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Brewer's: Paradise Regained

(in four books). The subject is the Temptation. Eve, being tempted, fell, and lost Paradise; Jesus, being tempted, resisted, and regained Paradise. (Milton.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Brewer's: Unitarians

in England, ascribe their foundation to John Biddle (1615-1662). Milton (?), Locke, Newton, Lardner, and many other men of historic note were Unitarians. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Brewer's: Uzziel

The angel next in command to Gabriel. The word means “Strength of God.” Uzziel is commanded by Gabriel to “coast the south with strictest watch.” (Milton: Paradise Lost, iv. 782.) Source…

Brewer's: Valdarno

The valley of the Arno, in Tuscany. the Tuscan artist [Galileo] views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno? Milton: Paradise Lost, bk. i. 207-200. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Vallombrosa

Milton says, “Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks in Vallombrosa” (Paradise Lost, i. 302); but as the trees of Vallombrosa are chiefly pines, they do not strew the brooks with…

Brewer's: Spenser

(Edmund), called by Milton “the sage and serious Spenser.” Ben Jonson, in a letter to Drummond, states that the poet “died for lake of bread.” (1553-1599.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Brewer's: Zephon

[scarcher of secrets]. The cherub despatched by Gabriel to find Satan, after his flight from hell. Ithuriel goes with him. (Milton: Paradise Lost, iv. 788-796.) Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Zophiel

An angelic scout of “swiftest wing.” The word means “God's spy.” (Milton: Paradise Lost, yi. 355.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ZoraidaZollverein A B C…

Brewer's: Stygian

(3 syl.). Infernal; pertaining to Styx, the fabled river of hell. At that so sudden blaze the Stygian throng Bent their aspect. Milton: Paradise Lost, x. 453. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Thestylis

Any rustic maiden. In the Idylls of Theocritos, Thestylis is a young female slave. And then in baste her bower she leaves, With Thestylis to bind the sheaves. Milton: L'Allegro. Source:…