A Dictionary of Burning Words

Six hundred pages of the sharpest lines from 'the literature of all ages,' filed by subject — built for orators, preachers and anyone who needs the perfect quotation.

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Every voice in Burning Words — 666 in all, 3182 attributed quotations, filed by surname.

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