Author : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Release : 2001
Genre : Allusions
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 101/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Download or read book Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
