The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Angela Partington

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Angela Partington

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Summary

This dictionary offers 8000 bon mots from 1800 authors, from ancient times to the 1990s. The entries are alphabetically listed by author, plus a key-word index to locate quotations on particular subjects or trace quotations to their authors.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Angela Partington

Freshly selected from the acclaimed Fourth edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations , this most entertaining of dictionaries offers 9,000 famous (or infamous) bons mots from 1,900 authors - ranging from ancient times to the 1990s Containing 1,500 more quotations than ever before, the COD Quotations lists entries alphabetically by author and includes further new quotations not found in its parent work, including Bill Clinton, Paul Keating, Frank Bruno, and John Major. 1990s. This book is intended for readers, writers, speechmakers, crossword solvers and literature students; gift market.
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ISBN 13 9780198661993
ISBN 10 0198661991
Title The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Author Angela Partington
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1993-10-28
Number of pages 589
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