⁂ Manly, the plain dealer, is a copy of Molière’s “Misanthrope,” the prototype of which was the duc de Montausier.
Manly (Captain), the fiancé of Arabella, ward of Justice Day, and an heiress.
Arabella. I like him much—he seems plain and honest.
Ruth. Plain enough, in all conscience.
T. Knight, The Honest Thieves.
Manly (Colonel), a bluff, honest soldier, to whom honor is dearer than life. The hero of the drama.—Mrs. Centlivre, The Beaux’ Duel (1703).
Mann (Mrs.), a dishonest, grasping woman, who kept a branch workhouse, where children were farmed. Oliver Twist was sent to her child-farm. Mrs. Mann systematically starved the children placed under her charge.—C. Dickens, Oliver Twist (1837).
Mannaia, goddess of retribution. The word in Italian means “an axe.”
All in a terrible moment came the blow
That beat down Paolo’s ’fence, ended the play