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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs

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Published: 1 October, 1993
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From "the more the merrier" to "there's no such thing as a free lunch", this guide contains over 1000 of the best-known English proverbs from around the world. For this new edition, many new quotations have been added to illustrate the proverbs and over 100 new proverbs are included for the first time. A new thematic index is also included to help one find proverbs on subjects ranging from bee-keeping to stress.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780192800022
ISBN10 0192800027
Number Of Pages 330
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Oxford University Press
Format paperback
Edition 2nd Revised edition
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Praise for the First Edition:
Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative --The Washington Post Book World
A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary --The Times Literary Supplement
For the Second Edition:
The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically. --Reference and Research Book News


Praise for the First Edition:
Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative --The Washington Post Book World
A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary --The Times Literary Supplement
For the Second Edition:
The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically. --Reference and Research Book News


Praise for the First Edition:
Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative --The Washington Post Book World
A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary --The Times Literary Supplement
For the Second Edition:
The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically. --Reference and Research Book News

Praise for the First Edition:
Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative --The Washington Post Book World
A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary --The Times Literary Supplement
For the Second Edition:
The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically. --Reference and Research Book News

Praise for the First Edition:

Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative --The Washington Post Book World
A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary --The Times Literary Supplement
For the Second Edition:
The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically. --Reference and Research Book News


Praise for the First Edition


Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative --The Washington Post Book World


A rich and absorbing collection....Simpson's introduction {is succinct and helpful...[and his] system of cross-referencing is exemplary --The Times Literary Supplement


For the Second Edition:


The listing is aphabetical by key word, and the articles cite the various instances chronologically. Very well cross-referenced, and indexed topically. --Reference and Research Book News


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