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
_Mrs. Sullen_, sister of Sir Charles Freeman, and wife of Squire Sullen.
They had been married fourteen months, when they agreed mutually to a
separation, for in no one single point was there any compatibility
between them. The squire was sullen, the lady sprightly; he could not
drink tea with her, and she could not drink ale with him; he hated ombre
and picquet, she hated cock-fighting and racing; he would not dance, and
she would not hunt. Mrs. Sullen liked Archer, friend of Thomas Viscount
Aimwell, both fortune-hunters; and Squire Sullen, when he separated from
his wife, was obliged to resign the £20,000, which he received with her
as a dowry.--George Farquhar, _The Beaux’ Stratagem_ (1707).
=Sul-Malla=, daughter of Conmor, king of Inis-Huna and his wife,
Clun-galo. Disguised as a warrior, Sul-Malla follows Cathmor to the war;
but Cathmor, walking his round, discovers Sul-Malla asleep, falls in
love with her, but exclaims, “This is no time for love.” He strikes his
shield to rouse the host to battle, and is slain by Fingal. The sequel
of Sul-Malla is not given.
Clun-galo came. She missed the maid. “Where art thou, beam of light?
Hunters from the mossy rock, saw you the blue-eyed fair? Are her steps
on grassy Lumon, near the bed of roses? Ah, me! I beheld her bow in
the hall. Where art thou, beam of light?”--Ossian, _Temora_, vi. (Set
to music by Sir H. Bishop.)
=Summerson= (_Esther_). (See ESTHER HAWDON.)
=Summons to Death.=
JACQUES MOLAY, grand-master of the Knights Templars, as he was led to
the stake, summoned the Pope (Clement V.) within forty days, and the
king (Philippe IV.) within forty weeks to appear before the throne of
God to answer for his murder. They both died within the stated time.
MONTREAL D’ALBANO, called “Fra Moriale,” knight of St. John of
Jerusalem, and captain of the Grand Company in the fourteenth century,
when sentenced to death by Rienzi, summoned him to follow within the
month. Rienzi was within the month killed by the fickle mob.
PETER and JOHN DE CARVAJAL, being condemned to death on circumstantial
evidence alone, appealed, but without success, to Ferdinand IV. of
Spain. On their way to execution, they declared their innocence, and
summoned the king to appear before God within thirty days. Ferdinand was
quite well on the thirtieth day, but was found dead in his bed next
morning.
GEORGE WISHART, a Scotch reformer, was condemned to the stake by
Cardinal Beaton. While the fire was blazing about him, the martyr
exclaimed in a loud voice, “He who from yon high place beholdeth me with
such pride, shall be brought low, even to the ground, before the trees
which have supplied these faggots have shed their leaves.” It was March
when these words were uttered, and the cardinal died in June.
=Sun= (_The_). The device of Edward III., was the sun bursting through a
cloud. Hence Edward III. is called “our half-faced sun.”--Shakespeare,
_2 Henry VI._ act iv. sc. 1 (1592).
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