And threw stones at the Argonauts.
Longfellow, The Wayside Inn (1863).
Man of December. Napoleon III. So called because he was made president December 11, 1848; made the coup d’état, December 2, 1851; and was made emperor December 2, 1852.
(Born in the Rue Lafitte, Paris (not in the Tuileries), April 20, 1808; reigned 1852-1870; died at Chiselhurst, Kent, January 9, 1873).
Man of Destiny, Napoleon I., who always looked upon himself as an instrument in the hands of destiny, and that all his acts were predestined.
The Man of Destiny ... had power for a time “to bind kings with chains, and nobles with fetters of iron.”—Sir W. Scott.
Man of Feeling (The), Harley, a sensitive, bashful, kind-hearted, sentimental sort of a hero.—H. Mackenzie, The Man of Feeling (1771).
⁂ Sometimes Henry Mackenzie is himself called “The Man of Feeling.”
Man of Ross, John Kyrle, of Ross, in Herefordshire, distinguished for his benevolence and public spirit. “Richer than miser, nobler than king or king-polluted lord.”—Pope, Epistle, iii. (“On the Use of Riches,” 1709).
Man of Salt (A). Tears are called salt, hence a man of salt is one who weeps on slight provocation.