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Proverbium : Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship, Vol. 29 No. 1, 2012.

Original scientific paper

Fielding’s Proverbs: A Cautionary Tale.

Phor Peete

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Abstract

The attribution of Thomas Fielding’s Select Proverbs of all Nations (1824) to John Wade, the English social activist, is explored in some detail. Two persistent bibliographic errors concerning this collection are exposed along the way.

Keywords

Thomas Fielding; John Wade; William Henry Ireland; George Berger; proverb collection; paremiography

Hrčak ID:

278417

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/278417

Publication date:

31.8.2012.

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