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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs - Hardcover

Simpson, John

 
9780198661313: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198661312 ISBN 13: 9780198661313
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1982

Synopsis

Traces the history of more than a thousand proverbs that are still in current use

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Review

"Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative."-- 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 "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative."-- 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 "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative."-- 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 "Scholarly, meticulous, and authoritative."-- 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

About the Author

About the Editors John Simpson is Co-Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Jennifer Speake is editor of many reference works, including A Dictionary of the Renaissance.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1982
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198661312
ISBN 13 
9780198661313
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
272