e old man answered, "No!"

T. Moore, _A Vision_.

=Pross= (_Miss_), a red-haired, ungainly creature, who lived with Lucie
Manette, and dearly loved her. Miss Pross, although eccentric, was most
faithful and unselfish.

Her character (dissociated from stature) was shortness.... It was
characteristic of this lady that whenever her original proposition
was questioned, she exaggerated it.--C. Dickens, _A Tale of Two
Cities_, ii. 6 (1859).

=Proterius= of Cappad[=o]cia, father of Cyra. (See SINNER SAVED.)

=Protesila'os=, husband of Laodam[=i]a. Being slain at the siege of Troy,
the dead body was sent home to his wife, who prayed that she might talk
with him again, if only for three hours. Her prayer was granted, but
when Protesil[=a]os returned to death, Laodamia died also.--_Greek
Mythology._

In F['e]nelon's _T['e]l['e]maque_ "Prot['e]silaos" is meant for Louvois,
the French minister of state.

=Protestant Duke= (_The_), James, duke of Monmouth, a love-child of
Charles II. So called because he renounced the Roman faith, in which he
had been brought up, and became a Protestant (1619-1685).

=Protestant Pope= (_The_), Gian Vincenzo Ganganelli, Pope Clement XIV. So
called from his enlightened policy, and for his bull suppressing the
Jesuits (1705, 1769-1774).

=Proteus= [_Pro-tuce_], a sea-god who resided in the Carpathian Sea. He
had the power of changing his form at will. Being a prophet also, Milton
calls him "the Carpathian wizard."--_Greek Mythology._

By hoary Nereus' wrinkled look,
And the Carpathian wizard's hook [_or trident_].

Milton, _Comus_ (1634).

Periklym'enos, son of Neleus (2 _syl._), had the power of changing his
form into a bird, beast, reptile, or insect. As a bee he perched on the
chariot of Herakl[^e]s (_Hercules_), and was killed.

Aristog[=i]ton, from being dipped in the Achel[=o]us (4 _syl._),
received the power of changing his form at will.--F['e]nelon,
_T['e]l['e]maque_, xx. (1700).

The genii, both good and bad, of Eastern mythology, had the power of
changing their form instantaneously. This is powerfully illustrated by
the combat between the queen of Beauty and the son of Eblis. The genius
first appeared as an enormous lion, but the queen of Beauty plucked out
a hair which became a scythe, with which she cut the lion in pieces. The
head of the lion now became a scorpion, and the princess changed herself
into a serpent; but the sco