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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Author: Bartlett Jere Whiting
language: en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date: 1977
p.B. J. Whiting savors proverbial expressions and has devoted much of his lifetime to studying and collecting them; no one knows more about British and American proverbs than he. The present volume, based upon writings in British North America from the earliest settlements to approximately 1820, complements his and Archer Taylor's Dictionary of American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 1820-1880. It differs from that work and from other standard collections, however, in that its sources are primarily not "literary" but instead workaday writings - letters, diaries, histories, travel books, political pamphlets, and the like. The authors represent a wide cross-section of the populace, from scholars and statesmen to farmers, shopkeepers, sailors, and hunters. Mr. Whiting has combed all the obvious sources and hundreds of out-of-the-way publications of local journals and historical societies. This body of material, "because it covers territory that has not been extracted and compiled in a scholarly way before, can justly be said to be the most valuable of all those that Whiting has brought together," according to Albert B. Friedman. "What makes the work important is Whiting's authority: a proverb or proverbial phrase is what BJW thinks is a proverb or proverbial phrase. There is no objective operative definition of any value, no divining rod; his tact, 'feel, ' experience, determine what's the real thing and what is spurious."
Windblow
Author: Jon Beattiey
language: en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date: 2009-10-29
Essential neighbourly help during times of crisis in a small community can minimise trauma, alleviate tragedy and bring happiness back to lives shattered by events outside their control. As a massive autumn gale sweeps towards a village in Surrey the relationships and friendships between some individuals will become tested to extremes beyond their imaginations.
Home is Where the Wind Blows
One of this century's most eminent scientist offers a revealing and charming account of his life and work. Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, cosmologist and originator of the term the 'Big Bang'-Sir Fred has always been ready and able to challenge established thinking. One of this century’s most eminent scientist offers a revealing and charming account of his life and work. Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, cosmologist and originator of the term the ‘Big Bang’-Sir Fred has always been ready and able to challenge established thinking.