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Notoriʹety

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Depraved taste for notoriety:—

Cleomʹbrotos, who leaped into the sea. (See Cleombrotos.)

Empedʹocles, who leaped into Etna. (See Empedocles.)

Herosʹtratos, who set fire to the temple of Diana. (See Diana.)

William Lloyd, who broke in pieces the Portland vase. (1845.)

Jonathan Martin, who set fire to York Minster. (1829.)

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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.