Familiar quotations : a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature / John Bartlett ; edited by Emily Morison Beck, and the editorial staff of Little, Brown and Company.

Main entry:

Bartlett, John, 1820-1905, compiler.

Title & Author:

Edition:

Fifteenth and 125th anniversary edition, revised and enlarged.

Publication:

Boston : Little Brown and Company, 1980.

Description:

lviii, 1540 pages ; 26 cm

Series:

Bartlett's familiar quotations

Notes:
Includes indexes.
Preface to the Fifteenth edition -- Historical note -- Guide to the use of Familiar Quotations -- Index of authors -- Familiar Quotations, from ancient Egypt and the Bible to the present -- Index.
English.

Summary:

Chronologically arranged entries supply quotations from 2,250 authors and major collective or anonymous works, with an alphabetical index of authors and an index to the text.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0316082759
9780316082754

Subject:

Quotations, English.
Quotations.
Literature
Citations anglaises.
Littérature.
Zitatensammlung
DICTIONARY.
Philosophy.
English language.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
QUOTATIONS.

Form/genre:

quotations (texts)
Quotations
Zitatensammlung.
Citations.

Added entries:

Beck, Emily Morison, editor.
Little, Brown and Company.

Collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 49944
Call No.: ID PN6081 REF; ID:89-B8914
Status: Available

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