A Slice of History
Read this little historical tidbit, and see if you can guess what common English expression it gave rise to.
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Words and Phrases
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Short passages that shed light on curious English words and expressions, what they mean, and how they came to be.
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Elbert Green Hubbard tells us about Richard Cobden’s early life, and how it shaped his values; Sydney Smith gives us his definition of marriage; mild-mannered clergyman George Herbert get his hands (and much else besides) dirty in helping labourer dumped in the road by his overloaded horse; and a Victorian commuter arrives home carrying more than his briefcase.