Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Brewer Ebenezer Cobham
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Brewer Ebenezer Cobham 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…
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Brewer Ebenezer Cobham
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. Reissued here in its first edition, the work reflects Brewer's distinct style and draws on a lifetime's reading. At the end of his life, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1810 97) substantially revised and updated the Dictionary in 1895 and it has appeared in new versions ever since.
Brewer's charming preface describes the book as an 'alms-basket of words' and promises to examine terms such as 'killed with kindness' and 'kettle of fish'. Elucidating the etymology of some 20,000 unusual and everyday words and phrases, the collection touches on diverse subjects ranging from history and literature to mythology and magic. Readers will be enlightened as to the original meaning of familiar and unfamiliar phrases, many of which have fallen out of use
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