The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of EnglishKyle Cathie, 1999 - 269 pages "Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Starting from 1066 and working through to the modern-day green movement, with a nod towards the invention of playing cards, the California Gold Rush and the first recorded blizzard along the way, The Chronology of Words and Phrases links hundreds of words and phrases with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them life. A words book for historians and a history book for wordsmiths, it will have pride of place in any book lover's collection." --Book Jacket. |
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... England 87 68 89 92 95 97 101 c 1410 Wire drawing is invented in Nuremberg 103 1465 English playing - card manufacturers call for restrictions on foreign imports 105 1474 1485 William Caxton prints the first book in English 107 Henry ...
... England 87 68 89 92 95 97 101 c 1410 Wire drawing is invented in Nuremberg 103 1465 English playing - card manufacturers call for restrictions on foreign imports 105 1474 1485 William Caxton prints the first book in English 107 Henry ...
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... ENGLAND Thousands upon thousands of sheep grazed the English countryside in the Middle Ages and beyond . The trade in surplus wool , just burgeoning in the late Saxon period , expanded apace after the Conquest until wool became the ...
... ENGLAND Thousands upon thousands of sheep grazed the English countryside in the Middle Ages and beyond . The trade in surplus wool , just burgeoning in the late Saxon period , expanded apace after the Conquest until wool became the ...
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... ENGLAND ( in CHRONICLES OF HOLINSHED , 1587 ) , which details contemporary life and customs , William Harrison wrote : In these daies the taking - in of the smoke of the Indian herbe called Tabaco , by an instrument formed like a litle ...
... ENGLAND ( in CHRONICLES OF HOLINSHED , 1587 ) , which details contemporary life and customs , William Harrison wrote : In these daies the taking - in of the smoke of the Indian herbe called Tabaco , by an instrument formed like a litle ...
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The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of English Linda Flavell,Roger Flavell No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
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