E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Bage, Robert
(b. Darley, near Derby, February 29th, 1728; d. September 1st, 1801). “Mount Heneth” (1781); “Barham Downs” (1784); “The Fair Syrian” (1787); “James Wallace” (1788); “Man as He Is” (1792); “Hermstrong: or, Man as He is Not” (1796). Biography in Sir W. Scott’s “Novelist’s Library.”
