SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND 
 
 
called out, "Lo! lo! the litter of English 
pigs !" 
 
  Sow   of Dallweir, named "Henwen," 
went burrowing through Wales, and leav- 
ing in one place a grain of barley, in an- 
other a little pig, a few bees, a grain or 
two of wheat, and so on, and these made 
the places celebrated for the particular 
produce ever after. 
  It is supposed that the sow was really a 
ship, and that the keeper of the sow, named 
Coll ab Collfrewi, was the captain of the 
vessel.- Welsh Triads, lvi. 
 
  Sowerberry, the parochial undertaker, 
to whom Oliver Twist is bound when he 
quits the workhouse. Sowerberry was 
not a badly disposed man, and he treated 
Oliver with a certain measure of kindness 
and consideration; but Oliver was ill- 
treated by Mrs. Sowerberry, and bullied by 
a big boy called Noah Claypole. Being 
one day greatly exasperated by the bully, 
Oliver gave him a thorough "drubbing," 
whereupon Charlotte, the maidservant, set 
upon him like a fury, scratched his face, 
and held him fast till Noah Claypole had 
pummelled him within an inch of his life. 
Three against one was too much for the 
lad, so he ran away.-C. Dickens, Oliver 
Twist (1837). 
 
  Sowerberry, a misanthrope.-W. Brough, 
A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock. 
 
  Sowerbrowst (Mr.), the maltster.- 
Sir W. Scott, St. Bonan's Well (time, 
George III.). 
 
  Soyer (Alexis), a celebrated cook, ap- 
pointed, in 1837, chef de cuisine to the 
Reform Club, London, was the author 
of several useful works, as The Gas- 
 
 
tronomic Regenerator, The Poor Man's Re- 
generator, The Modern Housewife, etc. 
(died 1858). 
 
  Spado, an impudent rascal, in the band 
of Don Caesar (called " Captain Ramirez "), 
who tricks every one, and delights in 
mischief.-O'Keefe, Castle of Andalusia 
(1798). 
  Quick's great parts were "Isaac," "Tony 
Lumpkin," " Spado," and "Sir Christopher Cur- 
ry."--Records of a Stage Veteran. 
  (" Isaac," in the Duenna, by Sheridan; 
"Tony Lumpkin," in She Stoops to Con- 
quer, by Goldsmith;, "Sir Christopher 
Curry," in Inkle and Yarico, by G. Col- 
man.) 
 
  Spahis, native Algerian cavalry, offi- 
cered by Frenchmen. The infantry are 
called Turcos. 
 
  Spanish Brutus (The), Alfonso Perez 
de Guzman, governor of Tarifa, in 1293. 
Here he was besieged by the infant, Don 
Juan, who had Guzman's son in his power, 
and threatened to kill him unless Tarifa 
was given up. Alfonso replied, "Sooner 
than be guilty of such treason, I will lend 
Juan a dagger to carry out his threat;" 
and so saying, he tossed his dagger over 
the wall. Juan, unable to appreciate this 
patriotism, slew the young man without 
remorse. 
  *** LopA de Vega has dramatized this 
incident. 
 
  Spanish Curate (The), Lopez.-Beau- 
mont and Fletcher, The Spanish Curate 
(1622). 
 
  Spanish Fryar (The), a drama by Dry- 
den (1680). It contains two plots, wholly 
independeiit of each other. The serious 
 
 
SPANISH FRYAR 
 
 
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