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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... fourteenth century a number of monasteries extended their water systems to benefit the hard - pressed towns and cities to which they were attached . Such enterprises required artisans skilled in using lead . The Romans had called a ...
... fourteenth century a number of monasteries extended their water systems to benefit the hard - pressed towns and cities to which they were attached . Such enterprises required artisans skilled in using lead . The Romans had called a ...
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... fourteenth century and then derived the noun furre to denote ' linings and trimmings made of dressed animal pelts ' . By the fifteenth century fur began to be applied to the soft fine coats of creatures such as stoats and beavers while ...
... fourteenth century and then derived the noun furre to denote ' linings and trimmings made of dressed animal pelts ' . By the fifteenth century fur began to be applied to the soft fine coats of creatures such as stoats and beavers while ...
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... fourteenth century , but the verb which Caxton originally used to refer to the printing of books was the related imprint . Caxton's preface to THE GAME AND PLAYE OF THE CHESSE ( c 1475 ) , a translation of a French allegory published ...
... fourteenth century , but the verb which Caxton originally used to refer to the printing of books was the related imprint . Caxton's preface to THE GAME AND PLAYE OF THE CHESSE ( c 1475 ) , a translation of a French allegory published ...
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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 |
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