PELLEGRIN 
 
 
   Pek'uah, the attendant of Princess 
 Nekayah, of the "happy valley." She 
 accompanied the princess in her wander- 
 ings, but refused to enter the great pyr- 
 amid, and, while the princess was explor- 
 ing the chambers, was carried off by some 
 Arabs. She was afterwards ransomed for 
 200 ounces of gold.-Dr. Johnson, Basse- 
 las (1759). 
 
   Pelay'o    (Prince), son  of  Favil'a, 
 founder of the Spanish monarchy after 
 the overthrow of Roderick, last of the 
 Gothic kings. He united, in his own per- 
 son, the royal lines of Spain and of the 
 Goths. 
      In him the old Iberian blood, 
 Of royal and remotest ancestry 
 From undisputed source, flowed undefiled ... 
 He, too, of Chindasuintho's regal line 
 Sole remnant now, drew after him the love 
 Of all true Goths. 
         Southey, Roderick, etc., viii. (1814). 
 
  Pelham, the hero of a novel by Lord 
Lytton, entitled Pelham, or The Adven- 
tures of a Gentleman (1828). 
 
  Pelham (M.), one of the many aliases 
of Sir R. Phillips, under which he pub- 
lished The Parent's and Tutor's First Cate- 
chism. In the preface he calls the writer 
authoress. Some of his other names are 
Rev. David Blair, Rev. C. C. Clarke, Rev. 
J. Goldsmith. 
 
  Pel'ian Spear (The), the lance of 
Achilles which wounded and cured Te'- 
lephos. So called from Peleus, the father 
of Achilles. 
Such was the cure the Arcadian hero found- 
The Pelian spear that wounded, made him 
  sound. 
                    Ovid, Remedy of Love. 
 
  Peli'des (3 syl.), Achilles, son of Pe- 
 
 
lens (2 syl.), chief of the Greek warriors 
at the siege of Troy.-Homer, Iliad. 
    When, like Pelid~s, bold beyond control, 
 Homer raised high to heaven the loud impetuous 
   song. 
             Beattie, The Minstrel (1773-4). 
   Pelion   (" mud-sprung "), one of the 
 frog chieftains. 
 A spear at Pelion, Troglodytes cast 
 The missive spear within the bosom past 
 Death's sable shades the fainting frog surround, 
 And life's red tide runs ebbing from the wound. 
 Parnell, Battle of the Frogs and Mice, iii. 
 (about 1712). 
 
   Pell (Solomon), an attorney in the In- 
 solvent Debtors' court. He has the very 
 highest opinions of his own merits, and 
 by his aid Tony Weller contrives to 
 get his son Sam sent to the Fleet for debt, 
 that he may be near Mr. Pickwick to pro- 
 tect and wait upon him.-C. Dickens, The 
 Pickwick Papers (1836). 
 
 Pelleas (Sir), lord of many isles, and 
 noted for his great muscular strength. 
 He fell in love with Lady Ettard, but the 
 lady did not return his love. Sir Gaw'ain 
 promised to advocate his cause with the 
 lady, but played him false. Sir Pelleas 
 caught them in unseemly dalliance with 
 each other, but forbore to kill them. By 
 the power of enchantment, the lady was 
 made to dote on Sir Pelleas; but the 
 knight would have nothing to say to her, 
 so she pined and died. After the Lady 
 Ettard played him false, the Damsel of 
 the Lake "rejoiced him, and they loved 
 together during their whole lives."-Sir 
 T. Malory, History of Prince Arthur, i. 
 79-82 (1470). 
 ** Sir Pelleas must not be confounded 
with Sir Pelles (q.v.). 
 
  Pellegrin, the pseudonym of de la Motte 
Fouqu6 (1777-1843). 
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