E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Au Pied de la Lettre (French).
Literatim et verbatim; according to the strict letter of the text.
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“In reading au pied de la lettre the story of his [Buddha’s] fatal illness supervened on a meal of ‘dried boar’s flesh,’ served to him by a certain Kunda.”—Nineteenth Century (June, 1893, p. 1020).
