106 THREE A DIVINE NUMBER 
 
 
liam Thornhill. He enjoyed a large for- 
tune, but was entirely dependent on his 
uncle. He was a sad libertine, who ab- 
ducted both the daughters of Dr. Primrose, 
and cast the old vicar into jail for rent 
after the entire loss of his house, money, 
furniture, and books by fire.    Squire 
Thornhill tried to impose upon Olivia 
Primrose by a false marriage, but was 
caught in his own trap, for the marriage 
proved to be legal in every respect.-Gold- 
smith, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766). 
  This worthy citizen abused the aristocracy 
much on the same principle as the fair Olivia 
depreciated Squire Thornhill :-he had a sneak- 
ing affection for what he abused.-Lord Lytton. 
 
  Thornton (Captain), an English officer. 
-Sir W. Scott, Bob Roy (time George I.). 
 
  Thornton (Cyril), the hero and title of a 
novel of military adventure, by Captain 
Thomas Hamilton (1827). 
 
  Thorough    Doctor   (The).  William 
Varro was called Doctor Fundatus (thir- 
teenth century). 
 
  Thoughtful (Father), Nicholas Cat'inet, 
a marshal of France. So called by his 
soldiers for his cautious and thoughtful 
policy (1637-1712). 
 
  Thoughtless (Miss Betty), a virtuous, 
sensible, and amiable young lady, utterly 
regardless of the conventionalities of so- 
ciety, and wholly ignorant of etiquette. 
She is consequently forever involved in 
petty scrapes most mortifying to her sen- 
sitive mind. Even her lover is alarmed 
at her gaucherie, and deliberates whether 
such a partner for life is desirable.-Mrs. 
Heywood, Miss Betty Thoughtless (1687- 
1758). 
 
 
  (Mrs. Heywood's novel evidently sug- 
gested the Evelina of Miss Burney, 1778.) 
 
  Thoulouse (Raymond, count of), one of 
the crusading princes. - Sir W. Scott 
Count Robert of Paris (time, Rufus). 
 
  Thrame (Janet), fiend-possessed serv- 
ing maid, who, when she went abroad led 
by her possessor and master, left her body 
hung upon a nail in her room.-R. L. 
Stevenson, Thrame Janet. 
  Thraso, a bragging, swaggering cap- 
tain, the Roman Bobadil (q.v.).-Terence, 
The Eunuch. 
 
  Thraso, duke of Mar, one of the allies 
of Charlemagne.-Ariosto, Orlando Furioso 
(1516). 
 
  Three a Divine Number. Pythago- 
ras calls three the perfect number, expres- 
sive of "beginning, middle, and end," and 
he makes it a symbol of deity. 
  AMERICAN   INDIANS:  Otkon (creator), 
Messou (providence) Atahuata (the Logos). 
  (Called Otkon by the Iroquois, and Otkee 
by the Virginians). 
  ARMORICA. The korrigans or fays of 
Armorica are three times three. 
  BRAIMiNs: Brahma, Vishnu, Siva. 
  BUDDHISTS:   Buddha, Annan Sonsja, 
Rosia Sonsja. 
  (These are the three idols seen in Bud- 
dhist temples; Buddha stands in the mid- 
dle.) 
  CHRISTIANS: The Father, the Son (the 
Logos), the Holy Ghost. 
  When, in creation, the earth was with- 
out form and void, "the Spirit moved 
over the face," and put it into order. 
  EGYPTIANS (Ancient). Almost every dis- 
trict had its own triad, but the most 
general were Osiris, Isis, Horus; Eicton, 
Cneph (creator), Phtha. 
 
 
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