Dictionary of Phrase and Fable : Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words that Have a Tale to Tell /
First published in 1870, this 'museum of literary odds and ends' was condensed from material in a manuscript that was thrice the size of the finished book. At the end of his life, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1810–97) substantially revised and updated the Dictionary in 1895 and it has appeared...
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| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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1870.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
| Series: | Cambridge library collection. Literary studies.
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107239401 |
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