Title: Familiar quotations; a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature
First published: 1883
Description: Accurate • Modern • Reliable • Convenient

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Subjects: English Quotations, Quotations, Aphorisms and apothegms, American Quotations, Nonfiction, Reference, Literature, Citations, Citations anglaises, Aphorisms and Proverbs, Engels, Zitatensammlung, Quotations,, DICTIONARY, Philosophy, English language, English literature, Reference Books, Technique, Painting, Resurrection, Quotations (texts), Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic
People: Abraham Lincoln, Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Winston Churchill Sir (1874-1965), Benjamin Franklin, William Shakespeare (1564-1616)