{"product_id":"2026200014615-secondhand-the-oxford-dictionary-of-quotations","title":"The Oxford Dictionary Of Quotations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew reference works have achieved the cultural authority and enduring prestige of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations — a treasury of the most memorable, incisive, and celebrated words ever committed to print. This revised fourth edition, edited by Angela Partington, brings together thousands of quotations drawn from centuries of literature, philosophy, politics, science, and everyday speech, presenting a comprehensive panorama of human expression from antiquity to the modern age. Organised alphabetically by author, it serves as both an indispensable desk reference for writers and scholars and a captivating volume to browse at leisure, revealing the surprising origins and contexts of phrases we use every day.\n\nUnder Partington's expert editorial hand, the collection balances the canonical pillars of Western thought — Shakespeare, the Bible, Samuel Johnson, Winston Churchill — with a refreshingly broadened scope that embraces wit, satire, and the voices of the overlooked. The result is a volume that does far more than catalogue clever turns of phrase; it maps the intellectual and emotional geography of civilisation itself, illustrating how language shapes, reflects, and sometimes subverts the age in which it is spoken. Whether you seek the perfect epigraph, wish to settle a dinner-table debate, or simply surrender to the pleasure of a perfectly formed sentence, this dictionary will leave you wondering just how many of your own most cherished thoughts were first articulated by someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269341585627,"sku":"2026200014615-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d8b98bfe-f1ef-4be8-8600-db04e42ae0fc.png?v=1788998690","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014615-secondhand-the-oxford-dictionary-of-quotations","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}