He tickles every string to every note;He bends his pliant neck, his single eyeTwinkles with joy, his active stump beats time.Hobbinol, orThe Rural Games, i. (1740).
He tickles every string to every note;He bends his pliant neck, his single eyeTwinkles with joy, his active stump beats time.Hobbinol, orThe Rural Games, i. (1740).
He tickles every string to every note;He bends his pliant neck, his single eyeTwinkles with joy, his active stump beats time.Hobbinol, orThe Rural Games, i. (1740).
He tickles every string to every note;
He bends his pliant neck, his single eye
Twinkles with joy, his active stump beats time.
Hobbinol, orThe Rural Games, i. (1740).
Tweedledum and Tweedledee.In the time of George III. the musical world was divided between the parties holding by the German Händel and the Italian Bononcini. The prince of Wales supported Händel, the duke of Marlborough stood for Bononcini.
Some say, compared to Bononcini,That mynherr Handel’s but a ninny;Others aver that he to HandelIs scarcely fit to hold a candle;Strange all this difference should be’Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.J. Byrom (1691-1763).
Some say, compared to Bononcini,That mynherr Handel’s but a ninny;Others aver that he to HandelIs scarcely fit to hold a candle;Strange all this difference should be’Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.J. Byrom (1691-1763).
Some say, compared to Bononcini,That mynherr Handel’s but a ninny;Others aver that he to HandelIs scarcely fit to hold a candle;Strange all this difference should be’Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.J. Byrom (1691-1763).
Some say, compared to Bononcini,
That mynherr Handel’s but a ninny;
Others aver that he to Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle;
Strange all this difference should be
’Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
J. Byrom (1691-1763).
Twelfth Night, a drama by Shakespeare. The story came originally from a novellette by Bandello (who died 1555), reproduced by Belleforest in hisHistoires Tragiques, from which Shakespeare obtained his story. The tale is this: Viola and Sebastian were twins, and exactly alike. When grown up, they were ship-wrecked off the coast of Illyria, and both were saved. Viola, being separated from her brother, in order to obtain a livelihood, dressed like her brother, and took the situation of page under the duke Orsino. The duke, at the time, happened to be in love with Olivia, and as the lady looked coldly on his suit, he sent Viola to advance it, but the willful Olivia, instead of melting towards the duke, fell in love with his beautiful page. One day Sebastian, the twin-brother of Viola, being attacked in a street brawl, before Olivia’s house, the lady, thinking him to be the page, invited him in, and they soon grew to such familiar terms that they agreed to become man and wife. About the same time, the duke discovered his page to be a beautiful woman, and as he could not marry his first love, he made Viola his wife, and the duchess of Illyria.
Twelve Apostles of Ireland(The), twelve Irish prelates of the sixth century, disciples of St. Finnian of Clonard.
1.CiaranorKeiran, bishop and abbot of Saighir (nowSeir-Keiran, King’s County).
2.CiaranorKeiran, abbot of Clomnacnois.
3.Columcilleof Hy (nowIona). This prelate is also called St. Columba.
4.Brendan, bishop and abbot of Clonfort.
5.Brendan, bishop and abbot of Birr (nowParsonstown, King’s County).
6.Columba, abbot of Tirdaglas.
7.MolaiseorLaisre, abbot of Damhiris (nowDevenish Island, in lough Erne).
8.Cainnech, abbot of Aichadhbo, in Queen’s County.
9.RuadanorRodan, abbot of Lorrha, in Tipperary County.
10.Mobi Clairenech(i.e., “the flat-faced”), abbot of Glasnooidhan (nowGlasnevin, near Dublin).
11.Senell, abbot of Cluain-inis, in lough Erne.
12.NannathorNennith, bishop and abbot of Inismuige-Samh (nowInismac-Saint, in lough Erne).
Twelve Knights of the Round Table.Dryden says there were twelve paladins, and twelve knights of the Round Table. The table was made for 150, but as twelve is the orthodox number, the following names hold the most conspicuous places:--(1)Launcelot, (2)Tristram, and (3)Lamoracke, the three bravest; (4)Tor, the first made; (5)Galahad, the chaste; (6)Gaw´ain, the courteous; (7)Gareth, the big-handed; (8)Palomides, the Saracen, or unbaptized; (9)Kay, the rude and boastful; (10)Mark, the dastard; (11)Mordred, the traitor; and the twelfth, as in the case of the paladins, must be selected from one of the following names, all of which are seated with the prince in the frontispiece attached to theHistory of Prince Arthur, compiled by Sir T. Malory in 1470;--Sirs Acolon, Ballamore, Beleobus, Belvoure, Bersunt, Bors, Ector de Maris, Ewain, Floll, Graheris, Galohalt, Grislet, Lionell, Marhaus, Paginet, Pelleas, Percival, Sagris, Superabilis, and Turquine.
Or we may take from theMabinogionthe three “battle knights,” Cadwr, Launcelot, and Owain; the three “counselling knights,” Kynon, Aron, and Llywarch Hên; the three “diademed knights,” Kai, Trystan, and Gwevyl; and the three “golden-tongued,” Gwalchmai, Drudwas and Eliwlod, many of which are unknown in modern story.
Sir Walter Scott names sixteen of renown, seated round the king:
ThereGalahadsat with manly grace,Yet maiden meekness in his face;ThereMoroltof the iron mace;And lovelornTristremthere;AndDinadam, with lively glance;AndLanval, with the fairy lance;AndMordred, with his looks askance;BrunorandBelvidere.Why should I tell of numbers more?SirCay, SirBanier, and SirBore,SirCaradoc, the keen,And gentleGawain’scourteous lore,Hector de Mares, andPellinore,AndLancelot, that evermoreLooked stol’n-wise on the queen.Bridal of Triermain, ii. 13 (1813).
ThereGalahadsat with manly grace,Yet maiden meekness in his face;ThereMoroltof the iron mace;And lovelornTristremthere;AndDinadam, with lively glance;AndLanval, with the fairy lance;AndMordred, with his looks askance;BrunorandBelvidere.Why should I tell of numbers more?SirCay, SirBanier, and SirBore,SirCaradoc, the keen,And gentleGawain’scourteous lore,Hector de Mares, andPellinore,AndLancelot, that evermoreLooked stol’n-wise on the queen.Bridal of Triermain, ii. 13 (1813).
ThereGalahadsat with manly grace,Yet maiden meekness in his face;ThereMoroltof the iron mace;And lovelornTristremthere;AndDinadam, with lively glance;AndLanval, with the fairy lance;AndMordred, with his looks askance;BrunorandBelvidere.Why should I tell of numbers more?SirCay, SirBanier, and SirBore,SirCaradoc, the keen,And gentleGawain’scourteous lore,Hector de Mares, andPellinore,AndLancelot, that evermoreLooked stol’n-wise on the queen.Bridal of Triermain, ii. 13 (1813).
ThereGalahadsat with manly grace,
Yet maiden meekness in his face;
ThereMoroltof the iron mace;
And lovelornTristremthere;
AndDinadam, with lively glance;
AndLanval, with the fairy lance;
AndMordred, with his looks askance;
BrunorandBelvidere.
Why should I tell of numbers more?
SirCay, SirBanier, and SirBore,
SirCaradoc, the keen,
And gentleGawain’scourteous lore,
Hector de Mares, andPellinore,
AndLancelot, that evermore
Looked stol’n-wise on the queen.
Bridal of Triermain, ii. 13 (1813).
Twelve Paladins(The), twelve famous warriors in Charlemagne’s court.
1.Astolpho, cousin of Roland, descended from Charles Martel. A great boaster, fool-hardy, and singularly handsome. It was Astolpho who went to the moon to fetch back Orlando’s (Roland’s) brains when mad.
2.FerumbrasorFierabras, a Saracen, afterwards converted and baptized.
3.Florismart, thefidus Achātêsof Roland or Orlando.
4.Ganelon, the traitor, count of Mayence. Placed by Dantê in the Inferno.
5.Maugris, in ItalianMalagigi, cousin to Rinaldo, and son of Beuves of Aygremont. He was brought up by Oriande the fairy, and became a great enchanter.
6.NamoorNaymede Bavière.
7.Ogier, theDane, thought to be Holger, the hero of Denmark, but some affirm that “Dane” is a corruption ofDamné; so called because he was not baptized.
8.Oliver, son of Regnier, comte de Gennes, the rival of Roland in all feats of arms.
9.Otuel, a Saracen, nephew to Ferragus or Ferracute. He was converted, and married a daughter of King Charlemagne.
10.Rinaldo, son of Duke Aymon, and cousin to Roland. Angelica fell in love with him, but he requited not her affection.
11.Roland, calledOrlandoin Italian, comte de Cenouta. He was Charlemagne’s nephew, his mother being Berthe, the king’s sister, and his father Millon.
12. One of the following names, all of which are called paladins, and probably supplied vacancies caused by death:--Basin de Genevois, Geoffrey de Frises, Guerin, duc de Lorraine, Guillaume de l’Estoc, Guy de Bourgogne, Hoël comte de Nantes, Lambert, prince of Bruxelles, Richard, duc de Normandy, Riol du Mans, Samson, duc de Bourgogne, and Thiery.
⁂ There is considerable resemblance between the twelve selected paladins and the twelve selected Table knights. In each case there were three pre-eminent for bravery: Oliver, Roland and Rinaldo (paladins); Launcelot, Tristram, and Lamoracke (Table knights). In each case was a Saracen: Ferumbras (the paladin); Palomides (the Table knight). In each was a traitor: Ganelon (the paladin); Mordred (the Table Knight), like Judas Iscariot in the apostolic twelve.
Who bear the bows were knights in Arthur’s reign,Twelve they, and twelve the peers of Charlemain.Dryden,The Flower and the Leaf.
Who bear the bows were knights in Arthur’s reign,Twelve they, and twelve the peers of Charlemain.Dryden,The Flower and the Leaf.
Who bear the bows were knights in Arthur’s reign,Twelve they, and twelve the peers of Charlemain.Dryden,The Flower and the Leaf.
Who bear the bows were knights in Arthur’s reign,
Twelve they, and twelve the peers of Charlemain.
Dryden,The Flower and the Leaf.
Twelve Wise Masters(The), the original corporation of the mastersingers. Hans Sachs, the cobbler of Nürnberg, was the most renowned and the most voluminous of the mastersingers, but he was not one of the original twelve. He lived 1494-1576, and left behind him thirty-four folio vols. of MS., containing 208 plays, 1700 comic tales, and about 450 lyric poems.
Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft,Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and danced.Longfellow,Nuremberg.
Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft,Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and danced.Longfellow,Nuremberg.
Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft,Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and danced.Longfellow,Nuremberg.
Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft,
Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and danced.
Longfellow,Nuremberg.
⁂ The original corporation consisted of Heinrik von Mueglen, Konrad Harder, Master Altschwert, Master Barthel Regenbogen (blacksmith), Master Muscablüt (tailor), Hans Blotz (barber), Hans Rosenblüt (armorial painter), Sebastian Brandt (jurist), Thomas Murner, Hans Folz (surgeon), Wilhelm Weber, and Hans Sachs (cobbler). This last, though not one of the founders, was so superior to them all that he is always reckoned among the wise mastersingers.
Twemlow(Mr.), first cousin to Lord Snigsworth; “an innocent piece of dinner-furniture,” in frequent requisition by Mr. and Mrs. Veneering. He is described as “grey, dry, polite, and susceptible to east wind;” he wears “first-gentleman-in-Europe collar and cravat;” “his cheeks are drawn in as if he had made a great effort to retire into himself some years ago, and had got so far, but never any further.” His great mystery is who is Mr. Veneering’s oldest friend; is he himself his oldest or his newest acquaintance? He couldn’t tell.--C. Dickens,Our Mutual Friend(1864).
Twenty Bold Mariners.
“Twenty bold mariners went to the wave,Twenty sweet breezes blew over the main;All were so hearty, so free and so brave--But they never came back again.”* * * * * * * * *Rose Hawthorne Lathrop,Along the Shore(1888).
“Twenty bold mariners went to the wave,Twenty sweet breezes blew over the main;All were so hearty, so free and so brave--But they never came back again.”* * * * * * * * *Rose Hawthorne Lathrop,Along the Shore(1888).
“Twenty bold mariners went to the wave,Twenty sweet breezes blew over the main;All were so hearty, so free and so brave--But they never came back again.”* * * * * * * * *Rose Hawthorne Lathrop,Along the Shore(1888).
“Twenty bold mariners went to the wave,
Twenty sweet breezes blew over the main;
All were so hearty, so free and so brave--
But they never came back again.”
* * * * * * * * *
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop,Along the Shore(1888).
Twice-told Tales.Some of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s most charming tales and sketches are collected under this caption (1851).
Twickenham(The Bard of), Alexander Pope, who lived for thirty years at Twickenham (1688-1744).
Twigtythe(The Rev. Mr.), clergyman at Fasthwaite Farm, held by Farmer Williams.--Sir W. Scott,Waverley(time, George II.).
Twin Brethren(The Great), Castor and Pollux.
Back comes the chief in triumphWho, in the hour of fight,Hath seen the Great Twin BrethrenIn harness on his right.Safe comes the ship to haven,Thro’ billows and thro’ gales,If once the great Twin BrethrenSit shining on the sails.Lord Macaulay,Lays of Ancient Rome(“Battle of Lake Regillus,” xl. 1842).
Back comes the chief in triumphWho, in the hour of fight,Hath seen the Great Twin BrethrenIn harness on his right.Safe comes the ship to haven,Thro’ billows and thro’ gales,If once the great Twin BrethrenSit shining on the sails.Lord Macaulay,Lays of Ancient Rome(“Battle of Lake Regillus,” xl. 1842).
Back comes the chief in triumphWho, in the hour of fight,Hath seen the Great Twin BrethrenIn harness on his right.Safe comes the ship to haven,Thro’ billows and thro’ gales,If once the great Twin BrethrenSit shining on the sails.Lord Macaulay,Lays of Ancient Rome(“Battle of Lake Regillus,” xl. 1842).
Back comes the chief in triumph
Who, in the hour of fight,
Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren
In harness on his right.
Safe comes the ship to haven,
Thro’ billows and thro’ gales,
If once the great Twin Brethren
Sit shining on the sails.
Lord Macaulay,Lays of Ancient Rome(“Battle of Lake Regillus,” xl. 1842).
Twineall(The Hon. Mr.), a young man who goes to India, intending to work himself into place by flattery; but, wholly mistaking character, he gets thrown into prison for treason. Twineall talks to Sir Luke Tremor (who ran away from the field of battle) of his glorious deeds of fight; to Lady Tremor (a grocer’s daughter) of high birth, supposing her to be a descendant of the kings of Scotland; to Lord Flint (the sultan’s chief minister) of the sultan’s dubious right to the throne, and so on.--Mrs. Inchbald,Such Things Are(1786).
Twist(Oliver), the son of Mr. Brownlow’s oldest friend and Agnes Fleming; half-brother to “Manks.” He was born and brought up in a workhouse, starved, and ill-treated; but was always gentle, amiable, and pure-minded. His asking for more gruel at the workhouse because he was so hungry, and the astonishment of the officials at such daring impudence, is capitally told.--Charles Dickens,Oliver Twist(1837).
Twitcher(Harry). Henry, Lord Brougham [Broom] was so called, from his habit of twitching his neck (1778-1868).
Don’t you recollect, North, some years ago that Murray’s name was on our title-page; and that, being alarmed for Subscription Jamie [Sir James Mackintosh] and Harry Twitcher, he ... scratched his name out?--Wilson,Noctes Ambrosianæ(1822-36).
Twitcher(Jemmy), a cunning and treacherous highwayman in Macheath’s gang.--Gay,The Beggar’s Opera(1727).
Twitcher(Jemmy), the nickname of John, Lord Sandwich, noted for his liaison with Miss Ray (1718-1792).
When sly Jemmy Twitcher had smugged up his faceWith a lick of court whitewash and pious grimace,Avowing he went where three sisters of old,In harmless society, guttle and scold.Gay, (1716-1771).
When sly Jemmy Twitcher had smugged up his faceWith a lick of court whitewash and pious grimace,Avowing he went where three sisters of old,In harmless society, guttle and scold.Gay, (1716-1771).
When sly Jemmy Twitcher had smugged up his faceWith a lick of court whitewash and pious grimace,Avowing he went where three sisters of old,In harmless society, guttle and scold.Gay, (1716-1771).
When sly Jemmy Twitcher had smugged up his face
With a lick of court whitewash and pious grimace,
Avowing he went where three sisters of old,
In harmless society, guttle and scold.
Gay, (1716-1771).
Two Drovers(The), a tale in two chapters, laid in the reign of George III., written by Sir Walter Scott (1827). It is one of the “Chronicles of the Canongate” supposed to be told by Mr. Croftangry. Robin Oig M’Combich, a Highland drover,revengeful and proud, meets with Harry Wakefield, a jovial English drover, and quarrels with him about a pasture-field. They fight in Heskett’s ale-house, but are separated. Oig goes on his way to get a dagger, with which he returns to the ale-house, and stabs Harry who is three parts drunk. Being tried for murder, he is condemned and executed.
Two Gentlemen of Vero´na, a drama by Shakespeare, the story of which is taken from theDianaof Montemayor (sixteenth century). The tale is this: Protheus and Valentine were two friends, and Protheus was in love with a lady of Verōna, named Julia. Valentine went to sojourn in Milan, and there fell in love with Silvia, the duke’s daughter, who was promised in marriage to Thurio. Protheus, being sent by his father to Milan, forgot Julia, fell in love with Silvia, and, in order to carry his point, induced the duke to banish Valentine, who became the captain of banditti, into whose hands Silvia fell. Julia, unable to bear the absence of her lover, dressed in boy’s clothes, and, going to Milan, hired herself as a page to Protheus, and when Silvia was lost, the duke, with Thurio, Protheus and his page, went in quest of her. She was soon discovered, but when Thurio attempted to take possession of her, Valentine said to him, “I dare you to touch her;” and Thurio replied, “None but a fool would fight for a girl.” The duke, disgusted, gave Silvia to Valentine; and Protheus, ashamed of his conduct, begged pardon of Valentine, discovered his page to be Julia, and married her (1595).
Two Kings of Brentford(The). In the duke of Buckingham’s farce calledThe Rehearsal(1671), the two kings enter hand-in-hand, dance together, sing together, walk arm-in-arm, and, to heighten the absurdity, they are made to smell of the same nosegay (act ii. 2.).
Two-Legged Mare(The), a gallows. Vice says to Tyburn:
I will help to bridle the two-legged mare.Like Will to Like, etc.(1587).
I will help to bridle the two-legged mare.Like Will to Like, etc.(1587).
I will help to bridle the two-legged mare.Like Will to Like, etc.(1587).
I will help to bridle the two-legged mare.
Like Will to Like, etc.(1587).
Two-Shoes(Goody), a nursery tale by Oliver Goldsmith (1765). Goody Two-shoes was a very poor child, whose delight at having apairof shoes was so unbounded that she could not forbear telling every one she met that she had “two shoes,” whence her name. She acquired knowledge and became wealthy. The title-page states that the tale is for the benefit of those
Who from a state of rags and care,And having shoes but half a pair,Their fortune and their fame should fix,And gallop in a coach and six.
Who from a state of rags and care,And having shoes but half a pair,Their fortune and their fame should fix,And gallop in a coach and six.
Who from a state of rags and care,And having shoes but half a pair,Their fortune and their fame should fix,And gallop in a coach and six.
Who from a state of rags and care,
And having shoes but half a pair,
Their fortune and their fame should fix,
And gallop in a coach and six.
Two Strings to Your Bow, a farce by Jephson (1792). Lazarillo, wanting a master, enters the service of Don Felix and also of Octavio at the same time. He makes perpetual blunders, such as giving letters and money to the wrong master; but it turns out that Don Felix is Donna Clara, the betrothed of Octavio. The lovers meet at the Eagle hotel, recognize each other, and become man and wife.
Two Unlucky.In our dynasties two has been an unlucky number; thus: Ethelred II. was forced to abdicate; Harold II. was slain at Hastings; William II. was shot in the New Forest; Henry II. had to fight for his crown, which was usurped by Stephen; Edward II. was murdered at Berkeley Castle; Richard II. was deposed; Charles II. was driven into exile; James II. was obliged to abdicate; George II. was worsted at Fontenoy and Lawfeld, was disgraced by General Braddock and Admiral Byng, and was troubled by Charles Edward, the Young Pretender.
Tyb´alt, a fiery young nobleman of Verona, nephew to Lady Capŭlet, and cousin to Juliet. He is slain in combat by Ro´meo.--Shakespeare,Romeo and Juliet(1595).
The name is given to thecatin the beast-epic calledReynard the Fox. Hence Mercutio calls him “rat-catcher” (act iii. sc. 1), and when Tybalt demands of him, “What wouldst thou have with me?” Mercutio replies, “Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine lives” (act iii. sc. 1).
Tybalt, a Lombard officer, in love with Laura, niece of Duke Gondibert. The story ofGondibertbeing unfinished, no sequel of this attachment is given.--Sir W. Davenant,Gondibert(died 1668).
TybaltorTibert, the cat in the beast-epic ofReynard the Fox(1498).
Tyburn(Kings of), hangmen.
Tyburn Tree(The), a gallows; so called because criminals at one time hung on the elm trees which grew on the banks of the Tyburn. The “Holy Maid of Kent,” Mrs. Turner, the poisoner, Felton, the assassin of the duke of Buckingham, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild, Lord Ferrers, who murdered his steward, Dr. Dodd and Mother Brownrigg, “all died in their shoes” on the Tyburn tree.
Since laws were made for every degree,To curb vice in others as well as in me [Macheath],I wonder we ha’nt better company’Neath Tyburn tree.Gay,The Beggar’s Opera(1727).
Since laws were made for every degree,To curb vice in others as well as in me [Macheath],I wonder we ha’nt better company’Neath Tyburn tree.Gay,The Beggar’s Opera(1727).
Since laws were made for every degree,To curb vice in others as well as in me [Macheath],I wonder we ha’nt better company’Neath Tyburn tree.Gay,The Beggar’s Opera(1727).
Since laws were made for every degree,
To curb vice in others as well as in me [Macheath],
I wonder we ha’nt better company
’Neath Tyburn tree.
Gay,The Beggar’s Opera(1727).
Tycho, a vassal of the bishop of Treves, in the reign of Kaiser Henry IV. He promised to avenge his lord and master, who had been plundered by Count Adalbert, a leader of bandits. So, going to the count’s castle, he craved a draught of water. The porter brought him a cup of wine, and Tycho said, “Thank thy lord for his charity, and tell him he shall meet with his reward.” Then, returning home, he procured thirty large wine-barrels, in each of which he concealed an armed retainer and weapons for two others. Each cask was then carried by two men to the count’s castle, and when the door was opened Tycho said to the porter, “I am come to recompense thy lord and master,” and the sixty men carried in the thirty barrels. When Count Adalbert went to look at the present, at a signal given by Tycho the tops of the casks flew off, and the ninety armed men slew the count and his brigands, and then burnt the castle to the ground.
The reader may perceive a certain resemblance between this tale and that of “Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves” (Arabian Nights’ Entertainments).
Tyler(Wat), a frugal, honest, industrious, skillful blacksmith of Essex; with one daughter, Alice, pretty, joyous, innocent, and modest. With all his frugality and industry, Wat found it very hard to earn enough for daily bread, and the tax-collectors came for the poll-tax, three groats a head, for a war to maintain our conquests in France. Wat had saved up the money, and proffered six groats for himself and wife. The collectors demanded three groats for Alice also, but Tyler said she was under 15 years of age, whereupon, one of the collectors having “insulted her virgin modesty,” Tyler felled him to the ground with his sledge-hammer. Thepeople gathered round the smith, and a general uprising ensued. Richard II., sent a herald to Tyler, to request a parley, and pledging his royal word for his safe conduct. The sturdy smith appointed Smithfield for the rendezvous, and there Tyler told the king the people’s grievances; but while he was speaking, William Walworth, the lord mayor, stabbed him from behind and killed him. The king, to pacify the people, promised the poll-tax should be taken off and their grievances redressed, but no sooner had the mob dispersed than the rebels were cut down wholesale, and many being subjected to a mockery of a trial, were infamously executed.--Southey,Wat Tyler(1794, published, 1817).
Tyll OwlyglassorTyll Owleglass, by Thomas Murner, a Franciscan monk, of Strasbourg (1475-1536); the English name of the German “Tyll Eulenspiegel.” Tyll is a mechanic of Brunswick, who runs from pillar to post as charlatan, physician, lansquenet, fool, valet, and Jack-of-all-trades. He undertakes anything and everything, but invariably “spoils the Egyptians” who trust in him. He produces popular proverbs, is brimfull of merry mischief, droll as Sam Slick, indifferent honest as Gil Blas, light-hearted as Andrew Bode, as full of tricks as Scapin, and as popular as Robin Hood. The book is crammed with observations, anecdotes, fables,bon mots, facetiæ, and shows forth the omnipotence of common sense. There are two good English versions of this popular picaresco romance--one printed by William Copland, and entitledThe Merrye Jeste of a Man called Howlëglass and the many Marvellous Thinges and Jestes which he did in his Lyfe in Eastland; and the other published in 1860, translated by K. R. H. Mackenzie, and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. In 1720 was brought out a modified and abridged edition of the German story.
To few mortals has it been granted to earn such a place in universal history as Tyll Eulenspiegel [U’len-spee’.g’l]. Now, after five centuries, Tyll’s native village is pointed out with pride to the traveller, and his tombstone ... still stands ... at Möllen, near Lubeck, where since 1350 [sic] his once nimble bones have been at rest.--Carlyle.
Tylwyth Teg, or the “Family of Beauty,” elves who “dance in the moonlight on the velvet sward,” in their airy and flowing robes of blue and green, white and scarlet. These beautiful fays delight in showering benefits on the human race.The Mabinogion.
Tyneman(2syl.), Archibald IV., earl of Douglas. So called because he was always on the losing side.
Tyre, in Dryden’s satire ofAbsalom and Achitophel, means Holland. “Egypt,” in the same satire, means France.
I mourn my countrymen, your lost estate ...Now all your liberties a spoil are made,Egypt and Tyrus intercept your trade.Pt. i. (1681).
I mourn my countrymen, your lost estate ...Now all your liberties a spoil are made,Egypt and Tyrus intercept your trade.Pt. i. (1681).
I mourn my countrymen, your lost estate ...Now all your liberties a spoil are made,Egypt and Tyrus intercept your trade.Pt. i. (1681).
I mourn my countrymen, your lost estate ...
Now all your liberties a spoil are made,
Egypt and Tyrus intercept your trade.
Pt. i. (1681).
Tyre(Archbishop of), with the crusaders.--Sir W. Scott,The Talisman(time, Richard I.).
Tyrian Cyn´osure(3syl.), Ursa Minor. Ursa Major is called by Milton “The Star of Arcady,” from Calisto, daughter of Lyca´on, the first king of Arcadia, who was changed into this constellation. Her son, Arcas or Cynosūra, was made the Lesser Bear.--Pausanias,Itinerary of Greece, viii. 4.
And thou shalt be our star of Arcady,Or Tyrian Cynosure.Milton, Comus, 343 (1634).
And thou shalt be our star of Arcady,Or Tyrian Cynosure.Milton, Comus, 343 (1634).
And thou shalt be our star of Arcady,Or Tyrian Cynosure.Milton, Comus, 343 (1634).
And thou shalt be our star of Arcady,
Or Tyrian Cynosure.
Milton, Comus, 343 (1634).
Tyrie, one of the archers in the Scottish guard of Louis XI.--Sir W. Scott,Quentin Durward(time, Edward IV.).
Tyrie(The Rev. Michael), minister of Glenorquhy.--Sir W. Scott,The Highland Widow(time, George II.).
Tyrog´lyphus(“the cheese-scooper”), one of the mouse princes slain in the battle of the frogs and mice by Lymnisius (“the laker”).
Lymnisius good Tyroglyphus assails,Prince of the mice that haunt the flowery vales;Lost to the milky fares and rural seat,He came to perish on the bank of fate.Parnell,Battle of the Frogs and Mice, iii. (about 1712).
Lymnisius good Tyroglyphus assails,Prince of the mice that haunt the flowery vales;Lost to the milky fares and rural seat,He came to perish on the bank of fate.Parnell,Battle of the Frogs and Mice, iii. (about 1712).
Lymnisius good Tyroglyphus assails,Prince of the mice that haunt the flowery vales;Lost to the milky fares and rural seat,He came to perish on the bank of fate.Parnell,Battle of the Frogs and Mice, iii. (about 1712).
Lymnisius good Tyroglyphus assails,
Prince of the mice that haunt the flowery vales;
Lost to the milky fares and rural seat,
He came to perish on the bank of fate.
Parnell,Battle of the Frogs and Mice, iii. (about 1712).
Tyrrel(Francis), the nephew of Mr. Mortimer. He loves Miss Aubrey “with an ardent, firm disinterested love.” On one occasion Miss Aubrey was insulted by lord Courtland, with whom Tyrrel fought a duel, and was for a time in hiding; but when Courtland recovered from his wounds, Tyrrel re-appeared, and ultimately married the lady of his affection.--Cumberland,The Fashionable Lover(1780).
Tyrrel(Frank), or Martigny, earl of Etherington, son of the late earl, and la comtesse de Martigny, his wife. He is supposed to be illegitimate. Frank is in love with Clara Mowbray, daughter of Mr. Mowbray, of St. Ronan’s.--Sir W. Scott,St. Ronan’s Well(time, George III).
Tyrtæos, selected by the Spartans as their leader, because his lays inspired the soldiers to deeds of daring. The following is a translation of one of his martial songs;--
Oh, how joyous to fall in the face of the foe,For country and altar to die!But a lot more ignoble no mortal can know,Than with children and parents heart-broken with woe,From home as an exile to fly.Unrecompensed labor, starvation, and scorn,The feet of the captive attend;Dishonored his race, by rude foes overborne;From altar, from country, from kith and kin torn;No brother, no sister, no friend.To the field, then! Be strong, and acquit ye like men!Who shall fear for his country to fall?Ye younger, in ranks firmly serried remain;Ye elders, though weak, look on flight with disdain,And honor your fatherland’s call!
Oh, how joyous to fall in the face of the foe,For country and altar to die!But a lot more ignoble no mortal can know,Than with children and parents heart-broken with woe,From home as an exile to fly.Unrecompensed labor, starvation, and scorn,The feet of the captive attend;Dishonored his race, by rude foes overborne;From altar, from country, from kith and kin torn;No brother, no sister, no friend.To the field, then! Be strong, and acquit ye like men!Who shall fear for his country to fall?Ye younger, in ranks firmly serried remain;Ye elders, though weak, look on flight with disdain,And honor your fatherland’s call!
Oh, how joyous to fall in the face of the foe,For country and altar to die!But a lot more ignoble no mortal can know,Than with children and parents heart-broken with woe,From home as an exile to fly.
Oh, how joyous to fall in the face of the foe,
For country and altar to die!
But a lot more ignoble no mortal can know,
Than with children and parents heart-broken with woe,
From home as an exile to fly.
Unrecompensed labor, starvation, and scorn,The feet of the captive attend;Dishonored his race, by rude foes overborne;From altar, from country, from kith and kin torn;No brother, no sister, no friend.
Unrecompensed labor, starvation, and scorn,
The feet of the captive attend;
Dishonored his race, by rude foes overborne;
From altar, from country, from kith and kin torn;
No brother, no sister, no friend.
To the field, then! Be strong, and acquit ye like men!Who shall fear for his country to fall?Ye younger, in ranks firmly serried remain;Ye elders, though weak, look on flight with disdain,And honor your fatherland’s call!
To the field, then! Be strong, and acquit ye like men!
Who shall fear for his country to fall?
Ye younger, in ranks firmly serried remain;
Ye elders, though weak, look on flight with disdain,
And honor your fatherland’s call!
Tyrtæos(The Spanish), Manuel José Quintāna, whose odes stimulated the Spaniards to vindicate their liberty, at the outbreak of the War of Independence (1772-1857).
⁂ Who can tell the influence of such odes as theMarseillaise, or some of the Jacobite songs, on the spirit of a people? Even the music-hall song, “We don’t want to fight,” almost roused the English nation into a war with Russia in 1878.
Tyson(Kate), a romantic young lady, who marries Frank Cheeney.--Wybert Reeve,Parted.