Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John - 1904

E-181: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good. 1904. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Little, Brown and Co. , Boston, 1904. 1158 pages. Ninth Edition. Bound by Blackwell for Bretanno's in full gilt decorated green morocco leather with gilt rule and designs present to the boards and stamped gilt titles and raised bands present to the spine. Marbled endpaper. All edges gilt. Boards have light shelf-wear present. No ownership marks present. Front endpaper chipped. Several tears present to the table of contents (repaired with japan paper). Lacking the rear endpaper. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. John Bartlett's timeless collection of quotations from many of the finest luminaries of English prose and poetry are presented here. The book begins with a presentation of the King James Bible, beginning with the Old Testament. Many of the most inspiring and memorable verses from across the Biblical canon are present. This is followed by the New Testament, with a number of the most evocative and spiritually rich gospel quotations listed. After the Bible comes Shakespeare's plays - listing each play in turn, Bartlett presents the finest lines from each. The great wisdom and expression for which William Shakespeare is renowned finds ample demonstration, with tragedies such as Macbeth and comedies such as Twelfth Night among the plays Bartlett draws upon. E-181; 9.29 X 6.14 X 2.13 inches; 1158 pages .