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第379章 INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF ALLUSIONS(3)

Digby, Lord, one of the Royalist leaders and a typical CavalierDiodorus author of a universal history of which fifteen books still remain (50 B.C.-13 A.D.)Distressed Mother, by Ambrose Phillipps, modelled on Racine's AndromaqueDomdaniel, a hall under the roots of the ocean, where gnomes magicians, and evil spirits hold council (see Southey's Thalaba)Domenichino, a celebrated Italian painter of sacred subjects;persecuted and possibly poisoned by his rivals (1581-1641)Douw, Gerard, distinguished Dutch painter, one of Rembrandt's pupils; his works are famed for their perfect finish and delicacy (1613-75)Dubois, Guillaume, cardinal and prime minister of France, noted for his ability and his debauchery (1656-1723)D'Urfey, Tom, a facetious comedian and song-writer, favoured by Charles II.Known for his collection of sonnets, Pills to Purge Melancholy (1628-1703)ECLIPSE, a famous chestnut race-horse who between 3rd May, 1769and 4th October, 1770, had a most successful recordEncyclopaedia, the famous work which, edited by D'Alembert and Diderot, and contributed to by the most eminent savants of France, was issued 1751-77, and contributed not a little to fan the flame of Revolution.The Philosophical Dictionary was a similar productionEssex, Queen Elizabeth's favourite courtier who took Cadiz in 1596Euphelia and Rhodoclea...Comelia...Tranquilla, signatures to letters in the Rambler (Nos.42, 46; 62; 51; 10,119)Exons, i.e."Exempts of the Guards," "officers who commanded when the lieutenant or ensign was absent, and who had charge of the night watch,"Eylau, 20 miles south from Konigsberg victory of Napoleon, 1807FAIRFAX, Edward, one of the "improvers" of English versification.

Translated Tasso in the same stanzas as the original, and wrote on Demonology (d.c.1632)Farnese, Alexander, Duke of Parma, Governor of the Netherlands under Philip II.and the first commander of his ageFaunus, grandson of Saturn and god of fields and shepherds, later identified with the Greek PanFaustina, Empress, (i) wife of Antoninus Pius; (ii) daughter of (i)and wife of Marcus Aurelius.Both were equally licentiousFavorinus, a rhetorician and sophist, who flourished in Gaul, c.

125 A.D.

Felton, John, who assassinated the Duke of Buckingham in 1628Ferguson, Sir Adam, M.P.for Ayrshire, 1774-80Filmer, Sir Robert, advocated the doctrine of absolute regal power in his Patriarcha, 1680,Flecknoe and Settle, synonyms for vileness in poetry (cp.Moevius and Bairus among the Romans).Flecknoe was an Irish priest who printed a host of worthless matter.Settle was a playwright, who degenerated into a "city-poet and a puppet-show" keeper; both were satirized by DrydenFleury, French cardinal and statesman, tutor and adviser of Louis XV.(1653-1743)Florimel.(see Spenser's Faery Queen, books iii.and iv.)Fox, George, and Naylor, James, contemporaries of Bunyan, and early leaders of the Society of Friends or "Quakers,"Fracastorius, Italian philosopher, mathematician, and poet ranked by Scaliger as next to VirgilFraguier, Pere, an eminent man of letters, sometime a Jesuit.An elegant Latin versifier, especially on philosophical themes (1666-1728)Franc de Pompignan, Advocate-General of France, an Academician and an opponent of Encyclopaedists, in consequence of which Voltaire lampooned him (1709-84)Franche Comte, that part of France which lies south of Lorraine and west of SwitzerlandFreron, took sides with the Church against the attacks of Voltaire; had some reputation as a critic (d.1776)GALLIENUS and Honorius, late Roman emperors who suffered from barbaric invasionsGalt, John Scotch custom-house officer and novelist, wrote The Ayrshire Legatees, The Provost, Sir Andrew Wylie, etc.

Galway, Lord (Macaulay is not quite so severe on him in his History of England)Ganganelli, who as Clement XIV.held the papacy, 1769-74, and suppressed the JesuitsGeorge of Trebizond, a celebrated humanist (1396-1486), professor of Greek at Venice in 1428 and papal secretary at Rome, C.1450Gibby, Sir, Sir Gilbert HeathcoteGifford, editor of the Anti-Jacobin and afterwards of the Quarterly Review, in which he attacked Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats.His satires, the Baviad and the Maviad, had some reputation in their day (1757-1826)Gilpin, Rev.Joshua G., rector of Wrockwardine, whose new and corrected edition of the Pilgrim's Progress appeared in 1811Godfrey of Bouillon, a leader of the First Crusade; he took Jerusalem in 1099Goldoni, "the founder of Italian Comedy" (1707-93), whose pieces supplanted the older Italian farces and burlesquesGondomar, Count of, the Spanish ambassador at the court of James I.who ruined Raleigh, and negotiated the proposed marriage of Charles I.with the InfantaGonsalvo de Cordova, the great captain who took Granada from the Moors, Zante from the Turks, and Naples from the French (1443-1515)

Grecian, the, the resort of the learned in Devereux Street StrandGrotius, a celebrated Dutch scholar, equally famed for his knowledge of theology, history, and law (d.1645)Gwynn, Nell, an orange girl who became mistress of Charles II.

and the ancestress of the Dukes of St.Albans HAILES, Lord, David Dalrymple, author of the Annals of Scotland (1726-92)Hale, Sir Matthew, Chief Justice of the King's Bench under Charles II, and author of several religious and moral worksHalford, Sir Henry, one of the leading physicians in Macaulay's day (1766-1844)Hamilton, Gerard, M.P.for Petersfield, and of a somewhat despicable character.The nickname was "Single-speech Hamilton,"Harpagon, the miser in Moliere's L'AvareHawkins, Sir John.a club companion of Johnson's (d.1780), whose Life and Works of Johnson (II vols., 1787-89) was a careless piece of work, soon superseded by Boswell'sHayley, William, Cowper's friend and biographer (1745-1820).

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