E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Vernon,
mentioned by Thomson in his Summer, was Admiral Edward Vernon, who attacked Carthage’na in 1741; but the malaria reached the crew, and, as the poet says—
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“To infant weakness sunk the warrior’s arms.”
Diana Vernon. An enthusiastic Royalist of great beauty and talent. (Sir Walter Scott: Rob Roy.)
