E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cooper, Thomas
(b. Leicester, March 28th, 1805; d. July 15th, 1892). “The Purgatory of Suicides” (1845); “Wise Saws and Modern Instances” (1845); “The Baron’s Yule Feast” (1846); “The Condition of the People” (1846); “The Triumphs of Perseverance” (1847); “The Triumphs of Enterprise” (1847); “Alderman Ralph” (1853). “The Family Feud” (1854); “The Bridge of History over the Gulf of Time” (1871); “The Verity of Christ’s Resurrection” (1875), etc. Edited in 1849 The Plain Speaker, and in 1850 Cooper’s Journal. See his Autobiography (1872). Poetical Works (1878).
