Download or read book Cassell Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations written by Robert Andrews and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Cassell Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations' brings together the most revealing, the most a must and the most poignant observations from a period that has been mulled over and discussed more than any other, the post-war era. Some quotations are already well known; others have been undeservedly forgotten, submerged beneath the sheer unremitting quantity of modern commentary and opinion. All have something to tell us about the contemporary world and our widely differing views of it.
Download or read book Cassell Dictionary of Cynical Quotations written by Jonathon Green and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations written by Robert Andrews and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 1291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations contains over 8,000 quotations from 1914 to the present. As much a companion to the modern age as it is an entertaining and useful reference tool, it takes the reader on a tour of the wit and wisdom of the great and the good, from Margot Asquith to Monica Lewinsky, from George V to Boutros Boutros-Galli and Jonathan Aitken to Frank Zappa.
Download or read book The Cassell Dictionary of Regrettable Quotations written by David Milsted and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1999 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilariously offbeat dictionary of quotationsA hilariously offbeat dictionary of quotationsBrings together some of the worst-chosen words in historyThematic organization allows the user to locate quotations on specific topicsAll quotations fully sourced, annotated and indexed.
Download or read book Cassell Companion to Quotations written by Nigel Rees and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1997 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated guide to quotations.
Download or read book Cassell s Book of Quotations Proverbs and Household Words written by Sir William Gurney Benham and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Cassell s Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Download or read book Stevenson s Dictionary of Quotations written by Burton Egbert Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 2816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations English written by Helena Swan and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources written by James Rev. Wood and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 1450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary results from the titanic work by Rev. James Wood who collected quotations from ancient and modern English and foreign sources and put them in alphabetic order. The dictionary contains phrases, mottoes, maxims, proverbs, definitions, aphorisms, and sayings of different prominent people.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations English written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources written by Rev. James Wood and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations English with Authors Index written by Helena Swan and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations written by Elizabeth Knowles and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-08-23 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 5,000 quotations from authors as diverse as Bertolt Brecht, George W. Bush, Homer Simpson, Carl Sagan, William Shatner, and Desmond Tutu, the dictionary is organized alphabetically by author, with generous cross-referencing and keyword and thematic indexes. This new edition features more than 500 new quotations and 187 new authors. The book includes special sections featuring quotations from cartoons, films, political slogans, famous last words, misquotations, official advice, newspaper headlines and more.
Download or read book The New Penguin Dictionary of Quotations written by Robert Andrews and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breathtakingly comprehensive and completely up-to-date, The New Penguin Dictionary of Quotations is an expansive collection of witty sayings, pithy comments and sage words. From Chinua Achebe to Emile Zola, each entry collates the most famous, surprising or unusual quotations from a wide range of people and includes a mini-biography that helps put the sayings in context. Together, they build up to form a fascinating portrayal of wit and wisdom down the ages. An invaluable companion and source book for the reader, writer, avid browser or after-dinner speaker.
Download or read book The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Inspirational Quotes written by and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words to comfort, amuse, enlighten, and above all, inspire: more than 485 pages of diverse quotations offer tasty food for thought.
