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The Oxford dictionary of quotations
By Partington, Angela
- ISBN
- 978-0-19860-058-9
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1997
Gr 7-Up This revised edition is based on the 1979 edition and The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (1991). It contains 17,500 quotations from 2500 authors, including more non-English writers, thinkers, and public figures than previous Oxford collections, and provides more substantial representation of American figures, more quotes from non-literary fields, and revisits the lyrics of hymns and songs, which were purged from the 1979 edition. Despite all of this, the focus is strongly British, e.g., 10 pages devoted to Samuel Johnson, 171 to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
