The reader's handbook of famous names in fiction, allusions, references, proverbs, plots, stories, and poems Volume 2

by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 ...old father of Harriot, on whom he dotes. He is RUSSIAN BYRON. 94 RUTTERKIN. so self-willed that he will not listen to reason, and has set his mind on his daughter marrying sir Harry Beagle. She marries, however, Mr. Oakly. (See Harriot, p. 471.)-- The Jealous Wife (1761). Russian Byron (The), Alexander Sergeivitch Pushkin (1799-1837). Russian History (The Father of), Nestor, a monk of Kiev. His Chronicle includes the years between 862 and 1116 (twelfth century). Russian Murat (The), Michael Miloradowitch (1770-1820). Rust (Martin), an absurd old antiquary. "He likes no coins but those which have no head on them." He took a fancy to Juliet, the niece of sir Thomas Lofty, but preferred his "Eneas, his precious relic of Troy," to the living beauty; and Juliet preferred Richard Bever to Mr. Rust; so matters were soon amicably The Patron (1764). Rustam, chief of the Persian mythical heroes, son of Zal "the Fair," king of India, and regular descendant of Benjamin the beloved son of Jacob the patriarch. He delivered king Cai'caus (4 syl.) from prison, but afterwards fell into disgrace because he refused to embrace the religious system of Zoroaster. Cai'caus sent his son Asfendiar (or Isfendiar) to convert him, and, as persuasion availed nothing, the logic of single combat was resorted to. The fight lasted two days, and then Rustam discovered that Asfendiar bore a "charmed life," proof against all wounds. The valour of these two heroes is proverbial, and the Persian romances are full of their deeds of fierht. Rustam's Horse, Travels (1686-1711). (In Matthew Arnold's poem Sohrab and Rustum, Rustum fights with Sohrab, overcomes him, and finds too late he has slain his own son.) Rustam, ...

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Published May 21, 2012