SUPERIOR QUOTATIONS to educate and amuse: The highest concentration of wisdom wit and sensibility in English through the centuries
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (774 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1514627116 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is President Emeritus of the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. He also worked at the World Service of the BBC. Sofron A. . Sofron, M.A., Ph.D., M.Sc., holds degrees from the University of London King’s College, University College, and the London School of Economics. He held academic posts at the Middlesex Polytechnic in Lon
. About the Author Sofron A. He is President Emeritus of the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. He also worked at the World Service of the BBC. He held academic posts at the Middlesex Polytechnic in London and the University of Indianapolis. Sofron, M.A., Ph.D., M.Sc., holds degrees from the University of London King’s College, University College, and the London School of Economics
This book will allow the reader to consort with, and listen to the ‘voices’ of, some of the most intelligent, amusing, well-spoken and even out-spoken people of the past and the present. It can be confi dently described as representing the highest concentration of wisdom, wit & sensibility ever written or spoken in the English language or tradition, ranging from the Venerable Bede and Chaucer to Mark Twain, Einstein and Feynman. James Boswell, the great Scots biographer of The Life of Samuel Johnson, is said to have longed for the London coach that would take him to “the juiciness of the English mind”. This publication will certainly take you to a much wider and longer domain of intellectual and verbal excellence and juiciness. It ab
"A Scholar's Book of Fascinating Trivia" according to Miranda Joyce Childe. Superior Quotations to Educate and Amuse:The highest concentration of wisdom, wit and sensibility in English through the centuriesComprehensive Edition, Edited by Sofron A. Sofron (2015) As a retired English professor and lifelong student of the arts and humanities, I was delighted to receive this book through the Early Reviewers group of LibraryThing. The book is comprised of Mr. Sofron’s choice quotations spanning the centuries from The Venerable Bede to Christopher Barnatt, circa 700 AD to the present. The scope of the entries is ambitious; the selections, as Sofron states in the preface, “provide(s) an adventure of ideas&hel. so I was very pleased when I got a reviewer copy of Superior Quotations Lindy Williams I own several books of quotations and I use quotations frequently when designing workbooks and training programs, so I was very pleased when I got a reviewer copy of Superior Quotations. I anticipated yet another book that listed quotations by topic/subject and offered a quick reference; however, this one is not a typical resource of that sort. Instead this book offers a glimpse of history through quotations. Initially I found that a little odd, but when I allowed myself to simply read the quotations and, in the process, take a reader's stroll through history, I found I totally enjoyed it! Is it a reference resource list of quotations? Prob