An Exaltation of LarksA pride of lions, a school of fish, a parliament of owls, a bevy of beauties, and exaltation of larks--the book that charmed word-lovers is back, expanded to include more than 1,000 terms. Accompanied by a new introduction, this book brings the reader and word-lover some of the most charming treasures of the English language, with beautiful engravings by Granville, Durer, and others. |
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ANGELS beasts of venery BEVY Book of St C. E. Hare chase contemporary corruption Corueseris corveser corviser COWARDICE OF CURS Dame Juliana derive Donald Adams earlier note edition Egerton Manuscript Eliot encounter England Eric Partridge EXALTATION OF LARKS fair sir fhall Field Sports fifteenth century FLIGHT forest four beasts GAGGLE OF GEESE group term Hazleton herd HOST hunting terms huntsman introduction James Lipton Knight of Duplin Language of Field Latin list that follows literary Lord Berners meaning meant Middle English Nigel Norman French obviously Old French old knight original Partridge passel poet poetic poetry previous note PRIDE OF LIONS printed prioress proper term raff rascal redingote refer riffraff SCHOOL OF FISH schoolmaster printer sense six families SKULK OF FOXES social terms speech swine T. S. Eliot terms of venery trynket UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS variant spelling venereal game venereal terms William Caxton Woolmer Woolmer Forest word