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Character Sketches of Romance Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Character Sketches of Romance novel. A total of 291 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama.Vol 1.by The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer,
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama.Vol 1.by The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.VOLUME I CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION, AND THE DRAMA.AA'RON, a Moor, beloved by Tam'ora, queen of the Goths, in the tragedy of _t.i.tus Andro
- 291 There lurks the silent mouse relieved of heat, And, safe embowered, avoids the chance of fate. Parnell, _Battle of the Frogs and Mice_. iii. (about 1712). The last two lines might be amended thus: There lurks the trembling mouse with bated breath, And, hi
- 290 =Sing= (_Sadha_), the mourner of the desert.--Sir W. Scott, _The Surgeon's Daughter_ (time, George II.).=Sing de Racine= (_Le_), Campistron, the French dramatic poet (1656-1723).=Singing Apple= (_The_), in the deserts of Libya. This apple resembled a rub
- 289 =Silvestre= (2 _syl._), valet of Octave (son of Argante, and brother of Zerbinette).--Moliere, _Les Fourberies de Scapin_ (1671).=Sil'via=, daughter of the duke of Milan, and the lady-love of Valentine, one of the heroes of the play.--Shakespeare, _T
- 288 =Sigismund=, emperor of Austria.--Sir W. Scott, _Anne of Geierstein_ (time, Edward IV.).=Sigismunda=, daughter of Siffredi, lord high chancellor of Sicily, and betrothed to Count Tancred. When King Roger died, he left the crown of Sicily to Tancred, on co
- 287 =Sicilian Vespers= (_The_), the ma.s.sacre of the French in Sicily, which began at Palermo, March 30, 1282, at the hour of vespers, on Easter Monday. This wholesale slaughter was provoked by the brutal conduct of Charles d'Anjou (the governor) and hi
- 286 =Shoo-King= (_The_), the history of the Chinese monarchs, by Confucius. It begins with Yoo, B.C. 2205.=Shoolbred= (_Dame_), the foster-mother of Henry Smith.--Sir W. Scott, _Fair Maid of Perth_ (time, Henry IV.).=Sh.o.r.e= (_Jane_), the heroine and t.i.tl
- 285 =Shepherd Lord= (_The_), Lord Henry de Clifford, brought up by his mother as a shepherd to save him from the vengeance of the Yorkists. Henry VII.restored him to his birthright and estates (1455-1543).The gracious fairy, Who loved the shepherd lord to mee
- 284 =Sharpitlaw= (_Gideon_), a police officer.--Sir W. Scott, _Heart of Midlothian_ (time, George II.).=Shawonda'see=, son of Mudjekeewis, and king of the south wind. Fat and lazy, listless and easy. Shawondasee loved a prairie maiden (the Dandelion), bu
- 283 _Macbeth_, 1606. No early mention made of this play._Measure for Measure_, 1603. Acted at Whitehall[TN-171] 1604._Merry Wives of Windsor_, 1596. Printed 1602._Pericles Prince of Tyre._ Printed 1609._Taming of the Shrew._ (?) Acted at Henslow's Theatr
- 282 _The Dunciad_, iii. 21, 22 (1728).Benlowes was a great patron of bad poets, and many have dedicated to him their lucubrations. Sometimes the name is s.h.i.+fted into "Benevolus."=Shaf'alus and Procrus.= So Bottom, the weaver, calls Cephalus
- 281 Iphis was first a woman, and then a man.--Ovid, _Metamorphoses_, ix. 12; xiv 699.=s.e.xtus [Tarquinius].= There are several points of resemblance in the story of s.e.xtus and that of Paris, son of Priam. (1) Paris was the guest of Menelaos, when he eloped
- 280 _Duration of the Sleep._ The _Koran_ says it was "300 years and nine years over;" the _Oriental Tales_ say the same; but if Gregory of Tours is followed, the duration of the sleep was barely 230 years._The Legend of the Seven Sleepers._ (1) According to
- 279 =Seraskier'= (3 _syl._), a name given by the Turks to a general of division, generally a pacha with two or three tails. (Persian, _seri asker_, "head of the army.") ... three thousand Moslems perished here, And sixteen bayonets pierced the seraskier.By
- 278 Peter Pindar [Dr. Wolcot], _Progress of Admiration_ (1809).=Semi'da=, the young man, the only son of a widow, raised from the dead by Jesus, as he was being carried from the walls of Nain. He was deeply in love with Cidli, the daughter of Jairus.He was i
- 277 =Sebastoc'rator= (_The_), the chief officer of state in the empire of Greece. Same as Protosebastos.--Sir W. Scott, _Count Robert of Paris_ (time, Rufus).=Sebile= (2 _syl._), la Dame du Lac, in the romance called _Perceforest_.Her castle was surrounded b
- 276 My parlor that's next to the sky I'd quit, her blest mansion to share; So happy to live and to die In Dyot Street, Bloomsbury Square.W. B. Rhodes, _Bombastes Furioso_ (1790).=Scruple=, the friend of Random. He is too honest for a rogue, and too conscien
- 275 =Scottish Solomon= (_The_), James VI. of Scotland, subsequently called James I. of England (1566, 1603-1625).? The French king called him far more aptly, "The Wisest Fool in Christendom."=Scottish Terriers= (_The_), Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841).=Scottis
- 274 =Sciro'nian Rocks=, between Meg'ara and Corinth. So called because the bones of Sciron, the robber of Attica, were changed into these rocks when Theseus (2 _syl._) hurled him from a cliff into the sea. It was from these rocks that Ino cast herself into
- 273 d.i.c.kens, _David Copperfield_ (1849).=Schemseddin Mohammed=, elder son of the vizier of Egypt, and brother of Noureddin Ali. He quarrelled with his brother on the subject of their two children's hypothetical marriage; but the brothers were not yet marr
- 272 requested to see the scimitar which George Castriota used so successfully against the Ottomans in 1461. Being shown it, and wholly unable to draw it, he p.r.o.nounced the weapon to be a hoax, but received for answer, "Scanderbeg's sword needs Scanderbeg
- 271 =Satyr'icon=, a comic romance in Latin, by Petro'nius Ar'biter, in the first century. Very gross, but showing great power, beauty, and skill.=Saul=, in Dryden's satire of _Absalom and Achitophel_, is meant for Oliver Cromwell. As Saul
- 270 =Sardanapa'lus of China= (_The_), Cheo-tsin, who shut himself up in his palace with his queen, and then set fire to the building, that he might not fall into the hands of Woo-wong (B.C. 1154-1122).(Cheo-tsin invented the chopsticks, and Woo-wong foun
- 269 =Sangra'do= (_Doctor_), of Valladolid. This is the "Sagredo" of Espinel's romance called _Marcos de Obregon_. "The doctor was a tall, meagre, pale man, who had kept the shears of Clotho employed for forty years at least. He had a
- 268 =Sancho= (_Don_), a rich old beau, uncle to Victoria. "He affects the misdemeanors of a youth, hides his baldness with amber locks, and complains of toothache, to make people believe that his teeth are not false ones." Don Sancho "loves in
- 267 =Sam'benites= [_Sam'.be.neetz_], persons dressed in the _sambenito_, a yellow coat without sleeves, having devils painted on it. The sambenito was worn by "heretics" on their way to execution.And blow us up i' the open streets.Dis
- 266 =Salari'no=, a friend to Antonio and Ba.s.sanio.--Shakespeare, _Merchant of Venice_ (1598).=Sa'leh.= The Thamudites (3 _syl._), proposed that Saleh should, by miracle, prove that Jehovah was a G.o.d superior to their own. Prince Jonda said he wo
- 265 SAGES, St. Cosme, St. Damian, and St. Katherine.SAILORS, St. Nicholas and St. Christopher.SCHOLARS, St. Katherine. (See "Learned Men.") SCHOOL CHILDREN, St. Nicholas and St. Gregory.SCOTCH REFORMERS. Knox is "The Apostle of the Scotch Refor
- 264 BRIDES, St. Nicholas, because he threw three stockings, filled with wedding portions, into the chamber window of three virgins, that they might marry their sweethearts, and not live a life of sin for the sake of earning a living.BURGLARS, St. Dismas, the
- 263 LONDON, St. Paul, whose day is January 25; and St. Michael, whose day is September 29.MOSCOW, St. Nicholas (died 342). His day is December 6._Mountains_, St. Barbara (died 335). Her day is December 4.NAPLES, St. Januarius (died 291), whose day is Septembe
- 262 =Saints of Places.= The following are the patron saints of the cities, nations, or places set down:-- ABERDEEN, St. Nicholas (died 342). His day is December 6.ABYSSINIA, St. Frumentius (died 360). His day is October 27.ALEXANDRIA, St. Mark, who founded th
- 261 Eugenius I., pope (*, 654-657). Felix I., pope (*, 269-274). Ferdinand III. of Castile and Leon (1200, 1217-1252). Julius I., pope (*, 337-352). Kang-he, second of the Manchoo dynasty of China (*, 1661-1722). Lawrence Justiniani, patriarch of Venice (1380
- 260 =St. Asaph= (_The dean of_), in the court of Queen Elizabeth.--Sir W.Scott, _Kenilworth_ (1821).=St. Basil Outwits the Devil.= (See SINNER SAVED.) =St. Botolph= (_The Prior of_). Sir W. Scott, _Ivanhoe_ (time, Richard I.).=St. Cecili=, =Cecily=, or =Cecil
- 259 =Sadha-Sing=, the mourner of the desert.--Sir W. Scott, _The Surgeon's Daughter_ (time, George II.).=Saemund Sigfusson=, surnamed "the Wise," an Icelandic priest and scald. He compiled the _Elder_ or _Rythmical Edda_, often called _Saemund&
- 258 Rython, the mighty giant, slain, By his good brand relieved Bretagne.Sir W. Scott, _Bridal of Triermain_, ii. 11 (1813).=Saadi= or =Sadi=, the Persian poet, called "The Nightingale of a Thousand Songs." His poems are _The Gulistan_ or "Gard
- 257 =Rush= (_Friar_), a house-spirit, sent from the infernal regions in the seventeenth century to keep the monks and friars in the same state of wickedness they then were.? The legends of this roistering friar are of German origin. (_Bruder Rausch_ means &qu
- 256 =Rudge= (_Barnaby_), a half-witted young man of three and twenty years old; rather spare, of a fair height and strong make. His hair, of which he had a great profusion, was red and hung in disorder about his face and shoulders. His face was pale, his eyes
- 255 _Semper eadem_, Elizabeth and Anne._Je maintiendrai_, William III.=Royal Style of Address.= "My Liege," the usual style till the Lancastrian usurpation."Your Grace," Henry IV."Your Excellent Grace," Henry VI."Most High a
- 254 =Rothmar=, chief of Tromlo. He attacked the va.s.sal kingdom of Croma, while the under-king, Crothar, was blind with age, resolving to annex it to his own dominion. Crothar's son, Fovar-Gormo, attacked the invader, but was defeated and slain. Not man
- 253 As the fyre began to brenne about hire, she made her preyeres to oure Lord ... and anon was the fayer quenched and oute, and brondes that weren brennynge becomen white roseres ... and theise werein the first roseres that ever ony man saughe.--Sir John Mau
- 252 =Roper= (_Margaret_), was buried with the head of her father, Sir Thomas More, between her hands.Her who clasped in her last trance Her murdered father's head.Tennyson.=Roque= (1 _syl._), a blunt, kind-hearted old servitor to Donna Floranthe.--Colman
- 251 =Roman Father= (_The_), Horatius, father of the Horatii and of Horatia.The story of the tragedy is the well-known Roman legend about the Horatii and Curiatii. Horatius rejoices that his three sons have been selected to represent Rome, and sinks the affect
- 250 =Roi Panade= ("_king of slops_"), Louis XVIII. (1755, 1814-1824).=Roister Doister= (_Ralph_), a vain, thoughtless, bl.u.s.tering fellow, in pursuit of Custance, a rich widow, but baffled in his endeavor.--Nicholas Udall, _Ralph Roister Doister_
- 249 =Roderick Random=, a child of impulse, and a selfish libertine. His treatment of Strap is infamous and most heartless.--Smollett, _Roderick Random_ (1748).=Rod'erigo= or =Roderi'go= (3 _syl._), a Venetian gentleman, in love with Desdemona. When
- 248 _Robin Hood's Men_, outlaws, freebooters.There came sodainly twelve men all appareled in short cotes of Kentish Kendal [_green_] ... every one of them ... like outlaws or Robyn Hodes men.--Hall (_fo._ lvi. _b_).=Robin Redbreast.= One tradition is tha
- 247 _Robert_, a servant of Sir Arthur Wardour, at Knockwinnock Castle.--Sir W. Scott, _The Antiquary_ (time, George III.)._Robert_ (_Mons._), a neighbor of Sganarelle. Hearing the screams of Mde. Martine (Sganarelle's wife), he steps over to make peace b
- 246 =Rip van Winkle= slept twenty years in the Catskill Mountains, of North America. (See WINKLE.) Epimenides, the Gnostic, slept for fifty-seven years.Gyneth slept 500 years, by the enchantment of Merlin.The seven sleepers slept for 250 years in Mount Celion
- 245 all over quaintness and humorous mimicry."=Right-Hitting Brand=, one of the companions of Robin Hood, mentioned by Mundy.=Rig'olette= (3 _syl._), a grisette and courtezan.--Eugene Sue, _Mysteries of Paris_ (1842-3)._Rigoletto_, an opera, describ
- 244 Robert Wetherilt [1708-1745] came to Drury Lane a boy, where he showed his rising genius in the part of "Squire Richard."--Chetwood, _History of the Stage_._Richard_ (_Prince_), eldest son of King Henry II.--Sir W. Scott, _The Betrothed_ (time,
- 243 =Rha'sis= or Mohammed Aboubekr ibn Zakaria el Razi, a noted Arabian physician. He wrote a treatise on small-pox and measles, with some 200 other treatises (850-923).Well, error has no end; And Rhasis is a sage.R. Browning, _Paracelsus_, iii.=Rhea
- 242 ? This sea-fight is the subject of one of Froude's essays.Canon Kingsley has introduced it in _Westward Ho!_ where he gives a description of Sir Richard Grenville.Lord Bacon says the fight "was memorable even beyond credit, and to the height of
- 241 =Remois= (2 _syl._), the people of Rheims, in France.=Remond=, a shepherd in _Britannia's Pastorals_, by William Browne (1613).Remond, young Remond, that full well could sing, And tune his pipe at Pan's birth carolling; Who, for his nimble leapi
- 240 Two scholars, Aleyn and John, undertook to see that a sack of corn sent to be ground was not tampered with; so one stood by the hopper, and one by the trough which received the flour. In the mean time the miller let their horse loose, and, when the young
- 239 =Recruiting Officer= (_The_), a comedy by G. Farquhar (1705). The "recruiting officer" is Sergeant Kite, his superior officer is Captain Plume, and the recruit is Sylvia, who a.s.sumes the military dress of her brother and the name of Jack Wilfu
- 238 =Ravens of Owain= (_The_). Owain had in his army 300 ravens, who were irresistible. It is thought that these ravens were warriors who bore this device on their s.h.i.+elds.A man who caused the birds to fly upon the host Like the ravens of Owain, eager for
- 237 At one time he revels in prosperity, at another he is in utter dest.i.tution. Roderick is led into different countries (whose peculiarities are described), and falls into the society of wits, sharpers, courtiers, and harlots. Occasionally lavish, he is es
- 236 _Raleigh_ (_Sir Walter_). Jealous of the earl of Ess.e.x, he plots with Lord Burleigh to compa.s.s his death.--Henry Jones, _The Earl of Ess.e.x_ (1745).=Ralph=, abbot of St. Augustine's, expended 43,000 on the repast given at his installation.It was
- 235 =Rab'ican= or =Rabica'no=, the horse of Astolpho. Its sire was Wind and its dam Fire. It fed on human food. The word means "short tail."--Ariosto, _Orlando Furioso_ (1516).? Argalia's horse is called by the same name in _Orlando I
- 234 19 (1545).=Quin'tiquinies'tra= (_Queen_), a much-dreaded, fighting giantess. It was one of the romances of Don Quixote's library condemned by the priest and barber of the village to be burnt.--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_, I. (1605).=Quintus Fi
- 233 =Querno= (_Camillo_), of Apulia, was introduced to Pope Leo X., as a buffoon, but was promoted to the laurel. This laureate was called the "Antichrist of Wit."Rome in her capitol saw Querno sit, Throned on seven hills, the antichrist of wit.Pope
- 232 =Quasimo'do=, a foundling, hideously deformed, but of enormous muscular strength, adopted by Archdeacon Frollo. He is brought up in the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. One day, he sees Esmeralda, who had been dancing in the cathedral close, set upo
- 231 Dr. Rezio, of Barataria, would allow Sancho Panza to eat only "a few wafers, and a thin slice or two of quince."--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_, II. iii. 10 (1615).HANNES (_Dr._), knighted by Queen Anne. He was born in Oxfords.h.i.+re.The queen, like
- 230 The Rhodope that built the pyramid.Tennyson, _The Princess_, ii. (1830).=Pyr'amos= (in Latin _Pyramus_), the lover of Thisbe. Supposing Thisbe had been torn to pieces by a lion, Pyramos stabs himself in his unutterable grief "under a mulberry tr
- 229 =Punch=, derived from the Latin _Mimi_, through the Italian _Pullicenella_. It was originally intended as a characteristic representation. The tale is this: Punch, in a fit of jealousy, strangles his infant child, when Judy flies to her revenge. With a bl
- 228 =Psalmist= (_The_). King David is called "The Sweet Psalmist of Israel" (2 _Sam._ xxiii. 1). In the compilation called _Psalms_, in the Old Testament, seventy-three bear the name of David, twelve were composed by Asaph, eleven by the sons of Kor
- 227 =Protosebastos= (_The_), or SEBASTOCRATOR, the highest State officer in Greece.--Sir W. Scott, _Count Robert of Paris_ (time, Rufus).=Protospathaire= (_The_), or general of Alexius Comnenus, emperor of Greece. His name is Nicanor.--Sir W. Scott, _Count Ro
- 226 =p.r.o.nouns.= It was of Henry Mossop, tragedian (1729-1773), that Churchill wrote the two lines: In monosyllables his thunders roll-- He, she, it, and we, ye, they, fright the soul; because Mossop was fond of emphasizing his p.r.o.nouns and little words.
- 225 =Pritchard= (_William_), commander of H.M. sloop, the _Shark_.--Sir W.Scott, _Guy Mannering_ (time, George II.).=Priu'li=, a senator of Venice, of unbending pride. His daughter had been saved from the Adriatic by Jaffier, and grat.i.tude led to love.
- 224 Whom thus the prince of darkness answered glad: "Fair daughter, High proof ye now have given to be the race Of Satan (I glory in the name)."Milton, _Paradise Lost_, x, 383 (1665).=Prince of h.e.l.l=, Satan.And with them comes a third of regal po
- 223 G.o.d bless the king--I mean the "Faith's defender;"G.o.d bless--no harm in blessing--the Pretender.Who that Pretender is, and who is king, G.o.d bless us all! that's quite another thing.Ascribed by Sir W. Scott to John Byrom (in _Redg
- 222 =Prasu'tagus= or =Praesu'tagus=, husband of Bonduica or Boadicea, queen of the Iceni.--Richard of Cirencester, _History_, x.x.x. (fourteenth century).Me, the wife of rich Prasutagus; me the lover of liberty.-- Me, they seized, and me they tortur
- 221 _Portia_, a rich heiress, in love with Ba.s.sa'nio; but her choice of a husband was restricted by her father's will to the following condition: Her suitors were to select from three caskets, one of gold, one of silver, and one of lead, and he wh
- 220 =Popes= (_t.i.tles a.s.sumed by_). "Universal Bishop," prior to Gregory the Great. Gregory the Great adopted the style of "Servus Servorum" (591).Martin IV. was addressed as "the lamb of G.o.d which takest away the sins of the wor
- 219 R. Browning, _The Ring and the Book_, ii, 557, etc.=Ponce de Leon=, the navigator who went in search of the _Fontaine de Jouvence_, "qui fit rajovenir la gent." He sailed in two s.h.i.+ps on this "voyage of discoveries," in the sixteen
- 218 "So you have left the stage, ... and 'Polonius,' 'Jemmy Jumps,''Old Dornton,' and a dozen others have left the world with you? I wish you'd give me some trifle by way of memorial, Munden!""Trifle, sir? I&#
- 217 =Poetry= (_The Father of_), Orpheus (2 _syl._) of Thrace._Father of Dutch Poetry_, Jakob Maerlant; also called "The Father of Flemish Poetry" (1235-1300)._Father of English Poetry_, Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400)._Father of Epic Poetry_, Homer.He
- 216 =Plush= (_John_), any gorgeous footman, conspicuous for his plush breeches and rainbow colors.=Plutarch= (_The Modern_), Vayer, born at Paris. His name in full was Francis Vayer de la Mothe (1586-1672).=Pluto=, the G.o.d of Hades.Brothers, be of good chee
- 215 =Pleasures of Imagination=, a poem in three books, by Akenside (1744). All the pleasures of imagination arise from the perception of greatness, wonderfulness, or beauty. The beauty of greatness--witness the pleasures of mountain scenery, of astronomy, of
- 214 Elvi'ra, mistress of Pizarro, vainly endeavored to soften his cruel heart. Before the battle, Alonzo, the husband of Cora, confided his wife and child to Rolla, the beloved friend of the inca. The Peruvians were on the point of being routed, when Rol
- 213 =Pingree= (_Nancy_), called "Old Lady Pingree" because of her pride and black lace turban. She lives by herself in the lower part of the old Pingree house, and is so poor that to give an egg to the lodgers above stairs is an act of self-denying
- 212 Longfellow, _Courts.h.i.+p of Miles Standish_, iv. (1858).=Pilgrim--Palmer.= _Pilgrims_ had dwellings, _palmers_ had none._Pilgrims_ went at their own charge, _palmers_ professed willing poverty, and lived on charity. _Pilgrims_ might return to a secular
- 211 Circe fell in love with him, and as he did not requite her advances, she changed him into a woodp.e.c.k.e.r, whereby he still retained his prophetic power."There is Picus," said Maryx. "What a strange thing is tradition!Perhaps it was in th
- 210 Ovid, _Art of Love_, iii._Phyllis_, a country girl in Virgil's third and fifth _Eclogues_. Hence a rustic maiden. Also spelt Phillis (_q.v._)._Phyllis_, in Spenser's eclogue, _Colin Clout's Come Home Again_, is Lady Carey, wife of Sir Georg
- 209 =Philtra=, a lady of large fortune, betrothed to Bracidas; but, seeing the fortune of Amidas daily increasing, and that of Bracidas getting smaller and smaller, she forsook the declining fortune of her first lover, and attached herself to the more prosper
- 208 =Phillis=, a drama written in Spanish, by Lupercio Leonardo, of Argensola.--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_ (1605-15)._Phillis_, a pastoral name for a maiden.Where Corydon and Thyrsis met, Are at their savory dinner set, Of herbs and other country messes, Which
- 207 =Philan'der=, of Holland, was a guest at the house of Arge'o, baron of Servia, and the baron's wife, Gabri'na, fell in love with him. Philander fled the house, and Gabrina told her husband he had abused her, and had fled out of fear of
- 206 =Pharaoh=, the t.i.tular name of all the Egyptian kings till the time of Solomon, as the Roman emperors took the t.i.tular name of Caesar. After Solomon's time, the t.i.tular name Pharaoh never occurs alone, but only as a forename, as Pharaoh Necho,
- 205 =Peterson=, a Swede, who deserts from Gustavus Vasa to Christian II., king of Denmark.--H. Brooke, _Gustavus Vasa_ (1730).=Pet.i.t Andre=, executioner.--Sir W. Scott, _Quentin Durward_ (time, Edward IV.).=Pet.i.t Perroquet=, a king's gardener, with w
- 204 =Perviz= (_Prince_), son of the Sultan Khrosru-schar of Persia. At birth he was taken away by the sultana's sisters, and set adrift on a ca.n.a.l, but was rescued and brought up by the superintendent of the sultan's gardens. When grown to manhoo
- 203 What's a protector?A tragic actor, Caesar in a clown; He's a bra.s.s farthing stamped with a crown; A bladder blown with other breaths puffed full; Not a Perillus, but a Perillus' bull.John Cleveland, _A Definition of a Protector_ (died 165
- 202 Sir Percivale had a glimmering of the Sancgreall and of the maiden that bare it, for he was perfect and clean. And forthwith they were both as whole of limb and hide as ever they were in their life days. "O, mercy!" said Sir Percival, "what
- 201 Michael's chair (on St. Michael's Mount, in Cornwall), that she would rule her husband ever after; so she was very desirous of going to the mount. It so happened that Richard fell sick, and both vowed to give six marks to St. Michael if he recov
- 200 For when they went into the castle to take their repast ... there came a dove to the window, and in her bill was a little censer of gold, and there withall was such a savour as though all the spicery of the world had been there ... and a damsel, pa.s.sing
- 199 _To break Pegasus's neck_, to write halting poetry.Some, free from rhyme or reason, rule or check, Break Priscian's head, and Pegasus's neck.Pope, _The Dunciad_, iii. 161 (1728).? To "break Priscian's head," is to write ungra
- 198 =Pedant=, an old fellow set up to personate Vincentio in Shakespeare's comedy called _The Taming of the Shrew_ (1695).=Pedre= (_Don_), a Sicilian n.o.bleman, who has a Greek slave of great beauty, named Isidore (3 _syl._). This slave is loved by Adra
- 197 =Pavillon= (_Meinheer Hermann_), the syndic at Liege [_Le-aje_]._Mother Mabel Pavillon_, wife of Meinheer Hermann._Trudchen_ or _Gertrude Pavillon_, their daughter, betrothed to Hans Glover.--Sir W. Scott, _Quentin Durward_ (time, Edward IV.).=Pawkins= (_
- 196 =Patton= (_Mrs._). Tailoress and talker, otherwise known as "the Widow Jim," who has all genealogy and relations.h.i.+p at her tongue's end. "She chatters all day as the swallows chatter, and you do not tire of her."--Sarah Orne J
- 195 =Patelin= (2 _syl._), the hero of an ancient French comedy. He contrives to obtain on credit six ells of cloth from William Josseaume, by artfully praising the tradesman's father. Any subtle, crafty fellow, who entices by flattery and insinuating art
- 194 Loitering by the sea That laves the pa.s.sionate sh.o.r.es of soft Parthenope.Lord Lytton, _Ode_, iii. 2 (1839).(The three syrens were Parthenope, Ligea, and Leucos'ia, not _Leucoth'ea_, _q.v._) _Parthenope_ (4 _syl._), the damsel beloved by Pri
- 193 One day, with the hope of lessening this strong aversion, he sent Ugo to escort her on a journey, and the two fell in love with each other. After their return the affection of Parisina and Ugo continued unabated, and a servant, named Zoe'se (3 _syl._
- 192 =Papy'ra=, G.o.ddess of printing and literature; so called from papyrus, a substance once used for books, before the invention of paper.Till to astonished realms Papyra taught To paint in mystic colors sound and thought.With Wisdom's voice to pr