E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Ten’iers.
Malplaquet, in France, famous for the victory of the Duke
of Marlborough and Prince Eugene over the French under Marshal Villars on September 11, 1709.
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“Her courage tried
On Teniers’ dreadful field.”
Thomson: Autumn.
The Scottish Teniers. Sir David Wilkie (1785–1841).
