rth. He was minister of war in 1792,
and maire de Paris 1793. Pache hated the Girondists, and at the fall of
Danton, was imprisoned. After his liberation, he retired to
Thym-le-Moutiers (in the Ardennes), and died in obscurity (1740-1823).

Swiss Pache sits sleek-headed, frugal, the wonder of his own ally
for humility of mind.... Sit there, Tartuffe, till
wanted.--Carlyle.

=Pacific= (_The_), Amadeus VIII., count of Savoy (1383, 1391-1439,
abdicated, and died 1451).

Frederick III., emperor of Germany (1415, 1440-1493).

Olaus III. of Norway (*, 1030-1093).

=Pac'olet=, a dwarf, "full of great sense and subtle ingenuity." He had an
enchanted horse, made of wood, with which he carried off Valentine,
Orson and Clerimond from the dungeon of Ferr[)a]gus. This horse is often
alluded to. "To ride Pacolet's horse" is a phrase for _going very
fast_.--_Valentine and Orson_, [TN-58]fifteenth century).

_Pacolet_, a familiar spirit.--Steele, _The Tatler_ (1709).

_Pacolet_, or NICK STRUMPFER, the dwarf servant of Norna "of the Fitful
Head."--Sir W. Scott, _The Pirate_ (time William III.).

=Pacomo= (_St._), an Egyptian, who lived in the fourth century. It is said
that he could walk among serpents unhurt; and when he had occasion to
cross the Nile, he was carried on the back of a crocodile.

The hermit fell on his knees before an image of St. Pacomo, which
was glued to the wall.--Lesage, _Gil Blas_, iv. 9 (1724).

=Paddington= (_Harry_), one of Macheath's gang of thieves. Peachum
describes him as a "poor, petty-larceny rascal, without the least
genius. That fellow," he says, "though he were to live for six months,
would never come to the gallows with credit" (act i. 1).--Gay, _The
Beggar's Opera_ (1727).

=Paddy=, an Irishman. A corruption of _Padhrig_, Irish for Patrick.

=Padlock= (_The_), a comic opera by Bickerstaff. Don Diego (2 _syl._), a
wealthy lord of 60, saw a country maiden named Leonora, to whom he took
a fancy, and arranged with the parents to take her home with him and
place her under the charge of a duenna for three months, to see if her
temper was as sweet as her face was pretty; and then either "to return
her to them spotless, or make her his lawful wife." At the expiration of
the time, the don went to arrange with the parents for the wedding, and
locked up his house, giving the keys to Ursula, the duenna. To make
assurance doubly sure, he put a padlock on the outer