possible felicity to myself. Whatever my fate
may be, my most ardent wish is for your happiness, and my latest
breath will be to implore the blessing of heaven on the idol and
only wish of my soul." September 26, 1778.

=Peggy= [=Thrift=),[TN-77] the orphan daughter of Sir Thomas Thrift, of
Hampshire, and the ward of Moody, who brings her up in seclusion in the
country. When Moody is 50, and Peggy 19, the guardian tries to marry
her, but "the country girl" outwits him, and marries Belville, a young
man of more suitable age. Peggy calls her guardian "Bud." She is very
simple but sharp, ingenuous but crafty, lively and girlish.--_The
Country Girl_ (Garrick altered from Wycherly's _Country Wife_, 1675).

=Peggy.= Dream-wife about whom cluster the imaginations of the bachelor
over the fire of green wood.

"Smoke always goes before blaze, and doubt before decision."--Ik. Marvel
(Donald G. Mitchell), _Reveries of a Bachelor_ (1850).

=Pegler= (_Mrs._), mother of Josiah Boundderby,[TN-78] Esq., banker and
mill-owner, called "The Bully of Humility." The son allows the old woman
[pounds]30 a year to keep out of sight.--C. Dickens. _Hard Times_ (1854).

=Peg Woffington=, celebrated English actress, _intriguante_, but kind of
heart. Sir Charles Vane is one of her lovers, but after the appearance
of his simple-hearted wife upon the scene, the actress dismisses her
admirer, and induces him to return to domestic life.--Charles Reade,
_Peg Woffington_.

=Pek'uah=, the attendant of Princess Nekayah, of the "happy valley." She
accompanied the princess in her wanderings, but refused to enter the
great pyramid, and, while the princess was exploring the chambers, was
carried off by some Arabs. She was afterwards ransomed for 200 ounces of
gold.--Dr. Johnson, _Rasselas_ (1759).

=Pelay'o= (_Prince_), son of Favil'a, founder of the Spanish monarchy
after the overthrow of Roderick, last of the Gothic kings. He united, in
his own person, the royal lines of Spain and of the Goths.

In him the old Iberian blood,
Of royal and remotest ancestry
From undisputed source, flowed undefiled ...
He, too, of Chindasuintho's regal line
Sole remnant now, drew after him the love
Of all true Goths.

Southey, _Roderick, etc._, viii. (1814).

=Pelham=, the hero of a novel by Lord Lytton, entitled _Pelham_, or _The
Adventures of a Gentleman_ (1828).

_Pelham_ (_M._), one of the many _al