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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... eventually prevailed . The term was borrowed into Late Latin as monachus , ' monk ' , and was eventually taken into Old English as munuc . Also from Greek monos , ' alone ' , came the verb monazein , ' to live alone ' . Late Greek ...
... eventually prevailed . The term was borrowed into Late Latin as monachus , ' monk ' , and was eventually taken into Old English as munuc . Also from Greek monos , ' alone ' , came the verb monazein , ' to live alone ' . Late Greek ...
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... eventually identified his captor , Denys de Morbeque , who received a modest payment of 2,000 nobles , a mere fraction of the king's ransom which was eventually paid for the return of John to his own kingdom . 1198 THE SHERIFF of London ...
... eventually identified his captor , Denys de Morbeque , who received a modest payment of 2,000 nobles , a mere fraction of the king's ransom which was eventually paid for the return of John to his own kingdom . 1198 THE SHERIFF of London ...
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... eventually reappeared at court with a pair of fine silk stockings for his sovereign , the Queen again refused his patent on the grounds that the machine was a threat to the livelihood of some of her subjects . Lee found a more ...
... eventually reappeared at court with a pair of fine silk stockings for his sovereign , the Queen again refused his patent on the grounds that the machine was a threat to the livelihood of some of her subjects . Lee found a more ...
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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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