Concise Dictionary of Foreign QuotationsAnthony Lejeune Here is the answer for anyone who comes across a foreign-language quotation in a newspaper article or a book and isn't quite sure what it means. Here are famous sayings, in five European languages--Latin, French, German, Italian, and Spanish--accompanied by their translations into English and cross-indexed for easy reference. Just what did Mussolini say about making the trains run on time? Did Marie-Antoinette really tell the poor to eat cake? Concise Dictionary of Foreign Quotations includes more than 3,000 entries, chosen by five editors, each one widely read in the language concerned. The majority of entries were included because they are familiar, those an English reader would be most likely to encounter. Literary quotations, political quotations, poetic thoughts, pungent comments, polished epigrams, shrewd perceptions--by everyone from Cicero to Sartre, from Michelangelo to Picasso. |
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... Italian Section: Alexandra Richardson Spanish Section: Carmen Suarez A Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the Library ofCongress ISBN 13: 978-1-57958-341-5 (hbk) Acknowledgements Many people helped in the ...
... Italian Section: Alexandra Richardson Spanish Section: Carmen Suarez A Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the Library ofCongress ISBN 13: 978-1-57958-341-5 (hbk) Acknowledgements Many people helped in the ...
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... Italian Section : Alexandra Richardson Spanish Section : Carmen Suarez First published in the United States 2001 A Cataloging - in - Publication record for this book is available from the Library of Congress CONTENTS Page vii viii ...
... Italian Section : Alexandra Richardson Spanish Section : Carmen Suarez First published in the United States 2001 A Cataloging - in - Publication record for this book is available from the Library of Congress CONTENTS Page vii viii ...
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... ITALIAN SECTION 242 Italian Index 245 SPANISH SECTION 291 Spanish Index 295 English Index 313 Index of Authors ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people helped in the preparation of this book V.
... ITALIAN SECTION 242 Italian Index 245 SPANISH SECTION 291 Spanish Index 295 English Index 313 Index of Authors ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people helped in the preparation of this book V.
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... Italian and Spanish - in the left hand column . Under each quotation , the name of the author ( or other source ) appears in bold . Beneath that , where appropriate , an explanation of its origin . The English translation of the ...
... Italian and Spanish - in the left hand column . Under each quotation , the name of the author ( or other source ) appears in bold . Beneath that , where appropriate , an explanation of its origin . The English translation of the ...
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Contents
Latin Index | 46 |
FRENCH SECTION | 51 |
French Index | 122 |
GERMAN SECTION | 127 |
German Index | 196 |
ITALIAN SECTION | 201 |
Italian Index | 242 |
SPANISH SECTION | 245 |
Spanish Index | 291 |
English Index | 295 |
Index of Authors | 313 |
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