Character Sketch
章节目录
共 47 题- BY
- THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D.
- EDITED BY
- MARION HARLAND
- VOLUME II
- NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER
- MDCCCXCII
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- VOLUME II.
- PHOTOGRAVURES AND ETCHINGS.
- PREFACE.
- MARION HARLAND.
- COSMO DE MEDICI (1389-1464).
- Drayton, _Polyolbion_ xviii. (1613.)
- Louis XV. died 1774 (the two extremes are 14, and the two means 77=14.)
- AC´AMAS, one of the Cyclops.—_Greek Fable._
- ÆGÆON, the hundred-handed giant. One of the Titans.—_Greek Fable._
- ALIFANFARON or ALIPHARNON, emperor of Trapoban.—_Don Quixote._
- ARGES (2 _syl._), one of the Cyclops.—_Greek Fable._
- SAM (_Big_), 6 feet 10 inches. (See “M’Donald.”)
- SHERIDAN (_Francis_), 7 feet 8 inches. (See “Frank.”)
- Yet so true of heart and faithful in dut
- _Freiherr von Güttingen_ collected the p
- Dr. Doran gave the following Hebrew “parable” in _Notes and Queries_:—
- V. Pandarus, who had violated the truce, is killed by Diomed.
- X. A night attack is made on the Trojans by Diomed and Ulyssês;
- XII. The Trojans force the gates of the Grecian ramparts.
- XIII. A tremendous battle ensues in which many on both sides are slain.
- XVII. Achillês is told of the death of his friend,
- XVIII. Resolves to return to the battle;
- XIX. And is reconciled to Agamemnon.
- XXIII. To burn the body of Patroclos, and celebrate the funeral games.
- SERAFINO D’AQUILA. (See above, “Aquilano
- [_Be_] not bent as Jephthah once,
- Richard II., duke of Normandy (*, 996-1026.)
- 1. St. George of Alfama, founded by the kings of Aragon.
- 4. St. George, generally called “Knights of the Garter” (_q. v._).
- 5. An order in the old republic of Genoa.
- 6. The Teutonic knights were originally called “Knights of St. George.”
- The following advertisement from Liston appeared in June, 1817:—
- CID (_The_) and the fair Ximēna, afterwards his wife.
- NAPOLEON I.:
- 6 Marshals and 26 generals-of-division had M for their initial letter.
- NAPOLEON III.:
- ADOPTED SON: Usma, son of Zaid, his freed-man. (See below, “Zainab.”)
- Chalchas, the Homeric soothsayer, died of laughter. (See LAUGHTER.)
- Transcriber’s Note