation, along with some observations
about the weather.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Book: Select Proverbs of All Nations (Fielding)
Title: Select proverbs of all Nations: illustrated with notes and comments
Author: Thomas Fielding
Year: 1824
Pages: 216 pages
Description: The book contains proverbs organized by general topics, followed by observations about holidays and customs.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Book: Ashanti Proverbs (Rattray & Christaller)
Title: Ashanti Proverbs
Author: Robert Sutherland Rattray and Johann Gottlieb Christaller
Year: 1916
Pages: 190 pages
Description:
The proverbs are presented with a Romanized original, an English
translation, along with linguistics, anthropological and cultural notes.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Book: Moral emblems (Cats & Farlie)
Title: Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations
Author: Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie
Year: 1860
Pages: 240 pages
Description: Each of these sayings is accompanied by an emblematic image along with a poem, plus additional proverbs for each one.
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