Titus the Roman Emperor

was called “the delight of men.” (40, 79–81.)

“Titus indeed gave one short evening gleam,

More cordial felt, as in the midst it spread

Of storm and horror; the delight of men.”

The Arch of Titus commemorates the capture of Jerusalem, A.D. 70.

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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.