Familiar Quotations: A Collection Of Passages, Phrases And Proverbs Traced To Their Sources In Ancient And Modern Literature
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Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Some yellowing. Markings: No markings visible on title page. Binding condition: Binding intact with some wear, pages secure.
Familiar Quotations is the definitive reference collection first compiled by John Bartlett, now presented in its revised and enlarged Fourteenth Edition under the editorship of Emily Morison Beck. This landmark anthology chronicles thousands of passages, phrases, and proverbs drawn from ancient and modern literature, tracing each to its original source with scholarly precision. The work serves as an indispensable companion for writers, speakers, students, and curious minds alike, presenting the most enduring and celebrated words in the English-speaking world. With a breadth spanning classical antiquity to the twentieth century, it remains an authoritative treasury of human thought and expression, consulted by generations of readers seeking the perfect quotation.
Author: John Bartlett
Format: Hardback
Genre: Reference & language
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Some yellowing. Markings: No markings visible on title page. Binding condition: Binding intact with some wear, pages secure.
Familiar Quotations is the definitive reference collection first compiled by John Bartlett, now presented in its revised and enlarged Fourteenth Edition under the editorship of Emily Morison Beck. This landmark anthology chronicles thousands of passages, phrases, and proverbs drawn from ancient and modern literature, tracing each to its original source with scholarly precision. The work serves as an indispensable companion for writers, speakers, students, and curious minds alike, presenting the most enduring and celebrated words in the English-speaking world. With a breadth spanning classical antiquity to the twentieth century, it remains an authoritative treasury of human thought and expression, consulted by generations of readers seeking the perfect quotation.