The Earl of Pembroke (1216). Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1422-1447). Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1483). The Duke of Somerset (1548). The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. Oliver…
(Oliver). A boasting bonnet-maker of Perth. His widow is Magdalen or Maudie. (Sir Walter Scott: Fair Maid of Perth.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
A young clownish bumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Too Many for [Me]Tontine A B C D E F G H I J…
(Oliver). A boy born in a workhouse, starved and ill-treated; but always gentle, amiable, and pureminded. Dickens's novel so called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
The way our Lord went to the Hall of Judgment, from the Mount of Olives to Golgotha, about a mile in length. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894VialVetturino A…
(The). One of the four great national festivals of Greece, celebrated at nemea, in Argolis, every alternate year, the first and third of each Olympiad. The victor's reward was at first a…
(Sir Oliver). The hedgepriest in As You Like It (iii. 3). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MarthaMartello Towers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…
The pet name given by Dr. Johnson to Oliver Goldsmith. Garrick said of him, “He wrote like an angel and talked like poor Poll.” (Born Nov. 29, 1728; died April 4, 1774.) Source:…
This tale first appeared in 1765. It was written for Newbery, as it is said, by Oliver Goldsmith. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Goody-goodyGoody Blake A…
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