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 Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.Old Man of the Moon (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Old Man Eloquent.
 
Isocra’tes; so called by Milton. When he heard of the result of the battle of Chærone’a, which was fatal to Grecian liberty, he died of grief.   1
       
“That dishonest victory
At Chærone’a, fatal to liberty.
Killed with report that Old Man Eloquent.”
       
Milton: Sonnets.
 


 Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.Old Man of the Moon (The). 

 
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