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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Proverbs in literature."”.
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Lyly's proverb lore.
Previous to this investigation, 861 individual proverbs and proverbial phrases had been established in the works of John Lyly. Of this number, 643 proverbs are found in Tilley's Elizabethan Proverb Lore, 212 additional proverbs in Tilley's Proverbs in England, and 6 additional proverbs in …
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Proverb lore in Sidney.
The purpose of this study is to show the use of proverbs in the works of Sir Philip Sidney. The method has been to select from the author's works passages which in sentiment and style seemed to indicate the manner of the proverb. These, in turn, have been sought out in established collections of …
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Spenser's use of proverbs.
This thesis is the outcome of a term paper in which I attempted to study Spenser's use of proverbs in The Faerie Queene. My chief endeavor has been to spot Spenser's proverbs and to find parallels to them in his literary environment. I have made especial effort to ferret out the proverbs common to …
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Proverb lore in Stubbes's Anatomie of Abuses.
Recognizing the powerful influence of proverbial material, Philip Stubbes, in his Anatomie of Abuses, utilizes the proverb as a means of winning an audience. In his attack of abuses, as he saw them in both ecclesiastical and secular groups, he employs the proverb and the sententious remark in the …