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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Page 93
... later those of Syria , Palestine and southern Europe , were written on papyrus , a writing material prepared from a large reed - like aquatic plant of this name ( see paper , page 119 ) . Pasted end to end , sheets of papyrus could be ...
... later those of Syria , Palestine and southern Europe , were written on papyrus , a writing material prepared from a large reed - like aquatic plant of this name ( see paper , page 119 ) . Pasted end to end , sheets of papyrus could be ...
Page 113
... later . The Moors first introduced cotton cultivation into the hospitable climate of southern Spain in the ninth century and Granada , Cordoba and Seville became centres of cotton production . The crop was known as qutn in Arabic ...
... later . The Moors first introduced cotton cultivation into the hospitable climate of southern Spain in the ninth century and Granada , Cordoba and Seville became centres of cotton production . The crop was known as qutn in Arabic ...
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... later recorded the event in a letter to the Spanish king , Charles I : We were received by Montezuma with about two hundred chiefs , all barefooted and dressed in a kind of very rich livery . They approached in two processions along the ...
... later recorded the event in a letter to the Spanish king , Charles I : We were received by Montezuma with about two hundred chiefs , all barefooted and dressed in a kind of very rich livery . They approached in two processions along the ...
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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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