DINAS EMRYS 
 
 
chase the Saxon race beyond the sea."- 
Nennius, History of the Britons (842). 
 
  And from the top of Brith, so high and won- 
    drous steep 
  Where Dinas Emris stood, showed where 
    the serpents fought 
  The white that tore the red, for whence the 
    prophet taught 
  The Britons' sad decay. 
               Drayton, I'olyolbion, x, (1612). 
 
  Dine with Duke Humphrey (To), 
to have no dinner to go to. The Duke 
referred to was the son of Henry IV., 
murdered at St. Edmundsbury, and buried 
at St. Alban's. It was generally thought 
that he was buried in the nave of St. Paul's 
Cathedral; but the monument supposed 
to be erected to the duke was in reality 
that of John Beauchamp. Loungers, who 
were asked if they were not going home to 
dinner, and those who tarried in St. Paul's 
after the general crowd had left, were 
supposed to be so busy looking for the 
duke's monument that they disregarded 
the dinner hour. 
 
  Diner-Out of the First Water, the 
Rev.. Sidney Smith; so called by the 
Quarterly Review (1769-1845). 
 
  Dingle (Old Dick of the), friend of 
Hobbie Elliott of the Heugh-foot farm.- 
Sir W. Scott, The Black Dwarf (time, 
Anne). 
 
  Dingwall    (Davie), the attorney at 
Wolfe's  Hope   village.-Sir W. Scott, 
Bride   of Lammermoor    (time William 
III.). 
 
  Dinias and Dercyllis (The Wanderings, 
Adventures, and Loves of), an old Greek 
novel, the basis of the romance of An- 
tonius Diog'en&s in twenty-four books and 
entitled Incredible Things beyond Thule 
 
 
[Ta HuperThoulen Apista], a store-house 
from which subsequent writers have bor- 
rowed largely. The work is not extant, 
but Photius gives an outline of its con- 
tents. 
 
  Dinmont (Dandy, i. e. Andrew), an 
eccentric and humorous store farmer at 
Charlie's Hope. He is called "The fight- 
ing Dinmont of Liddesdale." 
 
  Ailie Dinmont, wife of Dandy Dinmont. 
-Sir W. Scott, Guy Mannering (time 
George II.). 
  *** This novel has been dramatized by 
Daniel Terry. 
 
  Dinner Bell. Burke was so called 
from his custom of speaking so long as to 
interfere with the dinner of the members 
(1729-1797). 
 
  Diocle'tian, the king and father of 
Erastus, who was placed under the charge 
of the " seven wise masters " (Italian 
version). 
  In the French version, the father is 
called " Dolop'athos." 
 
  Dioglenes, Greek cynic, who carried a 
lantern at noon, to search for an honest 
man. 
 
  Dioglenes (4 syl.), the negro slave of 
the cynic philosopher Michael Agelestes 
(4 syl.).-Sir W. Scott, Count Robert of 
Paris (time, Rufus). 
 
  Di'omede (3 syl.), fed his horses on 
human flesh, and he was himself eaten by 
his horse, being thrown to it by Her- 
culs. 
 
  Dion   (Lord), father of Euphra'sia. 
Euphrasia is in love with Philaster, heir 
to the crown of Messi'na. Disguised as a 
 
 
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DION