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Terence

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The Terence of England, the mender of hearts, is the exquisite compliment which Goldsmith, in his Retaliation, pays to Richard Cumberland, author of The Jew, The West Indian, The Wheel of Fortune, etc. (1732–1811.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Tennyson (Alfred)
Tenpenny Nails
Tenson
Tent
Tent (Skidbladnir’s)
Tenterden
Tenterhooks
Tenth Legion (The)
Tenth Wave
Tercel
Terence
Teresa (St.)
Term Time
Term Time of our Universities
Termagant
Terpsichore (properly Terp-sik-o-re, but often pronounced Terp-si-core)
Terra Firma
Terrestrial Sun (That)
Terrible (The)
Terrier
Terry Alts

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