Chapter Taprobana to Tasso and Leonora of T by Brewer's Readers Handbook

the Sabines for the restoration of Tarquin, but in which the king and his two sons were left dead upon the field.

Tarquinius (Sextus), having violated Lucretia wife of Tarquinius Collatinus, caused an insurrection in Rome, whereby the magistracy of kings was changed for that of consuls.

A parallel case is given in Spanish history: Roderick the Goth, king of Spain, having violated Florinda daughter of count Julian, was the cause of Julian’s inviting over the Moors, who invaded Spain, drove Roderick from the throne, and the Gothic dynasty was set aside for ever.

Tartaro, the Basque Cyclops; of giant stature and cannibal habits, but not without a rough bonhommie. Intellectually very low in the scale, and invariably beaten in all contests with men. Galled in spirit by his ill success, the giant commits suicide. Tartaro, the son of a king, was made a monster out of punishment, and was never to lose his deformity till he married. One day, he asked a girl to be his bride, and on being refused, sent her “a talking ring,” which talked without ceasing immediately she put it on; so she cut off her finger and threw it into a large pond, and there the Tartaro drowned himself.—Rev. W. Webster: Basque Legends, 1–4 (1876). In one of the Basque legends, Tartaro is represented as a Polyphemos. (See Ulysses and Polyphemos.)

Tartlet (Tim), servant of Mrs. Pattypan, to whom also he is engaged to be married. He says, “I loves to see life, because vy, ‘tis so agreeable.”—Cobb: The First Floor, i. 2 (1756–1818).

Tartuffe, the chief character and title of a comedy by Molière (1664). Tartuffe is a religious hypocrite and impostor, who uses “religion” as the means of gaining money, covering deceit, and promoting self- indulgence. He is taken up by one Orgon, a man of property, who promises him his daughter in marriage; but his true character being exposed, he is not only turned out of the house, but is lodged in jail for felony.

(Isaac Bickerstaff has adapted Molière’s comedy to the English stage, under the title of The Hypocrite (1768). Tartuffe he calls “Dr. Cantwell,” and Orgon “sir John Lambert.” It is thought that “Tartuffe” is a caricature of Père la Chaise, the confessor of Louis XIV., who was very fond of truffles (French, tartuffes), and that this suggested the name to the dramatist.)

Tartuffe (Kaiser), William I. the king of Prussia and German emperor (1797–1888).

I write to you, my dear Augusta,
To say we’ve had a reg’lar “buster.
Ten thousand Frenchmen sent below;
“Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.”
   —Punch (during the Franco-Prussian war).

N.B.—I pass no opinion on this allusion, but simply state an historic fact; and the quotation given suffices to confirm it.

Tartuffe of the Revolution. J. N. Pache is so called by Carlyle (1740–1823).

Swiss Pache sits sleek-headed, frugal, the wonder of his own ally for humility of mind.… Sit there, Tartuffe, till wanted.—Carlyle.

Task (The), a poem in blank verse, in six books, of about five hundred lines each, by Cowper. The books are called respectively “The Sofa,” “The Timepiece,” “The Garden,” “The Winter’s Evening,” “The Morning Walk,” and “The Evening Walk” (1783–5).

Tasnar, an enchanter, who aided the rebel army arrayed against Misnar sultan of Del hi. A female slave undertook to kill the enchanter, and went with the sultan’s sanction to carry out her promise. She presented herself to Tasnar and Ahubal, and presented papers which she said she had stolen. Tasnar, suspecting a trick, ordered her to be bow-strung, and then detected a dagger concealed about her person. Tasnar now put on the slave’s dress, and, transformed into her likeness, went to the sultan’s tent. The vizier commanded the supposed slave to prostrate “herself” before she approached the throne, and while