Author: Joseph RabenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
Proverbs in the Waverly Novels of Sir Walter Scott
Author: Joseph RabenDiamonds from the Waverley Mines
Author: Walter ScottPublisher:
ISBN: 9781436821391
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Rob Roy
Author: Walter ScottA Multilingual Dictionary of Maxims and Proverbs
Author: Panos KaragiorgosPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443891509
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This collection contains 300 Greek maxims and proverbs accompanied by their counterparts in eight European languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, and Russian. The introduction relates the history, the origin, and the importance of proverbs; it also includes a short chapter on the use of proverbs in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Modern Greek literature. This book is a useful companion both for translators and interpreters; a vade mecum not only for them, but also for every learner of the above mentioned European languages.
The Proverbs of Scotland
Author: Alexander HislopPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
As the title suggests, the following work is a comprehensive account of proverbs originating from Scotland, organized alphabetically. The true meaning behind each proverb is sometimes included in the book. It is written by Alexander Hislop, a Free Church of Scotland minister known for his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott
Author: Walter ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chivalry
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Proverbs in Literature
Author: Wolfgang MiederPublisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This international bibliography indexes the large number of scholarly monographs, dissertations and articles that treat the use and function of proverbs and proverbial expressions in literature. 1166 proverb investigations are listed, dealing not only with the Anglo-American, German and Romance languages, but also with Classical, Germanic, Slavic, African as well as Near and Far Eastern literatures. An introductory essay establishes a methodological basis for further proverb investigations of literature in its widest sense (included are also proverb studies of fairy and tall tales, legends, folk songs and ballads). The actual bibliography is divided into a general section and a substantial alphabetically arranged specific section followed by a complete name index.
Waverley
Author: Walter ScottThe Complete Novels of Sir Walter Scott: Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Heart of Midlothian and many more (Illustrated Edition)
Author: Walter ScottPublisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026840216
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8500
Book Description
Table of Contents: Introduction: SIR WALTER SCOTT AND LADY MORGAN by Victor Hugo MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS by Robert Louis Stevenson SCOTT AND HIS PUBLISHERS by Charles Dickens WAVERLY NOVELS: WAVERLEY GUY MANNERING THE ANTIQUARY ROB ROY IVANHOE KENILWORTH THE PIRATE THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL PEVERIL OF THE PEAK QUENTIN DURWARD ST. RONAN'S WELL REDGAUNTLET WOODSTOCK THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN Tales of My Landlord OLD MORTALITY BLACK DWARF THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR A LEGEND OF MONTROSE COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS CASTLE DANGEROUS Tales from Benedictine Sources THE MONASTERY THE ABBOT Tales of the Crusaders THE BETROTHED THE TALISMAN Biographies: SIR WALTER SCOTT by George Saintsbury SIR WALTER SCOTT by Richard H. Hutton MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT by J.G. Lockhart.
Author: Sir Walter Scott