The sword of Brutus and the Theban lyre.
Campbell, Pleasures of Hope, i. (1799).
Thecla (St.) said to be of noble family, in Ico´nium, and to have been converted by the Apostle Paul. She is styled in Greek martyrologies the protomartyress, but the book called The Acts of Paul and Thecla is considered to be apocryphal.
On the selfsame shelf
With the writings of St. Thecla herself.
Longfellow, The Golden Legend (1851).
Thekla, daughter of Wallenstein.--Schiller, Wallenstein (1799).
Thélème (Abbey of) the abbey given by Grangousier to Friar John for the aid he rendered in the battle against Picrochole, king of Lerné. The abbey was stored with everything that could contribute to sensual indulgence and enjoyment. It was the very reverse of a convent or monastery. No religious hypocrites, no pettifogging attorneys, no usurers were admitted within it, but it was filled with gallant ladies and gentlemen, faithful expounders of the Scriptures, and every one who could contribute to its elegant recreations and general festivity. The motto over the door was: “Fay ce que Vouldras.”--Rabelais, Gargantua, i. 52-7 (1533).
Thélème, the Will personified. Voltaire, Thélème and Macare.
The´lu, the female or woman.