Treasury of Humorous Quotations: For Speakers, Writers and Home ReferenceWith all of potential benefits of humorous quoations it is surprising to discover that there has never been a comprehensive anthology of humorous quotations This book has been designed to fill that need The material has been drawn from many lands and all ages from every profession and for all occasions
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"Clever, quirky, fun. Julian Ashe's offbeat "American trivia guide" is a sometimes educational -- always entertaining -- collection of quotations, "firsts," and unconventional facts about politics, lifestyles, history, and the media."
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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) is generally regarded as the greatest English poet of the eighteenth century, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope was a master of the heroic couplet.
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John Bartlett (June 14, 1820 – December 3, 1905) was an American writer and publisher whose best known work, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations has been continually revised and reissued for a century after his death. The fourth edition of "Familiar Quotations" was published in 1863. The present, 5th edition, embodies the results of the later researches of its editors, besides the contributions of various friends, and includes many quotations which have long been waiting a favorable verdict on the all-important question of familiarity. A few changes have been made in the arrangement, and the citations from Shakespeare have been adapted to the principal modern editions.
This series features classic tales retold with attractive color illustrations. Educators using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system adapted each title. Each 70-page, softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics.
