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Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable

giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell

by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable (1870). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

Subjects: Mythology, Literature, English language, Dictionaries, Bibliography, English literature, Fables, English

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore” and “Mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the subject metadata and “Mythology” in the subject metadata.

    • Folklore· via Open Library
    • Mythology· via Open Library
    • Folklore· in subject
    • Mythology· in subject

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Editions

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Dictionary of phrase and fable

1905Cassell and company, limited; J. B. Lippincott companyEnglishPublic

Subjects

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  • Open Library reports 39 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL15825525W
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