A libertine. A contraction of rakehell, used by Milton and others. And far away amid their rakehell bands They speed a lady left all succourless. Francis Quarles. Source: Dictionary of…
(1 syl.). The Rhine. (Latin, Rhenus.) To pass Rhene or the Danaw [Danube]. Milton: Paradise Lost, bk. i. 353. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RhineRhapsody…
A Syrian god, whose seat was Damascus. Him followed Rimmon, whose delightful seat Was fair Damascus, on the fertile bank Of Abbana and Pharphar, lucid streaurs. Milton: Paradise Lost, bk.…
(3 syl.). To think, to meditate upon some subject; properly, “to chew the cud” (Latin, rumino). “To chew the cud of sweet and bitter fancy.” Milton. “On a flowery bank he chews the cud…
in Hebrew, means enemy. “To whom the Arch-enemy (And hence in heaven called Satan).” Milton: Paradise Lost, bk. i. 81, 82. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(A). A perfect pandemonium. A bear-garden for disorder and licentiousness. In allusion to the parliament of hell in Milton's Paradise Lost, book i. (Greek, pan daimon, every demon.) (See…
(in four books). The subject is the Temptation. Eve, being tempted, fell, and lost Paradise; Jesus, being tempted, resisted, and regained Paradise. (Milton.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
Alexander the Great, born at Pella, in Macedonia. “Remember that Pellean conqueror.” Milton: Paradise Regained, ii. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
a promontory of Sicily. (Virgil AEneid, iii. 6, 7.) As when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus. Milton: Paradise Lost, bk. i. 232. Source: Dictionary of…
Egypt. So called from Pharos, an island on the coast, noted for its lighthouse. “And passed from Pharian fields to Caussu land.” Milton: Psalm cxiv. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
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