mew Massacre.

=Polly=, daughter of Peachum. A pretty girl, who really loved Captain
Macheath, married him, and remained faithful even when he disclaimed
her. When the reprieve arrived, "the captain" confessed his marriage,
and vowed to abide by Polly for the rest of his life.--J. Gay, _The
Beggar's Opera_ (1727).

_Polly_ (_Cousin_), "a small, bright-eyed lady of indefatigable activity
in sacrificing herself for the good of others.... In her trig person she
embodied the several functions of housekeeper, nurse, confidante,
missionary, parish-clerk, queen of the poultry-yard, and
genealogist."--Constance Cary Harrison, _Flower de Hundred_ (1890).

_Polly_, the idolized pet of "the Colonel," her grandfather. He will not
let "Bob" marry her, but when the two elope together and present
themselves as man and wife, on Christmas Day, and Polly's face "like a
dew-bathed flower" is pressed to his, he yields and takes both to his
big heart.--Thomas Nelson Page, _In Ole Virginia_ (1887).

=Polo'nius=, a garralous[TN-97] old chamberlain, of Denmark, and father
of Laer't[^e]s and Ophelia; conceited, politic, and a courtier. Polonius
conceals himself, to overhear what Hamlet says to his mother, and,
making some unavoidable noise, startles the prince, who, thinking it is
the king concealed, rushes blindly on the intruder, and kills him; but
finds too late he has killed the chamberlain, and not Claudius, as he
hoped and expected.--Shakespeare, _Hamlet_ (1596).

Polonius is a man bred in courts, exercised in business, stored
with observations, confident of his knowledge, proud of his
eloquence, and declining to dotage.--Dr. Johnson.

It was the great part of William Mynitt (1710-1763).

Soon after Munden retired from the stage, an admirer met him in
Covent Garden. It was a wet day, and each carried an umbrella. The
gentleman's was an expensive silk one, and Joe's an old gingham.
"So you have left the stage, ... and 'Polonius,' 'Jemmy Jumps,'
'Old Dornton,' and a dozen others have left the world with you? I
wish you'd give me some trifle by way of memorial, Munden!"
"Trifle, sir? I' faith, sir, I've got nothing. But, hold, yes,
egad, suppose we exchange umbrellas."--_Theatrical Anecdotes._

=Polwarth= (_Alick_), a servant of Waverley's.--Sir W. Scott, _Waverley_
(time, George II.).

=Polycle'tos= (in Latin _Polycletus_), a statuary of Sicyon, who drew up a
canon of