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Oxford Treasury of Sayings and Quotations
Fourth Edition
Edited by Susan Ratcliffe
720 pages
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196x129mm
978-0-19-960912-3
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Hardback
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13 October 2011
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- Unique collection bringing together the best phrases, proverbs, and quotations on favourite subjects
- Extensive cross-referencing enables the reader to trace the links between treasured sayings in our language
- Updated with over 1,000 new phrases, proverbs, and quotations, and new themes including Colours, Neighbours, and Wisdom
- Comprehensive keyword index to trace that half-remembered line
- Attractive new design at a lower price
New to this edition - New design and format
- New themes including Colours, Neighbours, and Wisdom
- Over 1,000 new phrases, proverbs, and quotations
The perfect answer to the question 'what's been said about this?' This fully revised and updated edition of an Oxford classic is a truly unique reference book which brings together phrases, proverbs, and quotations in a single thematic volume. Apt and memorable sayings are arranged under a wide range of subjects, giving explanations and origins of the expressions and tracing the links between them. Oxford's unique language research highlights sayings from languages around the world which have become popular in English.
Here you can find out about a Stepford wife under Conformity or Banquo's ghost at Guilt, learn that when advising Caution in
India they say 'Call on God, but row away from the rocks' while the English say 'Let sleeping dogs lie', and hear from Brigitte Bardot on Maturity that 'It's sad to grow old—but nice to ripen' and from Mussolini on Action that 'Inactivity is death'. Over a thousand new items have been added to this edition, and new themes include Colours, Neighbours, and Wisdom. A full keyword index and generous cross referencing allow the book to function both as a look-up resource and a browser's delight: the ideal book for anyone fascinated by the words people use and reuse.Readership: Writers, students, general readers with an interest in language and literature, and an attractive gift
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Edited by Susan Ratcliffe, Associate Editor, OUP Susan Ratcliffe is an Associate Editor for Oxford Quotations Dictionaries, and has previously edited the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, the Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Subject.
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Review(s) from previous edition
"Very enjoyable and useful - The Times
"An instant pearl for every occasion" - Sunday Telegraph
"This browser's goldmine" - Writing Magazine
"Inclusiveness, utility and fascination" - Booknews
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Preface to the Fourth Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
How to Use this Book
List of Themes
Sayings and Quotations
Index
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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