generosity, openness, and manly spirit, mingled
with thoughtless dissipation, is unnecessarily degraded
by the nature of his intercourse with lady
Bellaston.—
Encyc. Brit.
Art. "Fielding."
Belle Cordiere (La), Louise Labé, who married Ennemond Perrin, a wealthy rope-maker (1526-1566).
Belle Corisande (La), Diane comtesse de Gruiche et de Grammont (1554-1620).
Bellefontaine (Benedict), the wealthy farmer of Grande Pré [Nova Scotia] and father of Evangeline. When the inhabitants of his village were driven into exile, Benedict died of a broken heart as he was about to embark, and was buried on the sea-shore.—Longfellow, Evangeline (1849).
Bel'lenden (Lady Margaret), an old Tory lady, mistress of the Tower of Tillietudlem.