A man like Æneas, always “melting into salt tears,” called “drops of salt.” This would make a man a man of salt, To use his eyes for garden waterpots. Shakespeare: King Lear, iv. 6.…
Approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of…
(A). A useful and faithful servant, like the Man Friday in Robinson Crusoe. “Count von Rechberg ... was Prince Bismarck's `Man Friday.' ” —Athenoeum, 1881. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
According to Diogenes Laertius, the body was composed of (1) a mortal part; (2) a divine and ethereal part, called the phren; and (3) an aërial and vaporous part, called the thumos.…
A model man; like one fashioned in wax. Horace speaks of the “waxen arms of Telephus,” meaning model arms, or of perfect shape and colour; and the nurse says of Romeo, “Why, he's a man of…
Any wicked man. Shimei so called David (2 Sam. xvi. 7). The ungodly are called “children of Belial,” or “sons of Belial.” The word Belial means worthlessness. Source: Dictionary of…
David is so called (2 Sam. xvi. 7). The Puritans applied the term to Charles because he made war against his Parliament. Any man of violence. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
The title of a novel by Henry Mackenzie. His “man of feeling” is named Harley- a sensitive, bashful, kind-hearted, sentimental hero. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
Every man-jack of you. Everyone of you. (See under Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ... MonkeyMan Friday A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…
(The). Napoleon III. (1808, 1852-70, died 1873.) “France? You must know better than I you position with the Man of Silence.” —For Sceptre and Crown, chap. i. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
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