_Solomon_, a tedious, consequential, old butler, in the service of Count Wintersen. He has two idiosyncrasies: One is that he receives letters of confidential importance from all parts of the civilized world, but “has received no communication from abroad to tell him who Mrs. Haller is.” One letter “from Constantinople” turns out to be from his nephew, Tim Twist, the tailor, about a waistcoat, which had been turned three times. In regard to the other idiosyncrasy, he boasts of his cellar of wine, provided in a “most frugal and provident way,” and of his alterations in the park, “all done with the most economical economy.” He is very proud of his son, Peter, a half-witted lad, and thinks Mrs. Haller “casts eyes at him.”--Benj. Thompson, _The Stranger_ (1797). =Solomon Daisy=, parish clerk and bellringer, of Chigwell. He had little, round, black, shiny eyes like beads; wore rusty black breeches, a rusty black coat, and a long-flapped waistcoat, with little queer buttons like his eyes. As he sat in the firelight, he seemed all eyes, from head to foot.--C. Dickens, _Barnaby Rudge_ (1841). =Solomon of China= (_The_), Taetsong I., whose real name was Lee-chemen. He reformed the calendar, founded a very extensive library, established schools in his palace, built places of worship for the Nestorian Christians, and was noted for his wise maxims (*, 618-626). =Solomon of England= (_The_), Henry VII. (1457, 1485-1509). (See SOLOMON THE SECOND.) =Solomon of France= (_The_), Charles V. _le Sage_ (1337, 1364-1380). ⁂ Louis IX. (_i.e._, St. Louis) is also called “The Solomon of France” (1215, 1226-1270). =Solon of French Prose= (_The_), Balzac (1596-1655). =Solon of Parnassus= (_The_). Boileau is so called by Voltaire, in allusion to his _Art of Poetry_ (1636-1711). =Solsgrace= (_Master Nehemiah_), a Presbyterian pastor.--Sir W. Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.). =Solus=, an old bachelor, who greatly wished to be a married man. When he saw the bright sides of domestic life, he resolved he would marry; but when he saw the reverse sides, he determined to remain single. Ultimately, he takes to the altar Miss Spinster.--Inchbald, _Every One has His Fault_ (1794). =Solymæan Rout= (_The_), the London rabble and rebels. Solymæa was an ancient name of Jerusalem, subsequently called Hiero-solyma, that is “sacred Solyma.” As Charles II. is called “David,” and London “Jerusalem,” the London rebels are called “the Solymæan rout,” or the rabble of Jerusalem. The Solymæan rout, well versed of old, In godly faction, and in treason bold, ... Saw with disdain an Ethnic plot [_popish plot_] begun, And scorned by Jebusites [_papists_] to be outdone. Dryden, _Absalom and Achitophel_, i. (1681).