to be a wax-work
child? Don't you know it is very naughty to be a wax child when you
might have the proud consciousness of assisting, to the extent of your
infant powers, the noble manufacturers of your country?" One of the
teachers here chimed in with "How doth the little--;" but Miss
Monflathers remarked, with an indignant frown, that "the little busy
bee" applied only to genteel children, and the "works of labor and of
skill" to painting and embroidery, not to vulgar children and wax-work
shows."[TN-18]--Charles Dickens, _The Old Curiosity Shop_, xxxi.
(1840).

=Monford=, the lover of Charlotte Whimsey. He plans various devices to
hoodwink her old father, in order to elope with the daughter.--James
Cobb, _The First Floor_ (1756-1818).

=Monime= (2 _syl._), in Racine's tragedy of _Mithridate_. This was one of
Mdlle. Rachel's great characters, first preformed[TN-19] by her in 1838.

=Monim'ia=, "the orphan," sister of Chamont, and ward of Lord Acasto.
Monimia was in love with Acasto's son, Castalio, and privately married
him. Polydore (the brother of Castalio) also loved her, but his love was
dishonorable love. By treachery, Polydore obtained admission to
Monimia's chamber, and passed the bridal night with her, Monimia
supposing him to be her husband; but when the next day she discovered
the deceit, she poisoned herself; and Polydore, being apprised that
Monimia was his brother's wife, provoked a quarrel with him, ran on his
brother's sword, and died.--Otway, _The Orphan_ (1680).

More tears have been shed for the sorrows of "Belvid[=e]ra" and
"Monimia," than for those of "Juliet" and "Desdemona."--Sir W.
Scott, _The Drama_.

_Monimia_, in Smollett's novel of _Count Fathom_ (1754).

=Moniplies= (_Richie_), the honest, self-willed Scotch servant of Lord
Nigel Olifaunt, of Glenverloch.--Sir W. Scott, _Fortunes of Nigel_
(time, James I.).

=Monk= (_General_), introduced by Sir Walter Scott in _Woodstock_ (time,
Commonwealth.[TN-20]

_Monk_ (_The Bird Singing to a_). The monk is Felix, who listened to a
bird for a hundred years, and thought the time only an hour.--Longfellow,
_The Golden Legend_, ii. (1851).

_Monk_ (_The_), a novel, by Sir Matthew G. Lewis (1794).

=Monk Lewis.= Matthew Gregory Lewis; so called from his novel (1773-1818).

=Monk of Bury=, John Lydgate, poet, who wrote the _Siege of Troy_, the
_Story of Thebes_, and the _Fall of Princes_ (1375-1460).

Nothyn