E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
White, Joseph Blanco
(b. 1775; d. 1841). “Letters from Spain by Don Leucadio Dollado” (1821); “Practical and Internal Evidence against Catholicism” (1826); “Second Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion” (1883). He was also the editor of the London Review, as well as of two Spanish journals. His sonnet “To Night” was called by Coleridge the finest in the language. See “Life of Rev. Joseph Blanco White, written by Himself, with portions of his Correspondence,” edited by John Hamilton Thom (1848).
