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   He was having his breakfast in the parlor be 
 hind the shop.... He had sliced his hot roll 
 into three feather-beds, and was slipping butter 
 in between the blankets. .... He was a pros- 
 perous old bachelor, and his open window looked 
 into a prosperous little garden and orchard, and 
 there was a prosperous iron safe let into the 
 wall at the side of the fireplace, and without 
 doubt, heaps of his prosperity were put away in 
 it in bags.-Dickens, Great Expectations (1860). 
 
   Traddles, a simple, honest young man, 
 who believes in everybody and everything. 
 Though constantly failing, he is never 
 depressed by his want of success. He had 
 the habit of brushing his hair up on end, 
 which gave him a look of surprise. 
   At the Creakle's school, when I was miserable, 
 he [Traddles] would lay his head on the desk 
 for a little while, and then, cheering up, would 
 draw skeletons all over his slate.-C. Dickens, 
 David Copperfield, vii (1849). 
 
   Trade'love (Mr.), a broker on 'Change, 
 one of the four guardians of Anne Lovely, 
 the heiress. He was "a fellow that would 
 out-lie the devil, for the advantage of 
 stock, and cheat his own father in a bar- 
 gain. He was a great stickler for trade, 
 and hated every one that wore a sword" 
 (act. i. 1). Colonel Feignwell passed him- 
 self off as a Dutch merchant named Jan 
 van Timtamtirelereletta herr van Feign- 
 well, and made a bet with Tradelove. 
 Tradelove lost, and cancelled the debt by 
 giving his consent to the marriage of his 
 ward to the supposed Dutchman.-Mrs. 
 Centlivre, A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717). 
 
   Tragedy (Father of Greek), Thespis, 
a traditional actor of Athens. -/Eschylos 
is also called "The Father of Greek Trag- 
edy" (B.C. 525-426). 
 
  Tragedy of Gorboduc, otherwise en- 
titled the Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex, 
the earliest English tragedy, was the joint 
production of Thomas Sackville, after- 
 
 
wards Lord Buckhurst, and earl of Dorset, 
and Thomas Norton, a Puritan clergyman. 
It was produced before Queen Elizabeth, 
at Whitehall, January 18, 1562. Sackville 
was already known as the most important 
of the writers who produced "The Mirror 
for Magistrates," a collection of narratives 
of various remarkable English historical 
personages, which was first published in 
1559. Norton had been associated with 
Sternhold and Hopkins in their metrical 
version of the Psalms. On the title-page 
of the first edition of Gorboduc, published 
in 1565, without the consent of the authors, 
it is stated that the first three acts were 
written by Norton and the last two by 
Sackville, but Charles Lamb expresses 
himself "willing to believe that Lord 
Buckhurst supplied the more vital parts." 
 
   Trainband, the volunteer artillery, 
 whose ground for practice was in Moor- 
 fields. 
       A trainband captain eke was he, 
         Of famous London town. 
               Cowper, John Gilpin (1782). 
 
   Trajan (The Second), Marcus Aurelius 
Claudius, surnamed Gothhcus, noted for his 
valor, justice, and goodness (215, 268-270). 
 
  Trajan and St. Gregory. It is said 
that Trajan, although unbaptized, was de- 
livered from hell in answer to the prayers 
of St. Gregory. 
      There was storied on the rock 
 The exalted glory of the Roman prince, 
 Whose mighty worth moved Gregory to earn. 
 His mighty conquest--Trajan, the emperor. 
               DantA, Puigatory, xi. (1308). 
 
  Trajan and the Importunate Widow. 
One day a mother appeared before the 
Emperor Trajan, and cried, "Grant ven- 
geance, sire ! My son is murdered." The 
emperor replied, "I1 cannot stop now; 
 
 
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