John Ray, A Collection of English Proverbs (1670)
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Date
1670
Author
John Ray Note: 12/10/2005
Book title
A Collection of English Proverbs Digested into a convenient Method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion; with Short Annotations. Whereunto are added local proverbs with their Explications, old Proverbial rhythmes, Less known or exotick proverbial sentences, and Scottish proverbs
Publication place
Cambridge
Printer
John Hayes
Publisher
W. Norden
Text type
printed book
Genre
General English Dictionaries and Glossaries
Subject area
proverbs
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: 4. The early bird catcheth the worm. (p. 84)
sample: 4. The early bird catcheth the worm. (p. 84)
Wing
R386
Criticisms
Bately, Janet M. "Ray, Worlidge, and Kersey's Revision of The New World of English Words." Anglia 85 (1967): 1-14. view record
Raven, Charles E. John Ray, Naturalist, his Life and Works. 2nd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1950. view record
Gladstone, Jo. "'New World of English Words': John Ray, FRS, the Dialect Protagonist, in the Context of His Times (1658-1691)." Language, Self, and Society: A Social History of Language. Eds. Peter Burke and Roy Porter. Cambridge, England: Polity Press, 1991. 115-53. view record
Arber, Agnes. "A Seventeenth-century Naturalist: John Ray." Isis 34 (1943): 319-24. view record
Baldwin, Stuart A. John Ray (1627-1705). Witham: n.p., 1986. view record
Keynes, Sir Geoffrey. John Ray, 1627-1705: A Bibliography 1660-1970: A Descriptive Bibliography of the Works of John Ray, English Naturalist, Philologist and Theologian. Amsterdam: G. Th. van Heusden, 1976. view record
Raven, Charles E. John Ray, Naturalist, his Life and Works. 2nd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1950. view record
Gladstone, Jo. "'New World of English Words': John Ray, FRS, the Dialect Protagonist, in the Context of His Times (1658-1691)." Language, Self, and Society: A Social History of Language. Eds. Peter Burke and Roy Porter. Cambridge, England: Polity Press, 1991. 115-53. view record
Arber, Agnes. "A Seventeenth-century Naturalist: John Ray." Isis 34 (1943): 319-24. view record
Baldwin, Stuart A. John Ray (1627-1705). Witham: n.p., 1986. view record
Keynes, Sir Geoffrey. John Ray, 1627-1705: A Bibliography 1660-1970: A Descriptive Bibliography of the Works of John Ray, English Naturalist, Philologist and Theologian. Amsterdam: G. Th. van Heusden, 1976. view record
