many amusingly illuminated by antique etchings and line cuts
Byrne, Robert
1988
A collection of 1,911 quotes from scholars, comedians, political candidates, writers, reporters, philosophers, and other people from throughout history.
a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature
Bartlett, John
1980
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.
Collects over five thousand twentieth- and twenty-first-century quotations from such areas as politics, journalism, literature, music, television, sports, and film, and includes keyword and thematic indexes.
a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature
Bartlett, John
1992
A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature containing 20,550 authors, 340 of whom are new to to this edition.