Ernest weekley 18651954 was a linguist and writer who specialized in french. Some readers may regret the disappearance of these fables, but a little study will convince them that in the life of words, as in that of men, truth is stranger than fiction. Professor of french and head of the modern language department at university college, nottingham. The project gutenberg ebook, the romance of names, by ernest weekley this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
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Ernest weekley has 17 books on goodreads with 179 ratings. Publication date 1914 topics names, personal english publisher london. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally imp. Books by ernest weekley author of the romance of names. From 1898 to 1938, he was professor of modern languages at the university of nottingham.
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