Proverbial Philosophy: The First and Second Series

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PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.

(THE FIRST AND SECOND SERIES.)

by

MARTIN F. TUPPER, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.,

Of Christchurch, Oxford.

Illustrated.

A New Edition.







[Illustration]

London:
Edward Moxon & Co., Dover Street.
1867.

London:
Bradbury, Evans, and Co., Printers, Whitefriars.




CONTENTS.


_FIRST SERIES._
                                                                       PAGE

 PREFATORY                                                                1
 THE WORDS OF WISDOM                                                      4
 OF TRUTH IN THINGS FALSE                                                 8
 OF ANTICIPATION                                                         12
 OF HIDDEN USES                                                          14
 OF COMPENSATION                                                         21
 OF INDIRECT INFLUENCES                                                  27
 OF MEMORY                                                               33
 THE DREAM OF AMBITION                                                   38
 OF SUBJECTION                                                           41
 OF REST                                                                 51
 OF HUMILITY                                                             55
 OF PRIDE                                                                59
 OF EXPERIENCE                                                           62
 OF ESTIMATING CHARACTER                                                 65
 OF HATRED AND ANGER                                                     74
 OF GOOD IN THINGS EVIL                                                  76
 OF PRAYER                                                               81
 THE LORD'S PRAYER                                                       86
 OF DISCRETION                                                           88
 OF TRIFLES                                                              92
 OF RECREATION                                                           95
 THE TRAIN OF RELIGION                                                  100
 OF A TRINITY                                                           103
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