Author: John HeywoodPublisher:
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Category : Marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A Dialogue of the Effectual Proverbs in the English Tongue Concerning Marriage
Author: John HeywoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
John Heywood
Author: Greg WalkerPublisher:
ISBN: 0198851510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The first comprehensive scholarly biography of the Tudor playwright, poet, musician, singer, proverb-collector, and satirist, John Heywood.
A Theory of the Aphorism
Author: Andrew HuiPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691210756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Aphorisms-- or philosophical short sayings--appear everywhere, from Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to the Bible, Heraclitus to Nietzsche. Yet despite this ubiquity, the aphorism is the least studied literary form. What are its origins? How did it develop? How do religious or philosophical movements arise from the enigmatic sayings of charismatic leaders? And why do some of our most celebrated modern philosophers use aphoristic fragments to convey their deepest ideas? In A Theory of the Aphorism, Andrew Hui crisscrosses histories and cultures to answer these questions and more. With clarity and precision, Hui demonstrates how aphorisms-- ranging from China, Greece, and biblical antiquity to the European Renaissance and nineteenth century--encompass sweeping and urgent programs of thought. Constructed as literary fragments, aphorisms open new lines of inquiry and horizons of interpretation. In this way, aphorisms have functioned as ancestors, allies, or antagonists to grand systems of philosophy. Encompassing literature, philology, and philosophy, the history of the book and the history of reading, A Theory of the Aphorism invites us to reflect anew on what it means to think deeply about this pithiest of literary forms.
Athenae Oxonienses
Author: Anthony à WoodPublisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
A Literary and Biographical History, Or Bibliographical Dictionary, of the English Catholics: Grah-Kemb
Author: Joseph GillowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catholic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Playing Fast and Loose:
Author: Michael K. SmithPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481737635
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
What is the origin of the idiom playing fast and loose? a juggling trick using ropes performed in Roman times a Medieval cheating game involving sticks and belts the sordid sale of indulgences in the Catholic Church Playing Fast and Loose invites the reader to guess the correct origin of common idioms. For each of the fifty idioms, three scenarios have been constructed. One scenario contains a short description of the likely origin of the phrase with some selected historical context that illustrates its usage. The other two scenarios also present short vignettes with factually correct historical citations; however, these two descriptions are not considered the likely origin of the phrase. Dr. Smith has researched all the idioms in this book with the Google Books search engine. He read dozens of entries for each idiom, looking for evidence to support the origin of the idiom and for interesting and credible uses of the phrase to help create the two alternative scenarios. The three scenarios contain references to famous Greek and Latin authors from Homer and Aristotle to Seneca, Vergil, and Ovid; excerpts from English sources such as Shakespeare, Milton, Defoe, Scott, and Conan Doyle; and quotations from American authors as varied as Thoreau, Emerson, Twain, and P. T. Barnum. In addition, the reader will encounter many unusual and perhaps long forgotten historical sources: James Parton, Life of Andrew Jackson (1859); Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy (1747); Elbert Smith, Practical Notes on Photography (1905); Bolton Hall, The Psychology of Sleep (1917); and Friedrich Christian Accum, Chemical Amusement, a Series of Curious and Instructive Experiments in Chemistry Which Are Easily Performed and Unattended by Danger (1817).
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Author: A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Samuel Austin AllibonePublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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Chambers' Edinburgh Journal
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Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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