Stories That Words Tell UsThe Minerva Group, Inc., 2001 - 240 pàgines This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
Continguts
Some Stories of British History Told ffrom English Words | 7 |
How We Got our Christian Names and Surname | 21 |
Stories in the Names of Places | 39 |
New Names for New Places | 51 |
Stories in Old London Names | 70 |
Words Made by Great Writers | 84 |
Words the Bible has Given Us | 96 |
Words from the Names of People | 103 |
Pictures in Words | 138 |
Words from National Character | 152 |
Words Made from War | 163 |
Proverbs | 172 |
Slang | 179 |
Words which have Changed their Meaning | 192 |
Different Words with the Same Meaning and the Same Words with Different Meanings | 213 |
Nice Words for Nasty Things | 224 |
Words from the Names of Animals | 118 |
Words from the Names of Places | 127 |
The Moral of these Stories | 230 |
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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