Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer Publisher: Wordsworth Editions ISBN: 9781840223101 Category : Allusions Languages : en Pages : 1166
Book Description
This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction.
Author: Ivor Evans Publisher: ISBN: 9780062720221 Category : Allusions Languages : en Pages : 1248
Book Description
A leading authority for over 100 years, this reference book contains more than 20,000 expertly researched definitions for phrases and words most commonly and uncommonly used in literature and everyday speech. An enriching and illuminating reference for students, scholars, word buffs, and readers of all kinds.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 1460
Book Description
This remarkable book offers a rich mixture of more than 19,000 words expressions, legends, folklore, general knowledge and choice morsels of trivia, with explanations of everything from elephant in the room to sick as a parrot, from Doctor Who to dwile flonking.
Author: E. Cobham Brewer Publisher: Alpha Edition ISBN: 9789353863623 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 990
Book Description
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Author: Ivor Evans
Author: Ivor H. Evans
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Author: E. Cobham Brewer