SUPERSTITIONS 
 
 
person almost invincible, and wholly irre- 
sistible.-R. B. 
  All precious stones are purified by 
honey. 
  All kinds of precious stones dipped into honey 
become more brilliant thereby, each according 
to its color, and all persons become more ac- 
ceptable when they join devotion to their graces. 
Household cares are sweetened thereby, love is 
more loving, and business becomes more pleas- 
ant.-S. Francis de Salis, The Devout Life, iii. 
13 (1708). 
 
  Supporters in Heraldry represent 
the pages who supported the banner. 
These pages, before the Tudor period, 
were dressed in imitation of the beasts, 
etc., which typified the bearings or cog- 
nizances of their masters. 
 
  Surface (Sir Oliver), the rich uncle of 
Joseph and Charles Surface. He appears 
under the assumed name of Premium 
Stanley. 
  Charles Surface, a reformed scapegrace, 
and the accepted lover of Maria, the rich 
ward of Sir Peter Teazle. In Charles, the 
evil of his character was all on the surface. 
  Joseph Surface, elder brother of Charles, 
an   artful, malicious, but     sentimental 
knave; so plausible in speech and man- 
ner as to pass for a youthful miracle of 
prudence, good sense, and benevolence." 
Unlike Charles, his good was all on the 
-surface.-Sheridan, School for Scandal 
(1777). 
 
  Surgeon's Daughter (The), a novel by 
Sir Walter Scott, laid in the time of 
George II. and III., and   published in 
1827.  The   heroine  is  Menie   Gray, 
daughter of Dr. Gideon Gray, of Middle- 
mas. Adam Hartley, the doctor's appren- 
tice, loves her, but Menie herself has 
given her heart to Richard Middlemas. 
It so falls out that Richard Middlemas 
 
 
goes to India. Adam Hartley also goes 
to India, and, as Dr. Hartley, rises high in 
his profession. One day, being sent for 
to visit a sick fakir', he sees Menie Gray 
under the wing of Mde. Montreville. 
Her father had died, and she had come to 
India, under madame's escort, to marry 
Richard; but Richard had entrapped the 
girl for a concubine in the harem of Tip- 
poo Saib. When Dr. Hartley heard of 
this scandalous treachery, he told it to 
Hyder Ali, and the father of Tippoo Saib, 
who were so disgusted at the villainy that 
they condemned Richard Middlemas to be 
trampled to death by a trained elephant, 
and liberated Menie, who returned to her 
native country under the escort of Dr. 
Hartley. 
 
  Surgery (Father of French), Ambrose 
Par6 (1517-1590). 
 
  Surly, a gamester and friend of Sir 
Epicure Mammon, but a disbeliever in 
alchemy in general, and in "doctor" 
Subtle in particular.-Ben Jonson, The 
Alchemist (1610). 
 
  Surplus (Mr.), a lawyer, Mrs. Surplus, 
and Charles Surplus, the nephew.--J. M. 
Morton, A Regular Fix. 
 
  Surrey (White), name of the horse used 
by Richard III. in the battle of Bosworth 
Field. 
Saddle White Surrey for the field to-morrow. 
  Shakespeare, King Richard III. act v. so. 3 
(1597). 
 
  Surtur, a formidable giant, who is to 
set fire to the universe at Ragnarok, With 
flames collected from Muspelheim.-Scan- 
dinavian Mythology. 
 
  Sur'ya (2 syl.), the sun-god, whose car 
 
 
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SURYA