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Re: Non-garden, just writing, query

It sounds like you're wanting a quotation dictionary.  There are lots on the market, some better than others.   One that is better known is the Oxford dictionary of quotations.  H.L. Mencken compiled a great one, but I don't know if it's still in print.  Some are arranged by authors (with an index of key words for searching), others are arranged by topics (great if you're looking for a quote on a specific subject, but don't know what the quote is).
    Catriona

Hamptongar@aol.com wrote:

As an English major of olde...I recall a reference book that would take critical lines of poetry and bring you back to or at least reference the original text.  No clue what it was though but any reference section at a good college library can help out.
 


Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener
The Hampton Gardener is a Registered Trade Mark
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