Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations [Paperback]

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Publication Date: November 3, 2006

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Product Details

• Paperback: 406 pages
• Publisher: Hard Press (November 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1406913596
• ISBN-13: 978-1406913590
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,831,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book, July 10, 2009

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This review is from: Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (Kindle Edition)

This is an excellent book full of great material. It was published in 1901 and has mostly English authors, plus a few from the Continent and America. The earliest author I found was Chaucer, and Shakespeare is quoted most frequently. There's no table of contents, but the quotes are printed alphabetically by topic- Abashed, Abbots, Abdication, so you can search for a topic you're interested in. You're told exactly where each quote comes from- e.g. Milton: Par. Lost, Bk. viii., line 561. The back of the book has an Index to Authors and an Index to Quotations. There are 2138 quotes in the book. And you can get this wonderful book for the price of... free!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb collection of good political quotes, April 7, 2011

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This review is from: Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (Paperback)

This free book for amazon kindle owners has 2,138 quotations from 255 authors arranged alphabetically. The first is abashed, then abbots, then abdication. Shakespeare's Othello is used for absence - "Thou lost to sight, to memory dear Thou ever wilt remain" - a good quote to send to significant others when the two are parted. Other Shakespeare quotes are: Macbeth- "Wise men ne're sit and wail their loss, But cheerily seek how to redress their harms." Troilus and Cressida - "The world's a theatre, the earth a stage which God and Nature do with actors fill." From other sources: "Pleasure and action make the hours seem short" and "All things are ready if your minds be so." These examples show that the quotes can be very useful.

3.0 out of 5 stars lots of quotations, February 10, 2012

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This review is from: Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (Kindle Edition)

This book was written in 1901. The printed version has 268 pages and a wordcount of 68,877. The quotations are listed in alphabetical order. The book is written in oldfashioned language.

This book is not available in Europe via Amazon at the moment I write this, but this book can be found for free on several places on the web, so you can download it even if you are in Europe.

The first two quotations of the book will give you a good idea of what this book is like:

=Abashed.=

Abash'd the devil stood,

And felt how awful goodness is, and saw

Virtue in her shape how lovely.

1

MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. iv., Line 846.

=Abbots.=

To happy convents bosom'd deep in vines,

Where slumber abbots purple as their wines.

2

POPE: _Dunciad,_ Bk. iv., Line 301.