Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

ALTEMUS' EDITION

DICTIONARY
OF
Phrase and Fable

GIVING THE
Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words that have a Tale to Tell

BY THE REV.
E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D.

NEW EDITION
REVISED, CORRECTED, AND ENLARGED

TO WHICH IS ADDED
A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

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PHILADELPHIA
Henry Altemus Company

Copyrighted, 1898, by
HENRY ALTEMUS.

DICTIONARY
OF
PHRASE AND FABLE

 

 

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