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 105
... popular in England that manufacturers there were calling for restrictions on foreign imports . CARD When the word carde was borrowed into English around the turn of the fifteenth century it first denoted ' playing card ' . All ...
... popular in England that manufacturers there were calling for restrictions on foreign imports . CARD When the word carde was borrowed into English around the turn of the fifteenth century it first denoted ' playing card ' . All ...
Page 107
... popular in France , as was applied to a card bearing one pip . Similarly , in the sixteenth century English used ace to denote a one - spot card , the English deck being modelled on the French . In a game of dice the one - spot had the ...
... popular in France , as was applied to a card bearing one pip . Similarly , in the sixteenth century English used ace to denote a one - spot card , the English deck being modelled on the French . In a game of dice the one - spot had the ...
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... popular titles for the English market , including an edition of Chaucer's CANTERBURY TALES and one of Mallory's MORTE D'ARTHUR . But it was the upheaval of the Reformation and Henry VIII's severance from Rome that fed the English ...
... popular titles for the English market , including an edition of Chaucer's CANTERBURY TALES and one of Mallory's MORTE D'ARTHUR . But it was the upheaval of the Reformation and Henry VIII's severance from Rome that fed the English ...
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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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