Day's Collacon: an Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations
Title | Day's Collacon: an Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1318 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Quotations, English |
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Quotology
Title | Quotology PDF eBook |
Author | Willis Goth Regier |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2010-10-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0803217528 |
Erasmus advised readers to learn quotations by heart and copy them everywhere: write them in the front and back of books; inscribe them on rings and cups; paint them on doors and walls, ?even on the glass of a window.? Emerson noted that ?in Europe, every church is a kind of book or bible, so covered is it with inscriptions and pictures.? In Arabic script as tall as a man, the Koran is quoted on the walls and domes of mosques. ø We quote to admire, provoke, commemorate, dispute, play, and inspire. Quotations signal class, club, clique, and alma mater. They animate wit, relay prophecies, guide meditation, and accessorize fashion. ø In Quotology Willis Goth Regier draws on world literature and contemporary events to show how vital quotations are, how they are collected and organized, and how deceptive they can be. He probes all these aspects, identifying fifty-nine types of quotations, including misquotations and anonymous sayings. Following the logic of quotology, Quotology concludes with famous last words.
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Title | The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art PDF eBook |
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Pages | 874 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Art |
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Word Ways
Title | Word Ways PDF eBook |
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Pages | 556 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Word games |
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Reports from Select Committees of the House of Commons, and Evidence, Communicated to the Lords
Title | Reports from Select Committees of the House of Commons, and Evidence, Communicated to the Lords PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords |
Publisher | |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 1851 |
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The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health
Title | The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health PDF eBook |
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Pages | 268 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Phrenology |
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The Treasury; a Magazine of Religious and Current Thought for Pastor and People
Title | The Treasury; a Magazine of Religious and Current Thought for Pastor and People PDF eBook |
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Pages | 782 |
Release | 1886 |
Genre | Theology |
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