A river of liquid fire in Hades. (Greek, phlego, to burn.) Fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Milton: Paradise Lost, ii. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
A country girl. (Virgil: Eclogues, iii. and v.) Country messes, Which the neat-handed Phyllis dresses. Milton: L'Allegro. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
Out of date; no longer in vogue; exhausted. “Valentines, I suppose, are played one, said Milton.” —Truth: Queer Story Feb. 18, 1886. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
[scarcher of secrets]. The cherub despatched by Gabriel to find Satan, after his flight from hell. Ithuriel goes with him. (Milton: Paradise Lost, iv. 788-796.) Source: Dictionary of…
An angelic scout of “swiftest wing.” The word means “God's spy.” (Milton: Paradise Lost, yi. 355.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ZoraidaZollverein A B C…
Any rustic maiden. In the Idylls of Theocritos, Thestylis is a young female slave. And then in baste her bower she leaves, With Thestylis to bind the sheaves. Milton: L'Allegro. Source:…
in England, ascribe their foundation to John Biddle (1615-1662). Milton (?), Locke, Newton, Lardner, and many other men of historic note were Unitarians. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
The angel next in command to Gabriel. The word means “Strength of God.” Uzziel is commanded by Gabriel to “coast the south with strictest watch.” (Milton: Paradise Lost, iv. 782.) Source…
The valley of the Arno, in Tuscany. the Tuscan artist [Galileo] views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno? Milton: Paradise Lost, bk. i. 207-200. Source: Dictionary of…
Milton says, “Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks in Vallombrosa” (Paradise Lost, i. 302); but as the trees of Vallombrosa are chiefly pines, they do not strew the brooks with…
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