EBOOK STORIES THAT WORDS TELL US ***
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STORIES THAT
WORDS TELL US
BY
ELIZABETH O'NEILL, M.A.
AUTHOR OF "THE WORLD'S STORY,"
"A NURSERY HISTORY
OF ENGLAND," ETC.
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD.
35 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
AND EDINBURGH
1918
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CONTENTS
I. SOME STORIES OF BRITISH HISTORY TOLD FROM ENGLISH WORDS
II. HOW WE GOT OUR CHRISTIAN NAMES AND SURNAMES
III. STORIES IN THE NAMES OF PLACES
IV. NEW NAMES FOR NEW PLACES
V. STORIES IN OLD LONDON NAMES
VI. WORDS MADE BY GREAT WRITERS
VII. WORDS THE BIBLE HAS GIVEN US
VIII. WORDS FROM THE NAMES OF PEOPLE
IX. WORDS FROM THE NAMES OF ANIMALS
X. WORDS FROM THE NAMES OF PLACES
XI. PICTURES IN WORDS
XII. WORDS FROM NATIONAL CHARACTER
XIII. WORDS MADE BY WAR
XIV. PROVERBS
XV. SLANG
XVI. WORDS WHICH HAVE CHANGED THEIR MEANING
XVII. DIFFERENT WORDS WITH THE SAME MEANING, AND THE SAME WORDS WITH
DIFFERENT MEANINGS
XVIII.
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