(Mrs.). A name assumed by the Duchess of Marlborough in her correspondence with Queen Anne. The queen called herself Mrs. Morley. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…
(Ca-dug'-an). A club of hair worn by young French ladies; so called from the portrait of the first Earl of Cadogan, a print at one time very popular in France. The fashion was introduced…
The Duchesse d'Angoulême, daughter of Louis XVI., also called the modern Antigone. (1778-1851.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FilibusterFile A B C D E…
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To find a mare's nest is to make what you suppose to be a great discovery, but which turns out to be all moonshine. Why dost thou laugh? What mare's nest hast thou found? Beaumont and…
God bless the mark! An ejaculation of contempt or scorn. (See Save The Mark.) “To be ruled by my conscience, I should stay with the Jew my master, who, God bless the mark! is a kind of…
Prince of the celestial armies, commanded by God to drive the rebel angels out of heaven. Gabriel was next to him in command. (See Seven Spirits.) Longfellow, in his Golden Legend, says he…
or rather Guanhumara (4 syl.). Daughter of Leodograunce of Camelyard, the most beautiful of women, and wife of King Arthur. She entertained a guilty passion for Sir Launcelot of the Lake,…
in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel is designed for the Duchess of Monmouth. Her maiden name and title were Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch, the richest heiress in Europe. The…
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