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Proverbs and Their Lessons / Being the Subject of Lectures Delivered to Young Men's Societies at Portsmouth and Elsewhere

Chapter 1: Transcriber’s Note
By Richard Chenevix Trench
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The author collects and examines popular sayings in a series of six lectures that define the proverb, trace its origins, compare variants across nations, and explore its poetic, moral, and theological dimensions. He considers how proverbs are formed and transmitted, illustrates their wit and imagery, and measures their ethical and religious significance, drawing on wide readings and examples. Intended for general readers, the lectures combine classification, philological observation, and cultural comparison to show how brief traditional sayings encapsulate collective experience, communicate practical wisdom, and reveal enduring patterns of thought and language.

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Title: Proverbs and Their Lessons

Author: Richard Chenevix Trench

Release date: February 6, 2018 [eBook #56504]

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Note

To view the transliteration of the Greek phrases, hover over a Greek passage. This feature may not work correctly in e-readers.

In the printed book, alternate pages have unique headers, represented here as sidenotes.

For list of the corrections made, please view the transcriber’s note at the end of the text.

The cover was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.