1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388891003316

Autore

Vane Henry, Sir, <1612?-1662, >

Titolo

The tryal of Sir Henry Vane, Kt. at the Kings Bench, Westminster, June the 2d. and 6th, 1662 [[electronic resource] ] : together with what he intended to have spoken the day of his sentence (June 11) for arrest of judgment (had he not been interrupted and over-ruled by the court) and his bill of exceptions : with other occasional speeches, &c. : also his speech and prayer, &c. on the scaffold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : s.n.], 1662

Descrizione fisica

[2], 5-134, [1] p

Soggetti

Trials (Treason) - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Place of publication from Wing.

Errata note on p. [1] at end.

Reproduction of original in Library of Congress.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0078



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955351003321

Autore

Freeman Morton S

Titolo

A new dictionary of eponyms / / Morton S. Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

9781280441974

1280441976

9780199891115

0199891117

9780198025382

0198025386

9781602560185

1602560188

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Collana

Oxford paperback reference

Oxford quick reference.

Disciplina

423/.1

Soggetti

English language - Eponyms

Names, Personal

Biography

Subject dictionaries.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-284).

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- A New Dictionary of Eponyms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This dictionary features the entertaining histories behind hundreds of eponyms, such as bowdlerize (from the censorious Thomas Bowdler), bikini from the atoll, and the Salisbury steak, a dish of hamburger and brown gravy named after James H. Salisbury, an English physician who promoted a diet of ground beef. There are hundreds more - discover to whom we owe the terms hooker, sideburn, zeppelin, the cardigan sweater, pamphlet, robot, and argyle socks.