The Oxford dictionary of quotations / edited by Elizabeth Knowles.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.Edition: 6th edDescription: xxvi, 1140 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0198607202
- 808.882 KNO
- Available also online via the Internet.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Reference | LSAD Library Reference | 808.882 KNO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Library Use Only | 39002100360503 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is a major new edition of Oxford's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of quotations, bringing you the wisdom of the ages and the sound bites of today in 20,000+ quotations. The text is a browser's paradise, covering people and events from Cleopatra to J. K. Rowling, and the battle of Marathon to the Hutton Inquiry. The keyword index will help you to trace that half-remembered quote, and identifies the quotations that give us key phrases such as 'state of the Union' and 'dodgy dossier'. Special sections bring together categories such as Misquotations and Film lines. Traditional areas have been enriched and the best of the new added, and the Introduction tells the story of the nation's favourite quotations dictionary over 60 years.'Come, and take choice of all my library.' William Shakespeare'Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.' Michelangelo'If business always made the right decisions, business wouldn't be business.' J. Paul Getty'I was captured for life by chemistry and by crystals.' Dorothy Hodgkin'Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.' Ernest Shackleton
Includes index.
Available also online via the Internet.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. ix)
- Introduction to First Edition (p. xix)
- How to Use the Dictionary (p. xxv)
- Dictionary (p. 1)
- Special Categories
- Advertising slogans (p. 7)
- Borrowed titles (p. 146)
- Catchphrases (p. 200)
- Closing lines (p. 228)
- Epitaphs (p. 309)
- Film lines (p. 319)
- Film titles (p. 322)
- Last words (p. 471)
- Military sayings, slogans, and songs (p. 526)
- Misquotations (p. 537)
- Mottoes (p. 552)
- Newspaper headlines and leaders (p. 562)
- Official advice (p. 572)
- Opening lines (p. 574)
- Political slogans and songs (p. 600)
- Prayers (p. 611)
- Sayings (p. 669)
- Slogans (p. 740)
- Songs, spirituals, and shanties (p. 747)
- Taglines for films (p. 771)
- Telegrams (p. 776)
- Toasts (p. 796)
- Index (p. 861)