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Genre/Form: | Quotations Collected Work Dictionaries Quotations (texts) quotations (texts) Citations |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607143062 Online version: Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607457519 Online version: Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607888644 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Elizabeth Knowles |
ISBN: | 0198601735 9780198601739 |
OCLC Number: | 40668192 |
Notes: | Revised edition of: The Oxford dictionary of quotations / edited by Angela Partington. 4th ed. 1992. Includes indexes. |
Description: | xv, 1136 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Dictionary -- Special Categories -- Advertising slogans -- Borrowed titles -- Catchphrases -- Closing lines -- Epitaphs -- Film lines -- Film titles -- Last words -- Military sayings, slogans, and songs -- Misquotations -- Mottoes -- Newspaper headlines and leaders -- Official advice -- Opening lines -- Political slogans and songs -- Prayers -- Sayings and Slogans -- Songs, spirituals, and shanties -- Telegrams -- Toasts -- Administration -- Age -- America -- Art -- Books -- Britain -- Business -- Computing -- Drinks -- Education -- Environment -- Europe -- Family -- Fashion -- Film -- Food -- Future -- Gardening -- Health and Fitness -- Law -- Literature -- Love -- Marriage -- Men and Women -- Music -- Past -- Photography -- Politics -- Present -- Press -- Quotations -- Religion -- Royalty -- Science -- Seasons -- Sex -- Sport -- Technology -- Television -- Transport -- Travel -- War -- Weather -- Youth. |
Responsibility: | edited by Elizabeth Knowles. |
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Abstract:
Complete with a new thematic index and expanded information on authors and particular quotations, this guide to quotations in English seeks to make sure that you will always know who said what, where, and when.
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