
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations 6th Edition
Author(s): Elizabeth Knowles
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 9 Dec. 2004
- Edition: 6th
- Language: English
- Print length: 1168 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198607202
- ISBN-13: 9780198607205
Book Description
More than twenty thousand quotations from every era and location are combined in a comprehensive reference that also encompasses details of the earliest traceable source, birth and death dates, and career briefs for each entry, as well as a thematic and keyword index.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations remains a glorious treasure-house for browsers. TLS Invaluable...Truly good value Robert McCrum, Observer
About the Author
Elizabeth Knowles is Publishing Manager for Oxford Quotations Dictionaries and is a historical lexicographer, having previously worked on the 4th edition of theShorter Oxford English Dictionary.
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