Chapter Times to Tintoretto of England of T by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Timon’s Banquet, nothing but cover and warm water. Being shunned by his friends in adversity, he pretended to have recovered his money, and invited his false friends to a banquet. The table was laden with covers, but when the contents were exposed, nothing was provided but lukewarm water. (See Schacabac, p. 967.)—Shakespeare: Timon of Athens, act iii. sc. 6 (1609).

Timotheos, a musician, who charged double fees to all pupils who had learned music before.—Quintilian: De Institutione Oratoria, ii. 3. Ponocrates made him forget all that he [Gargantua] had learned under other masters, as Timotheus did to his disciples who had been taught music by others.—Rabelais: Gargantua, i. 23 (1533).

Timotheus, placed on high
Amid the tuneful quire,
With flying fingers touched the lyre.
   —Dryden: Alexander’s Feast (1697).

Timothy (Old), ostler at John Mengs’s inn at Kirchhoff.—Sir W. Scott: Anne of Geierstein (time, Edward IV.).

Timothy Quaint, the whimsical but faithful steward of governor Heartall. Blunt, self-willed, but loving his master above all things, and true to his interests.—Cherry: The Soldier’s Daughter (1804).

Timurkan the Tartar, and conqueror of China. After a usurpation of twenty years, he was slain in a rising of the people by Zaphimri “the orphan of China.”

My mind’s employed on other arts;
To sling the well-stored quiver
Over this arm, and wing the darts
At the first reindeer sweeping down the vale,
Or up the mountain straining every nerve;
To vault the neighing steed, and urge his course,
Swifter than whirlwinds, through the ranks of war;—
These are my passions, this my only science.
Raised from a soldier to imperial sway,
I still will reign in terror.
   —Murphy: The Orphan of China, iv. 1. (1759).

Tinacrio “the Sage,” father of Micomicona queen of Micomicon, and husband of queen Zaramilla. He foretold that after his death his daughter would be dethroned by the giant Pandafilando, but that in Spain she would find a champion in don Quixote who would restore her to the throne. This never comes to pass, as don Quixote is taken home in a cage without entering on the adventure.—Cervantes: Don Quixote, I. iv. 3 (1605).

Tinclarian Doctor (The Great), William Mitchell, a whitesmith and tinplate worker of Edinburgh, who published Tinkler’s Testament, dedicated to queen Anne, and other similar works.

The reason why I call myself the Tinclarian doctor is because I am a tinklar, and cures old pans and lantruns.—Introduction to Tinkler’s Testament.

Uniformity of spelling must not be looked for in the “doctor’s” book. We have “Tinklar,” “Tinkler,” and “Tinclar-ian.”

Tinderbox (Miss Jenny), a lady with a moderate fortune, who once had some pretensions to beauty. Her elder sister happened to marry a man of quality, and Jenny ever after resolved not to disgrace herself by marrying a tradesman. Having rejected many of her equals, she became at last the governess of her sister’s children, and had to undergo the drudgery of three servants without receiving the wages of one.—Goldsmith: A Citizen of the World, xxviii. (1759).

Tinker (The Immortal or The Inspired), John Bunyan (1628–1688).

Elihu Burritt, United States, is called “The Learned Blacksmith” (1811–1879).

Tinsel (Lord), a type of that worst specimen of aristocracy, which ignores all merit but blue blood, and would rather patronize a horse-jockey than a curate, scholar, or poor gentleman. He would subscribe six