Later editions of the Dictionary were published in 1953 and thereafter, the 6th edition appearing in 2004 ( ISBN 0-19-860720-2), the 7th in 2009 ( ISBN 0-19-923717-4), and the 8th in 2014 ( ISBN 0-19-966870-1), all edited by Elizabeth Knowles. pursue or approach stealthily: a cat stalking a bird. She recounts some of the details of choosing and processing quotations in her book on the life of Charles Williams (one of the committee). The first edition in 1941 was compiled by a committee drawn from the staff of the OUP under the editorship of Alice Mary Smyth (later Alice Mary Hadfield). The dictionary has been jokingly called the Oxford Dikker of Quotaggers using the Oxford "-er". A dedicated display space for OUPs books, showcasing a range of our publishing activities, will be located in Blackwells Norrington Room. Instead, OUP books in Oxford will move to a new home in Blackwell’s Bookshop on Broad Street. The words ‘other than’ are crucial here: a quotation is a saying that other people think worth repeating because it is well expressed whether it is beautiful or funny, wise, or. OUP has decided not to reopen the Bookshop, which has been closed since the first UK lockdown in March 2020. Quotations about absolute power are cross-referenced to Lord Acton, and from him to William Pitt the Elder, who said something similar. Oxford Dictionaries defines a quotation as ‘a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker’. For example, on looking up Napoleon's quotation about Britain being a nation of shopkeepers, one also finds Adam Smith, who said it first.
Catch-phrases are included if there is evidence that they are widely remembered or used. These are usually included if they can be traced to a particular originator. For example, some quotations (like “The opera ain’t over till the fat lady sings”) become proverbial. It is difficult to draw the line between quotations and similar sayings like proverbs, catch-phrases, and idioms. The quotations are drawn from novels, plays, poems, essays, speeches, films radio and television broadcasts, songs, advertisements, and even book titles. Popularity and familiarity are the main criteria for inclusion, although no reader is likely to be familiar with all the quotations in this dictionary. This book is not-like many quotations dictionaries-a subjective anthology of the editor's favourite quotations, but an objective selection of the quotations which are most widely known and used. The dictionary has been compiled from extensive evidence of the quotations that are actually used in the way they have been listed. The book begins with a preface explaining the term quotation. We are a department of the University of Oxford and share the objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, first published by the Oxford University Press in 1941, is an 1,100-page book listing short quotations that are common in English language and culture. Oxford University Press advances knowledge and learning.
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