A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Principles from Ancient and Modern Sources

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TRIS GREAT WORK, which Mr. Mencken had in préparation for twenty-five years, difiers from ail other existing dic-tionaries of quotations in several important aspects.
It is planned on strictly historical principles, with every possible quo-tation dated. In ail cases Mr. Mencken sought to discover the first utterer of a saying or idea, and dis-regarded all those who have merely echoed it without significant change.
The names of authors and titles of books quoted are given in füll, save in a few obvious cases. Thus the present volume may be used without reference to other works of whatever description.
It omits mere platitudes, and confines itself to authors who had some-thing to say and said it to good effect. But all the immémorial tags and scraps of human wisdom have been included, and special attention is given to the great proverbs of every civilization.
The translations from foreign languages are mainly new, avoiding the usual stiffness; and whenever it... Tovább

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$75.00
TRIS GREAT WORK, which Mr. Mencken had in préparation for twenty-five years, difiers from ail other existing dic-tionaries of quotations in several important aspects.
It is planned on strictly historical principles, with every possible quo-tation dated. In ail cases Mr. Mencken sought to discover the first utterer of a saying or idea, and dis-regarded all those who have merely echoed it without significant change.
The names of authors and titles of books quoted are given in füll, save in a few obvious cases. Thus the present volume may be used without reference to other works of whatever description.
It omits mere platitudes, and confines itself to authors who had some-thing to say and said it to good effect. But all the immémorial tags and scraps of human wisdom have been included, and special attention is given to the great proverbs of every civilization.
The translations from foreign languages are mainly new, avoiding the usual stiffness; and whenever it
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A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS
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seems helpful the original text is given in parentheses.
The Biblical and Shakespearean quotations are newly chosen, and in-clude many that are unfamiliar.
Many of the most original writers, not usually included in collections of this nature, are here liberally repre-sented—e.g. Locke, Balthasar Gra-cian, the early Christian Fathers, Lichtenberg, Marx, the Popes, Huxley, Bierce, and hundreds more who appear only scantily, or not at all, in other works.
The quotations are arranged un-der many more rubrics than is cus-tomary, making it the easiest of all books of quotations to use, and that without constant reference to a bulky and baffling index.
Proper names are included in the general alphabet, with quotations showing the ebb and flow of opinion about notable men in all fields of endeavor.
Lastly, it is almost unnecessary to add that this is something more than a work of reference. Because it was prepared by H. L. Mencken, it is a book that can be dipped into purely for pleasure at any point, and read with real enjoyment. Vissza