Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - 7th Edition

Informationen zum Autor A historical lexicographer! having previously worked on the 4th edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary! Elizabeth Knowles has had a long association with Oxford Quotations Dictionaries. As well as the 5th and 6th editions of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999! 2004)! her editorial credits include the Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2nd edition! 2005)! the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (3rd edition! 2007)! What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations (2006)! and the Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (2009). Klappentext A major new edition of the most authoritative dictionary of quotations available brings you the wit and wisdom of past and present. Find that half-remembered line in a browser's paradise of over 20!000 fully indexed quotations. 'When a thing has been said and well said! have no scruple: take it and copy it' - Anatole France Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVENTH EDITION ; HISTORY OF ODQ ; INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION ; HOW TO USE THE DICTIONARY ; QUOTATIONS ; INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Knowles
• Assisted by: Elizabet Knowles (Editor), Elizabeth Knowles (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.08.2009
• EAN: 9780199237173
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923717-3
• No. of pages: 1184
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 240 mm x 62 mm
• Series: Dictionnaires
• Subjects: Education and learning; Zitat, Zitatsammlungen (div.) : Lexikon, Nachschlagewerk