Like Shakespeare, he was a natural storyteller, observer of human nature and stretcher of the English language. And like Shakespeare, he invented a lot of words. “Gunpowderous” may not have endured, but we still use “allotment garden” and “casualty ward”.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Infectious enthusiasm ...
... Charles Dickens: a ‘gunpowderous’ comic - Telegraph. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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