Old England: a Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal, and Popular Antiquities ...
Author: Charles Knight
Publisher: London : C. Knight & Company
Published: 1845
Total Pages: 440
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Author: Charles Knight
Publisher: London : C. Knight & Company
Published: 1845
Total Pages: 440
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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-04-27
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 336887781X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of the original, first published in 1845.
Author: William GARRARD (Minister of Zoar Chapel, Leicester.)
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Published: 1862
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Armand Francis Lucier
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780788403842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInside this wonderful book is a collection of news items, stories, commentaries and depositions that were published under English datelines from 1720-1730 in Colonial American newspapers. All articles were originally published in English newspapers brought to the colonies by travelers. The articles are presented here verbatim. So, have a seat in your favorite easy chair, imagine you're in a tavern in London, (the Rose and Crown, the Halfmoon and Rummer, or maybe, the Queen's Head Alehouse) and let yourself get lost in the stories of Jolly Old England.
Author: Leon Garfield
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2004-11-25
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0141930128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYoung Smith was a pickpocket - a very accomplished one. But one day his pick-pocketing was to lead him into a sinister and dangerous web of murder, intrigue and betrayal.
Author: Peter Hampson Ditchfield
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hana Videen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2022-05-10
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 069123275X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.
Author: Charles Knight
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Published: 1864
Total Pages: 796
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Leon Garfield
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780395861400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy skillfully weaving his own prose with Shakespeare's language, Leon Garfield has refashioned twelve of the Elizabethan playwright's most memorable dramas into stories, capturing all the richness of the characters, plot, mood, and setting. This format will delight both those who know the great dramatist's works and those who are new to them. Michael Foreman's dramatic color illustrations and varied black-and-white line drawings are the perfect complement to this celebration of Shakespeare's genius.
Author: Edson Baldwin Olds
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 376
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