SURYA 
 
 
is drawn by seven green horses, the char- 
ioteer being Dawn.-Sir W. Jones, From 
the Veda. 
 
  Susanna, the wife of Joacim. She was 
accused of adultery by the Jewish elders, 
and condemned to death; but Daniel 
proved her innocence, and turned the 
criminal charge on the elders themselves. 
--History of Susanna. 
 
  Susannah, in Sterne's novel entitled 
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, 
Gentleman (1759). 
 
  Suspicious Husband (The), a comedy 
by Dr. Hoadly (1747). Mr. Strictland is 
suspicious of his wife, his ward, Jacintha, 
and Clarinda, a young lady visitor. With 
two attractive young ladies in the house, 
there is .no lack of intrigue, and Strict- 
land fancies that his wife is the object 
thereof; but when he discovers his mis- 
take, he promises reform. 
 
  Sussex (The earl of), a rival of the earl 
of Leicester, in the court of Queen Eliza- 
beth; introduced by Sir W. Scott in Ken- 
ilworth. 
 
  Sut'lemerme (4 syl.), a young lady at- 
tached to the suite of Nouron'ihar, the 
emir's daughter. She greatly excelled in 
dressing a salad. 
 
  Sutor. Ne sutor supra Crepldam. A 
cobbler, having detected an error in the 
shoe-latchet of a statue made by Apell~s, 
became so puffed up with conceit that he 
proceeded to criticize the legs also; but 
Apelles said to him, "Stick to the last, 
friend." The cobbler is qualified to pass 
an opinion on shoes, but anatomy is quite 
another thing. 
  Boswell, one night sitting in the pit of 
 
 
Covent Garden Theatre, with his friend, 
Dr. Blair, gave an imitation of a cow low- 
ing, which the house greatly applauded. 
He then ventured another imitation, but 
failed; whereupon the doctor turned to 
him and whispered in his ear, "Stick to 
the cow." 
   A wigmaker sent a copy of verses to 
 Voltaire, asking for his candid opinion on 
 some poetry he had perpetrated. The 
 witty patriarch of Ferney wrote on the 
 MS., "Make wigs," and returned it to the 
 barber-poet. 
 
   Sutton (Sir William), uncle of Hero 
 Sutton, the City maiden.-S. Knowles, 
 Woman's Wit, etc. (1838). 
 
   Suwarrow (Alexander), aRussian gen- 
 eral, noted for his slaughter of the Poles 
 in the suburbs of Warsaw, in 1794, and the 
 still more shameful butchery of them on 
 the bridge of Prague. After having mas- 
 sacred 30,000 in cold blood, Suwarrow 
 went to return thanks to God "for giving 
 him the victory." Campbell, in his Plea- 
 sures of Hope, i., refers to this butchery; 
 and Lord Byron, in Don Juan, vii., 8, 55, 
 to the Turkish expedition (1786-1792). 
 A town which did a famous siege endure ... 
 By Suvaroff or Anglicd Suwarrow. 
             Byron, Don Juan, vii. 8 (1824). 
 
   Suzanne, the wife of Chalomel, the 
-chemist and druggist.-J. R. Ware, Piper- 
man's Predicament. 
 
   Swallow's Nest, the highest of the 
 four castles of the German family called 
 Landschaden, built on a pointed rock al- 
 most inaccessible. The founder was a 
 noted robber-knight. (See "Swallow.") 
 
   Swan. Fionnudla, daughter of Lir, was 
 transformed into a swan, and condemned 
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