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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... turn tail to it . The term was first recorded in the second half of the sixteenth century . Its idiomatic use with the sense ' to turn and run away ' dates from the latter years of that century : A seed of hostility had sprung up in him ...
... turn tail to it . The term was first recorded in the second half of the sixteenth century . Its idiomatic use with the sense ' to turn and run away ' dates from the latter years of that century : A seed of hostility had sprung up in him ...
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... turn of the fourteenth century . The pastime spread rapidly throughout western Europe in the second half of that century ; playing cards were known in Spain in 1371 , Switzerland in 1377 and in the Low Countries , Germany and France by ...
... turn of the fourteenth century . The pastime spread rapidly throughout western Europe in the second half of that century ; playing cards were known in Spain in 1371 , Switzerland in 1377 and in the Low Countries , Germany and France by ...
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... Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? I did not err , there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night , And cast a gleam over this tufted grove . The Lady's bright sign became a proverb of encouragement in the ...
... Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? I did not err , there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night , And cast a gleam over this tufted grove . The Lady's bright sign became a proverb of encouragement in 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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