E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris
(b. Cornwall, March 10th, 1799; d. near Boulogne, August 3rd, 1848) “Life of William Davison” (1823), “Notitia Historica” (1824), “A Synopsis of the Peerage of England” (1825); “Testamenta Vetusta” (1826), ‘History of the Town and School of Rugby” (1827), “Lives of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton” (1837); “History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire” (1842), and “Life and Times of Sir Christopher Hatton” (1847). Edited The Retrospective Review, and certain of the Aldine Poets.
