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Brewer's famous quotations / Nigel Rees.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rees, Nigel, 1944- compiler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quotations, English--Dictionaries.
- Quotations, English.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Famous quotations
- Oxford reference.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Revealing the intriguing stories behind some 5,000 quotations, from Julius Caesar's supposed dying words ('Et tu, Brute?') to George W Bush's 'Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists', Nigel Rees offers detailed insights into a host of misremembered, misattributed and generally problematic quotations.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 6, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9780199916207
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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