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1 online resource (145 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 Beginnings; Approaches; Sources; Characteristics; Bundles and Clusters; 2 Poverty and Its Languages; The Nature of Poverty; Putting up with Poverty; Caution; Robust and Often Cheerful Resistances; 3 Family and Neighbourhood (I); â#x80;#x98;No Place Like Homeâ#x80;#x99;; Warsâ#x80;#x94;and Changes in Outlook; The Main Characters; Marriage; 4 Family and Neighbourhood (II); Food; Drink; Health; Weather, the Countryside, and the Time of Year; 5 Family and Neighbourhood (III); Neighbours; Gossip; Quarrels |
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Old Age, Ageing, and Death6 Work, Class, Manners; Work; Class; Manners; 7 Language and Vulgarity: The Life of the Mind; The Rude and the Obscene; Intelligence, Intellect, and Imagination; 8 Live and Let Live; Tolerance; Local Morality; Public Morality; 9 Many Beliefs; Religion; Superstition; Time; 10 A Gathering: And a Glance at Today; Together and Apart; Aphorisms and Social Change; The Emerging Idioms of Relativism; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Aphorisms and apothegms.
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England-Social life and customs
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English language-England-Idioms
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English language-England-Usage
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English language-Social aspects-England
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English language-Spoken English-England
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English language-Variation-England
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Figures of speech.
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Maxims-History and criticism
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Proverbs, English-History and criticism
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Speech and social status-England
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Working class-England-Language
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aphorisms.
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Aphorisms and apothegms
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Figures of speech
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Maxims
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Proverbs, English
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351323789 |
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1351323784 |
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