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[Illustration]

[Illustration: Proverbial Philosophy]


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
 OF THINKING                                                            107
 OF SPEAKING                                                            115
 OF READING                                                             119
 OF WRITING                                                             121
 OF WEALTH                                                              125
 OF INVENTION                                                           130
 OF RIDICULE                                                            134
 OF COMMENDATION                                                        137
 OF SELF-ACQUAINTANCE                                                   142
 OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS                                                  150
 OF FRIENDSHIP                                                          153
 OF LOVE                                                                158
 OF MARRIAGE                                                            161
 OF EDUCATION                                                           167
 OF TOLERANCE                                                           177
 OF SORROW                                                              181
 OF JOY                                                                 184

_SECOND SERIES._

 INTRODUCTORY                                                           189
 OF CHEERFULNESS                                                        192
 OF YESTERDAY                                                           197
 OF TO-DAY                                                              203
 OF TO-MORROW                                                           207
 OF AUTHORSHIP                                                          210
 OF MYSTERY                                                             219
 OF GIFTS                                                               227
 OF BEAUTY                                                              233
 OF F