=Old Maid= (_The_), a farce by Murphy (1761). Miss Harlow is the “old maid,” aged 45, living with her brother and his bride, a beautiful young woman of 23. A young man of fortune, having seen them at Ranelagh, falls in love with the younger lady; and, inquiring their names, is told they are “Mrs. and Miss Harlow.” He takes it for granted that the elder lady is the mother, and the younger the daughter, so asks permission to pay his addresses to “Miss Harlow.” The request is granted, but it turns out that the young man meant Mrs. Harlow; and the worst of the matter is that the elder spinster was engaged to be married to Captain Cape, but turned him off for the younger man; and, when the mistake was discovered, was left like the last rose of summer to “pine on the stem,” for neither felt inclined to pluck and wear the flower. =Old Maids=, a comedy by S. Knowles (1841). The “old maids” are Lady Blanche and Lady Anne, two young ladies who resolved to die old maids. Their resolutions, however, are but ropes of sand, for Lady Blanche falls in love with Colonel Blount, and Lady Anne with Sir Philip Brilliant. =Old Man= (_An_), Sir Francis Bond Head, Bart., who published his _Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau_ under this signature. =Old Man Eloquent= (_The_), Isoc´ratês, the orator. The defeat of the Athenians at Cheronæ´a had such an effect on his spirits that he languished and died within four days, in the 99th year of his age. ... that dishonest victory At Cheronæa, fatal to liberty, Killed with report that Old Man Eloquent. Milton, _Sonnet_, ix. The same _sobriquet_ was freely applied to John Quincy Adams. =Old Man of the Mountains=, Hussan-ben-Sabah, sheik al Jebal; also called subah of Nishapour, the founder of the band (1090). Two letters are inserted in Rymer’s _Fœdera_ by Dr. Adam Clarke, the editor, said to be written by this sheik. Aloaddin, “prince of the Assassins” (thirteenth century). =Old Man of the Sea= (_The_), a monster which contrived to get on the back of Sindbad the sailor, and refused to dismount. Sindbad at length made him drunk, and then shook him off.--_Arabian Nights_ (“Sindbad the Sailor,” fifth voyage). _Old Man of the Sea_ (_The_), Phorcus. He had three daughters, with only one eye and one tooth between ’em.--_Greek Mythology._ =Old Manor-House= (_The_), a novel by Charlotte Smith. Mrs. Rayland is the lady of the manor (1793). =Old Moll=, the beautiful daughter of John Overie or Audery (contracted into Overs) a miserly ferryman. “Old Moll” is a standing toast with the parish officers of St. Mary Overs’.