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Brewer's: Man of the Hill

(The). A tedious “hermit of the vale,” which encumbers the story of Tom Jones, by Fielding. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of the SeaMan of Straw A B…

Brewer's: Man of Letters

(A). An author. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of RemnantsMan of Feeling A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Brewer's: Man in the Moon

(The). Some say it is a man leaning on a fork, on which he is carrying a bundle of sticks picked up on a Sunday. The origin of this fable is from Num. xv. 32-36. Some add a dog also; thus…

Brewer's: Man Proposes

but God disposes: So we read in the Imitatio Christi; Herbert (Jacula Prudentum) has nearly the same identical words. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man…

Brewer's: Man of Remnants

(A). A tailor. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of RossMan of Letters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Man of Ross

John Kyrle, of Ross, in Herefordshire, immortalised by Pope in his epistle On the Use of Riches. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of SaltMan of Remnants…

Brewer's: Man of Salt

A man like Æneas, always “melting into salt tears,” called “drops of salt.” This would make a man a man of salt, To use his eyes for garden waterpots. Shakespeare: King Lear, iv. 6.…

Brewer's: Man of the Sea

(See Old , etc.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of the Third RepublicMan of the Hill A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

Brewer's: Man of Sin

(The). (2 Thess. ii. 3). The Roman Catholics say the Man of Sin is Antichrist. The Puritans applied the term to the Pope of Rome; the Fifth-Monarchy men to Cromwell; many modern…

Brewer's: Man of Sedan

Napoleon III. was so called, because he surrendered his sword to William, King of Prussia, after the battle of Sedan (September 2, 1870). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…