Author: Dorothy Auchter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781576070994
Category : Allusions
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Drawing from history, folklore, cultural traditions, and linguistics, this dictionary illuminates over 550 terms, such as scapegoat, John Hancock, peeping Tom, nepotism, and many others.
Dictionary of Historical Allusions & Eponyms
Author: Dorothy Auchter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781576070994
Category : Allusions
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Drawing from history, folklore, cultural traditions, and linguistics, this dictionary illuminates over 550 terms, such as scapegoat, John Hancock, peeping Tom, nepotism, and many others.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781576070994
Category : Allusions
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Drawing from history, folklore, cultural traditions, and linguistics, this dictionary illuminates over 550 terms, such as scapegoat, John Hancock, peeping Tom, nepotism, and many others.
Dictionary of Historical Allusions and Eponyms
Author: Dorothy Auchter
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Drawing from history, folklore, cultural traditions, and linguistics, this dictionary illuminates over 550 terms, such as scapegoat, John Hancock, peeping Tom, nepotism, and many others.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Drawing from history, folklore, cultural traditions, and linguistics, this dictionary illuminates over 550 terms, such as scapegoat, John Hancock, peeping Tom, nepotism, and many others.
Dictionary of Historical Allusions
Author: Thomas Benfield Harbottle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Dictionary of Historical Allusions. (Second Edition.).
Author: Thomas Benfield HARBOTTLE
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Dictionary of Historical Allusions
Dictionary of Historical Allusions
Author: Thomas Benfield Harbottle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Dictionary of Historical Allusions (Classic Reprint)
Author: Thomas Benfield Harbottle
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265180204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Excerpt from Dictionary of Historical Allusions A treaty between the English Barons and Louis IX of France, signed in 1259, shortly after the establishment in England Of the Council Of Fifteen. By its provisions England retained Bordeaux, Bayonne, and Gas cony, and surrendered all claim to Normandy, Anjou, Poitou, and Maine. The French king agreed to supply a sum Of money sufficient to maintain for two years five hundred knights, to be employed for the benefit of England or Of the Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265180204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Excerpt from Dictionary of Historical Allusions A treaty between the English Barons and Louis IX of France, signed in 1259, shortly after the establishment in England Of the Council Of Fifteen. By its provisions England retained Bordeaux, Bayonne, and Gas cony, and surrendered all claim to Normandy, Anjou, Poitou, and Maine. The French king agreed to supply a sum Of money sufficient to maintain for two years five hundred knights, to be employed for the benefit of England or Of the Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Dictionary of Historical Allusions, by Thomas Benfield Harbottle
Author: Thomas Benfield Harbottle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Allusions--cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical
Author: Laurence Urdang
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Documents the metaphorical or symbolic use of over 8700 entries from sources including the Bible, Shakespeare, Dickens, Greek, Roman, Scandinavian and other mythologies, American, European, Eastern and other legends and folklore, music, the arts, industry, comics, motion pictures, television, radio, and culture in general. Includes everyday expressions, but excludes real people unless they epitomize a particular characteristic from the thematic category. Each theme includes examples from sources including authors, books, magazines, plays, operas, Supreme Court rulings, herbs and other plants, religions, religious sects and writings, movies, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, songs, rock groups, gem symbolism, etc.
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Documents the metaphorical or symbolic use of over 8700 entries from sources including the Bible, Shakespeare, Dickens, Greek, Roman, Scandinavian and other mythologies, American, European, Eastern and other legends and folklore, music, the arts, industry, comics, motion pictures, television, radio, and culture in general. Includes everyday expressions, but excludes real people unless they epitomize a particular characteristic from the thematic category. Each theme includes examples from sources including authors, books, magazines, plays, operas, Supreme Court rulings, herbs and other plants, religions, religious sects and writings, movies, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, songs, rock groups, gem symbolism, etc.
Dictionary of Historical Allusions
Author: Thomas Benfield Harbottle
Publisher: Omnigraphics Incorporated
ISBN: 9781558888999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher: Omnigraphics Incorporated
ISBN: 9781558888999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description