Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama, Vol. 4: A Revised American Edition of the Reader's HandbookBrewer, Ebenezer Cobham
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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama, Vol. 4: A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Allusions; Fiction -- Dictionaries; Literature -- Dictionaries
_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).
=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!
_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 the _Marseillaise_, 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_.
=Ubaldo=, one of the crusaders, mature in age. He had visited many
regions, “from polar cold to Libya’s burning soil.” He and Charles,
the Dane, went to bring back Rinaldo from the enchanted
castle.--Tasso, _Jerusalem Delivered_ (1575).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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