Where Queen Elizabeth Slept and What the Butler Saw
Subtitle: A Treasury of Historical Terms from the Sixteenth Century to the Present
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: July 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780312195694
Subjects: Terms and phrases; Linguistics; History; History - General History; History: World; Trivia; Obsolete words; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain; Language Arts & Disciplines-Linguistics; Reference / Writing Skills; Reference-Trivia; General; English language
First sentence: Acanthus. Distinctive sculptured leaves which distinguish Corinthian capitals from Doric and Ionic, also used Composite capitals.