(Lord and Lady Touchwood must not be mistaken for _Sir George_ and _Lady Frances Touchwood_, who are very different characters.) Their Wildairs, Sir John Brutes, Lady Touchwoods and Mrs Frails, are conventional reproductions of those wild gallants and demireps which figure in the licentious dramas of Dryden and Shadwell.--Sir W. Scott, _The Drama_. ⁂ “Wildair,” in _The Constant Couple_, by Farquhar; “Brute,” in _The Provoked Wife_, by Van Brugh; “Mrs. Frail,” in _Love for Love_, by Congreve. _Touchwood_ (_Sir George_), the loving husband of Lady Frances, desperately jealous of her, and wishing to keep her out of all society, that she may not lose her native simplicity and purity of mind. Sir George is a true gentleman of most honorable feelings. _Lady Frances Touchwood_, the sweet, innocent wife of Sir George Touchwood. Before her marriage she was brought up in seclusion in the country, and Sir George tries to keep her fresh and pure in London.--Mrs. Cowley, _The Belle’s Stratagem_ (1780). _Touchwood_ (_Peregrine_), a touchy old East Indian, a relation of the Mowbray family.--Sir W. Scott, _St. Ronan’s Well_ (time, George III.). =Tough= (_Mr._), an old barrister.--Sir W. Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time, George III.). =Touran.= The death of the children of Touran forms one of the three tragic stories of the ancient Irish. The other two are _The Death of the Children of Lir_ and _The Death of the Children of Usnach_. =Tournemine= (3 _syl._), a Jesuit of the eighteenth century, fond of the marvellous. “Il aimait le merveilleux et ne renonçait qu’avec peine à y croire.” Il ressemble à Tournemine, Il croit ce qu’il imagine. _French Proverb._ =Touthope= (_Mr._), a Scotch attorney and clerk of the peace.--Sir W. Scott, _Rob Roy_ (time, George I.). She ordered the fellow to be drawn through a horse-pond, and then to be well rubbed down with an oaken towel.--_The Adventure of My Aunt._ =Tower of Hunger= (_The_), Gualandi, the tower in which Ugolino with his two sons and two grandsons were starved to death in 1288.--Dantê, _Inferno_ (1300). =Tower of London= (_The_), was really built by Gundulphus, bishop of Rochester, in the reign of William I., but tradition ascribes it to Julius Cæsar. Ye towers of Julius, London’s lasting shame. Gray, _The Bard_ (1757). =Tower of Vathek=, built with the intention of reaching heaven, that Vathek might pry into the secrets seen by Mahomet. The staircase contained 11,000 stairs, and when the top was gained, men looked no bigger than pismires, and cities seemed mere bee-hives.--Beckford, _Vathek_ (1784).