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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... subsequently created by the city - state of Genoa , France ( picked up from the Genoese during the Seventh Crusade around 1248 ) and then in the English Cinque Ports in 1296. Under these influences , the tighter connection of admiral ...
... subsequently created by the city - state of Genoa , France ( picked up from the Genoese during the Seventh Crusade around 1248 ) and then in the English Cinque Ports in 1296. Under these influences , the tighter connection of admiral ...
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... subsequently formed . However , when tonel was borrowed into English towards the middle of the fifteenth century , it was not used to denote a barrel of any sort but was applied to a net for trapping partridges . The mouth of the net ...
... subsequently formed . However , when tonel was borrowed into English towards the middle of the fifteenth century , it was not used to denote a barrel of any sort but was applied to a net for trapping partridges . The mouth of the net ...
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... subsequently borrowed the term as diaeta where it came to mean ' daily ration of food ' , possibly through the influence of the similar - sounding dies , ' day ' . The word subsequently passed into the Romance languages , coming into ...
... subsequently borrowed the term as diaeta where it came to mean ' daily ration of food ' , possibly through the influence of the similar - sounding dies , ' day ' . The word subsequently passed into the Romance languages , coming into ...
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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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