Dictionary of phrase and fable, giving the derivation, source or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell... . To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature / by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer.

  • Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham, 1810-1897.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Dictionary of phrase and fable, giving the derivation, source or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell... . To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature / by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Opie Opie, Amelia (b. 1769; d. 1853). “The Dangers of Coquetry,” “The Father and the Daughter” (1801) ; “An Elegy to the Memory of the Duke of Bedford” (1802) ; “ Adeline Mowbray ” (1804) ; “ Simple Tales” (1806), etc. Otway, Thomas (b. 1651; d, 1685). “Alcibiades” (1675); “Don Carlos” (1675); “Caius Marius” (1680); “The Orphan” (1680); “ Venice Preserved” (1682); “ Titus and Berenice,” “ Fripd- ship in Fashion,” and “The Soldier’s Fortune.” Ouida (Louisa de la Ramee) (b. 1840; d. 1908). “ Cecil Castlemaine’s Gage; ” “ Chandos ; ” “A Dog of Flanders; ” “ Under Two Flags ” (1868); “ Puck ” (1869); “Folle Farine; ” “ Friendship; ” “ Held in Bondage; ” “ Idalia ” (1867); “In a Winter City; ” “ Pascarel ” (1873); ‘ ‘ Sigma ; ” “ Strathmore; ” “ Tricotrin; ’ ’ “Two Little Wooden Shoes” (1874); “ Moths ” ; “ Pipistrello and other Stories” (1880); “AVillage Commune ” (1881); “In Maremma ” and “Bimbi” (1882); “Wanda” and “Frescoes” (1883); “ Princess Napraxine ” (1884); “A House Party” (1886); “Othmar” (1887); “ Guilderoy ” (1889); “ Euffino, etc.” ; “ Syrlin ” ; “ Tower of Taddeo ” (1890); “ Santa Barbara, etc.” (1891); “The New Priesthood” [the Medical Profession] (1893); “ The Silver Christ,” and “A Lemon Tree ”; “ Two Offenders ” (1894); “Views and Opinions” (1895); “ Le Selve ” (1896); “ The Massarenes ”; “ The Altruist ” (1897); “ The Waters of Edera”(1900); “StreetDust”(1901), etc. Overhury, Sir Thomas (b. 1581; d. 1613). “A Wife,” “Characters” (1614); “ Observations on his Travels upon the State of the Seventeen Provinces as they stood Anno Dom. 1609” (1626); “ Crumms fallen from King James’s Table; or, his Table- Talk” (1715). Owen, John, i>.D. (b. 1616; d. Ealing, August 24th, 1683). “The Display of Arminianism” (1642) ; “Communion with God” (1657); “On the Nature, Rise and Progress, and Study of True Theology” (1661); “Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews ” (1668); “ On Justification” (1677); “SalusElectorum, Sanguis Jesu; or, the Death of Death in the Death of Christ,” “ Diatriba de Divina Justitia,” “Doctrine of the Saints, Perseverance Explained and Con- firmed,” “ Vindiciae Evangelicae, ” “Mortification of Sin by Believers,” “ On the Divine Original, Authority, Self-evidencing Light and Power of the Scriptures,” “Animadversions on ‘Fiat Lux,’” “Indwelling Sin,” “A Dis- course of the Holy Spirit,” “ Christo- logia.” “Works, with Life,” in 1826. Owen, Sir Richard, K.C.B. (b. Lancaster, July 20th, 1804; d. December 18th, 1892). “Odontography” (1840- 45); “Lectures on the Invertebrate Animals” (1846); “History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds” (1846); “Parthenogenesis” (1849); “History of British Fossil Reptiles” (1849-51); “Palaeontology” (1860); “Lectures on Comparative Anatomy ; ” “The Aphe- type Skeleton;” “Fossil Reptiles” (1884),etc. “Life” byR. S. Owen(1894). Owen, Robert (b. 1771; d. 1858). “New Views of Society” (1812), etc. Owen, Robert Dale (b. New Lanark, 1804; d. 1877). ‘ ‘ System of Education at New Lanark ” (1824) ; “Moral Physiology” (1831); “Per- sonality of God ” and “ Authenticity of the Bible ” (1832) ; “Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World” (1860); “ The Debatable Land ” (1872) ; “Threading My Way: an Autobio- graphy” (1874), etc. P Pain, Barry Eric Odell (b. 1864). “In a Canadian Canoe, etc.” (1891); “Stories and Interludes,” “Playthings and Parodies” (1892); “Graeme and Cyril ’ ’ (1893); “ Kindness of the Celestial, etc.” (1894); “The Octave of Claudius ” (1897); “Wilmay,” “Tales of Robin Hood”(1898); “Eliza”(1900); “Another Englishwoman’s Love-Letters” (1901); “The One Before” (1902); “Little Entertainments”(1903); “Deals”(1904). Paine, Thomas (b. 1737; d. 1809). “ Common Sense ” (1776); “ The American Crisis ” (1776-83) ; “ The Rights of Man” (1791-92) ; and “The Age of Reason” (1792 and 1796). His Life was written by ‘ ‘ Francis Rydys” (George Chalmers) (1781), Oldys (1791), Cheetham (1809), Rick- man (1814), Sherwin (181t9), Richard Carlile (1819), Harford (1820), and Vale (1853). See Tlie North American Review, vol. Ivii., and Life by Moncure D. Con- way. Works, Boston, 1856; Political Works, London, 1875. Paley, William (b. 1743; d. 1805). “Principles of Moral and Political