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* '''Grand old gardener:''' from Tennyson, "Lady Clara Vere de Vere" (1842): "The grand old gardener and his Wife smile at the claims of long descent", later changed to "the gardener '''Adam'''". Reference to the Garden of Eden, start of a race. | * '''Grand old gardener:''' from Tennyson, "Lady Clara Vere de Vere" (1842): "The grand old gardener and his Wife smile at the claims of long descent", later changed to "the gardener '''Adam'''". Reference to the Garden of Eden, start of a race. | ||
* '''Cincinattus:''' Cincinnatus remained a farmer even after temporarily assuming dictatorship of Rome. | * '''Cincinattus:''' Cincinnatus remained a farmer even after temporarily assuming dictatorship of Rome. | ||
| + | * '''Grand Old Man:''' an epithet applied to Gladstone by his supporters | ||
[[Category:The Bible]] | [[Category:The Bible]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:01, 10 July 2020
- Grand old gardener: from Tennyson, "Lady Clara Vere de Vere" (1842): "The grand old gardener and his Wife smile at the claims of long descent", later changed to "the gardener Adam". Reference to the Garden of Eden, start of a race.
- Cincinattus: Cincinnatus remained a farmer even after temporarily assuming dictatorship of Rome.
- Grand Old Man: an epithet applied to Gladstone by his supporters
