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solved to marry no one but an "elf 
queen," and accordingly started for Faiiry- 
land. On his way he met the three- 
headed giant, Olifaunt, who challenged 
him to single combat. Sir Thopas asked 
permission to go for his armor, and 
promised to meet the giant next day. 
Here mine host broke in with the excla- 
mation, "Intolerable stuff !" and   the 
story was left unfinished.-Chaucer, Can- 
terbury Tales (" The Rime of Sir Thopas," 
1388). 
 
  Thor, eldest son of Odin and Frigga; 
strongest and bravest of the gods. He 
launched the thunder, presided over the 
air and the seasons, and protected man 
from lightning and evil spirits. 
  His wife was Sif (" love "). 
  His chariot was drawn by two he-goats. 
  His mace or     hammer    was called 
Mjolner. 
  His belt was Megingjard. Whenever 
he6 put it on his strength was doubled. 
  His palace was Thrudvangr. It con- 
tained 540 halls. 
  Thursday is Thor's day.-Scandinavian 
Mythology. 
  The word means "Refuge from terror." 
 
  Thoresby (Broad), one of the troopers 
under Fitzurse.-Sir W. Scott, Ivanhoe 
(time, Richard I.). 
 
  Thorn'berry (Job), a brazier in Pen- 
zance. He was a blunt but kind man, 
strictly honest, most charitable, and dot- 
ing on his daughter, Mary. Job Thorn- 
berry is called "John Bull," and is meant 
to be a type of a genuine English trades- 
man, unsophisticated by cant and foreign 
manners. He failed in business "through 
the treachery of a friend;" but Peregrine, 
to whom he had lent ten guineas, return- 
ing from Calcutta after the absence of 
 
 
thirty years, gave him £10,000, which he 
said his loan had grown to by honest 
trade. 
   Mary Thornberry, his daughter, in love 
 with Frank Rochdale, son and heir of Sir 
 Simon Rochdale, whom ultimately she 
 married.-G .Colman, Jr., John Bull (1805). 
 
   Thorne (Esmerald), physician who is 
 killed instantly by a runaway horse, and, 
 without suspecting that his spirit has left 
 his body, seeks first one friend, then an- 
 other, remaining viewless to all. Con- 
 demned to work his way from a lower to 
 a higher plane, he rebels against the 
 natural law of sowing and reaping, until 
 led by the spirit of his own little child to 
 repentance and sanctification. 
 
   Thorne (Helen), patient wife and sorrow- 
ing widow of Esmerald.-Elizabeth Stuart 
Phelps Ward, The Gates Between (1887). 
 
  Thornhaugh (Colonel), an officer in 
Cromwell's army.--Sir W. Scott, Wood- 
stock (time, Commonwealth). 
 
  Thornhill (Sir William), alias Mr. 
Burchell, about 30 years of age. Most 
generous and most whimsical, most be- 
nevolent and most sensitive. Sir William 
was the landlord of Dr. Primrose, the 
vicar of Wakefield.    After travelling 
through Europe on foot, he had returned 
and lived incognito. In the garb and as- 
pect of a pauper, Mr. Burchell is intro- 
duced to the vicar of Wakefield. Twice 
he rescued his daughter, Sophia-once 
when she was thrown from her horse into 
a deep stream, and once when she was ab- 
ducted by Squire Thornhill. Ultimately 
he married her.-Goldsmith, The Vicar of 
Wakefield (1766). 
 
  Thornhill (Squire), nephew of Sir Wil- 
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