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The Oxford dictionary of quotations

"The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is acclaimed for its broad and authoritative coverage. Now with 20,000 quotations, this major new edition has been brought fully up to date, whilst traditional areas of coverage have been enhanced. Particular areas such as world religions and classical Greek and Latin literature have been improved, and proverbs and nursery rhymes are also included. In addition, there are new sections bringing together Advertising slogans, Epitaphs, Film lines, Misquotations, and other special categories of topical and related quotes." "With a new thematic index, which allows you to browse through the best quotations on a given subject, more background information, an extensive keyword index, and cross-references to quotations about authors, you will easily be able to find quotations for all occasions, and identify who said what, where, and when. Book jacket."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 1999
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999
Quotations
xv, 1136 pages ; 24 cm
9780198601739, 0198601735
40668192
Introductionix
How to Use the Dictionaryxiii
Dictionary1(842)
SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Advertising slogans
7(137)
Borrowed titles
144(51)
Catchphrases
195(27)
Closing lines
222(80)
Epitaphs
302(9)
Film lines
311(1)
Film titles
312(143)
Last words
455(53)
Military sayings, slogans, and songs
508(13)
Misquotations
521(14)
Mottoes
535(9)
Newspaper headlines and leaders
544(10)
Official advice
554(1)
Opening lines
555(26)
Political slogans and songs
581(11)
Prayers
592(55)
Sayings and Slogans
647(82)
Songs, spirituals, and shanties
729(29)
Telegrams
758(20)
Toasts
778(65)
Thematic Index843(10)
Keyword Index853
Revised edition of: The Oxford dictionary of quotations / edited by Angela Partington. 4th ed. 1992
Includes indexes