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See Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Odd Numbers, pp. 907, 908.

Evening Hymn (The) by Ken, bishop of Bath and Wells (“All praise to Thee, my God, this night,” etc.). He also wrote The Morning Hymn (“Awake, my soul, and with the sun,” etc.) (1721).

Evenings at Home by John Aikin and his sister Mrs. Barbauld, published between 1792 and 1795.

Ever Loyal City (The). Oxford was so called for its unflinching loyalty to Charles 1. during the parliamentary wars.

Everard (Colonel Markham), of the Commonwealth party.

Master Everard, the colonel’s father.—Sir W. Scott: Woodstock (time, Commonwealth).

Everett (Master), a hired witness of the “Popish Plot.” — Sir W. Scott: Peveril of the Peak (time, Charles II.).

Every Man in His Humour, a comedy by Ben Jonson (1598). The original play was altered by David Garrick. The persons to whom the title of the drama apply are: “captain Bobadil,” whose humour is bragging of his brave deeds and military courage—he is thrashed as a coward by Downright; “Kitely,” whose humour is jealousy of his wife—he is befooled and cured by a trick played on him by Brainworm; “Stephen,” whose humour is verdant stupidity—he is played on by every one; “Kno’well,” whose humour is suspicion of his son Edward, which turns out to be all moonshine; “Dame Kitely,” whose humour is jealousy of her husband, but she (like her husband) is cured by a trick devised by Brainworm. Every man in his humour is liable to be duped thereby, for his humour is the “Achilles’ heel” of his character.

Every Man out of His Humour, a comedy by Ben Jonson (1599).

Every One has His Fault, a comedy by Mrs. Inchbald (1794). By the fault of rigid pride, lord Norland discarded his daughter, lady Eleanor, because she married against his consent. By the fault of gallantry and defect of due courtesy to his wife, sir Robert Ramble drove lady Ramble into a divorce. By the fault of irresolution, “Shall I marry or shall I not?” Solus remained a miserable bachelor, pining for a wife and domestic joys. By the fault of deficient spirit and manliness, Mr. Placid was a hen-pecked husband. By the fault of marrying without the consent of his wife’s friends, Mr. Irwin was reduced to poverty and even crime. Harmony healed these faults: lord Norland received his daughter into favour; sir Robert Ramble took back his wife; Solus married Miss Spinster; Mr. Placid assumed the rights of the head of the family; and Mr. Irwin, being accepted as the son-in-law of lord Norland, was raised from indigence to domestic comfort.

Evidences of Christianity, by Dr. Paley (1794), once a standard book in the University of Cambridge, and indispensable for the junior students.

Evil May-Day, May 1, 1517, when the apprentices committed great excesses, especially against foreigners; and the constable of the Tower discharged his cannons on the populace. The tumult began in Cheapside (time, Henry VIII.).

Eviot, page to sir John Ramorny (master of the horse to prince Robert of Scotland).—Sir W. Scott: Fair Maid of Perth (time, Henry IV.).

Evir-Allen, the white-armed daughter of Branno an Irishman. “A thousand heroes sought the maid; she refused her love to a thousand. The sons of the sword were despised, for graceful in her eyes was Ossian.” This Evir-Allen was the mother of Oscar, Fingal’s grandson; but she was not alive when Fingal went to Ireland to assist Cormac against the invading Norsemen, which forms the subject of the poem called Fingal, in six books.—Ossian: Fingal, iv.

Ewain (Sir), son of king Vrience and Morgan le Fay (Arthur’s half-sister).—Sir T. Malory: History of Prince Arthur, i. 72 (1470).