32).

=Milly=, the wife of William Swidger. She is the good angel of the
tale.--C. Dickens, _The Haunted Man_ (1848).

=Milo=, an athlete of Croto'na, noted for his amazing strength. He could
carry on his shoulders a four-year-old heifer. When old, Milo attempted
to tear in twain an oak tree, but the parts, closing on his hands, held
him fast, till he was devoured by wolves.

_Milo_ (_The English_), Thomas Topham, of London (1710-1752).

=Milton=, introduced by Sir Walter Scott in _Woodstock_ (time,
Commonwealth).

=Milton of Germany=, Frederick Gottlieb Klopstock, author of _The
Messiah_, an epic poem (1724-1803).

A very German Milton indeed.

Coleridge.

=Milton's Monument=, in Westminster Abbey, was by Rysbrack.

=Milvey= (_The Rev. Frank_), a "young man expensively educated and
wretchedly paid, with quite a young wife and half a dozen young
children. He was under the necessity of teaching ... to eke out his
scanty means, yet was generally expected to have more time to spare than
the idlest person in the parish, and more money than the richest."

_Mrs. Milvey_ (_Margaretta_), a pretty, bright little woman, emphatic
and impulsive, but "something worn by anxiety. She had repressed many
pretty tastes and bright fancies, and substituted instead schools, soup,
flannel, coals, and all the week-day cares and Sunday coughs of a large
population, young and old."--C. Dickens, _Our Mutual Friend_ (1864).

=Minagro'bis=, admiral of the cats in the great sea-fight of the cats and
rats. Minagrobis won the victory by devouring the admiral of the rats,
who had made three voyages round the world in very excellent ships, in
which he was neither one of the officers nor one of the crew, but a kind
of interloper.--Comtesse D'Aulnoy, _Fairy Tales_ ("The White Cat,"
1682).

=Min'cing=, lady's-maid to Millamant. She says _mem_ for ma'am, _fit_ for
fought, _la'ship_ for ladyship, etc.--W. Congreve, _The Way of the
World_ (1700).

=Minikin= (_Lord_), married to a cousin of Sir John Trotley, but,
according to _bon ton_, he flirts with Miss Tittup; and Miss Tittup, who
is engaged to Colonel Tivy, flirts with a married man.

_Lady Minikin_, wife of Lord Minikin. According to _bon ton_, she hates
her husband, and flirts with Colonel Tivy; and Colonel Tivy, who is
engaged to Miss Tittup, flirts with a married woman. It is _bon ton_ to
do so.--Garrick, _Bon Ton_ (1760).

=Minjekah'wun=, Hiawatha's mit