The Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations

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THE MACMILLAN
DICTIONARY»/' QUOTATIONS
A Unique Reference Combination
BIOGRAPHICAL THEMATIC KEY-WORD
The Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations introduces a new concept among books of quotations that is sure to be greeted with delight by writers, public speakers, and lovers of language and literature everywhere.
Unlike most old collections of quotations, this is a truly innovative reference work, virtually comprising two books in one volume, as it combines a wide-ranging thematic dictionary of quotations with an informative, biographical one. These two distinct approaches are fully integrated under more than 1,100 alphabetically arranged headings—from abstinence and Woody Allen to William Butler Yeats and youth. Frequent cross-referencing among the book's entries rewards the dedicated researcher and the curious browser alike, directing the reader to other relevant quotations throughout the dictionary and to the extensive key-word/key-phrase and... Tovább

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Originally published at $35.00
THE MACMILLAN
DICTIONARY»/' QUOTATIONS
A Unique Reference Combination
BIOGRAPHICAL THEMATIC KEY-WORD
The Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations introduces a new concept among books of quotations that is sure to be greeted with delight by writers, public speakers, and lovers of language and literature everywhere.
Unlike most old collections of quotations, this is a truly innovative reference work, virtually comprising two books in one volume, as it combines a wide-ranging thematic dictionary of quotations with an informative, biographical one. These two distinct approaches are fully integrated under more than 1,100 alphabetically arranged headings—from abstinence and Woody Allen to William Butler Yeats and youth. Frequent cross-referencing among the book's entries rewards the dedicated researcher and the curious browser alike, directing the reader to other relevant quotations throughout the dictionary and to the extensive key-word/key-phrase and speaker's indexes at the back.
In his Dictionary of the English Language, Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote," Every quotation contributes something to the stability and enlargement of the language."
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The Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations offers more than 20,000 such quotations, citing sources from the classical world, the Bible, Shakespeare, and such modern quotables as Dorothy Parker, S. J. Perelman, Mae West, Talluah Bankhead, P. G. Wodehouse, Raymond Chandler, Albert Einstein, Samuel Goldwyn (including a whole section of 'Goldwynisms'), Cole Porter, and Muhammad Ali. Each U.S. president also has his own biographical heading. In addition there are specially headed sections—epitaphs, last words, telegrams, insults, repartee, boasts, misquotations, compliments, and so forth—that include numerous examples of that genre as well as quotations about the genre itself.
The cumulative effect of the special features—the unique double thematic/ biographical format, the broad international and historical focus, the abundant indexing and cross-referencing, to name only a few—makes The Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations a veritable library of the spoken word and the single most enjoyable and useful book of quotations ever published. Here is an essential reference tool for all scholars and a browser's delight for the recreational reader. Vissza