e vicar, noted for his greenness and
pedantry. Being sent to sell a good horse at a fair, he bartered it for
a gross of green spectacles, with copper rims and shagreen cases, of no
more value than Hodge's razors (ch. xii.).
_Olivia Primrose_, the eldest daughter of the doctor. Pretty,
enthusiastic, a sort of Heb[^e] in beauty. "She wished for many lovers,"
and eloped with Squire Thornhill. Her father found her at a roadside inn
called the Harrow, where she was on the point of being turned out of the
house. Subsequently, she was found to be legally married to the squire.
_Sophia Primrose_, the second daughter of Dr. Primrose. She was "soft,
modest, and alluring." Not like her sister, desirous of winning all, but
fixing her whole heart upon one. Being thrown from her horse into a deep
stream, she was rescued by Mr. Burchell (_alias_ Sir William Thornhill),
and being abducted, was again rescued by him. She married him at
last.--Goldsmith, _Vicar of Wakefield_ (1766).
=Prince of Alchemy=, Rudolph II., kaiser of Germany; also called "The
German Trismegistus" (1552, 1576-1612).
=Prince of Angels=, Michael.
So spake the prince of angels. To whom thus
The Adversary [i.e. _Satan_].
Milton, _Paradise Lost_, vi. 281 (1665).
=Prince of Celestial Armies=, Michael, the archangel.
Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince.
Milton, _Paradise Lost_, vi. 44 (1665).
=Prince of Darkness=, Satan (_Eph._ vi 12).
Whom thus the prince of darkness answered glad:
"Fair daughter,
High proof ye now have given to be the race
Of Satan (I glory in the name)."
Milton, _Paradise Lost_, x, 383 (1665).
=Prince of Hell=, Satan.
And with them comes a third of regal port,
But faded splendor wan; who by his gait
And fierce demeanor seems the prince of Hell.
Milton, _Paradise Lost_, iv. 868 (1665).
=Prince of Life=, a title given to Christ (_Acts_ iii. 15).
=Prince of Peace=, a title given to the Messiah (_Isaiah_ ix. 6).
_Prince of Peace_, Don Manuel Godoy, of Badajoz. So called because he
concluded the "peace of Basle" in 1795, between France and Spain
(1757-1851).
=Prince of the Air=, Satan.
... Jesus, son of Mary, second Eve,
Saw Satan fall, like lightning, down from heaven,
Prince of the air.
Milton, _Paradise Lost_, x. 185 (1665).
=Prince of the Devils=, Satan (_Matt._ xii. 24).
=Prince of the Kings of the Eart
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