(Lord and Lady Touchwood must not be mistaken for Sir George and Lady Frances Touchwood, who are very different characters.)
Their Wildairs, Sir John Brutes, Lady Touchwoods and Mrs Frails, are conventional reproductions of those wild gallants and demireps which figure in the licentious dramas of Dryden and Shadwell.--Sir W. Scott, The Drama.
⁂ “Wildair,” in The Constant Couple, by Farquhar; “Brute,” in The Provoked Wife, by Van Brugh; “Mrs. Frail,” in Love for Love, by Congreve.
Touchwood (Sir George), the loving husband of Lady Frances, desperately jealous of her, and wishing to keep her out of all society, that she may not lose her native simplicity and purity of mind. Sir George is a true gentleman of most honorable feelings.
Lady Frances Touchwood, the sweet, innocent wife of Sir George Touchwood. Before her marriage she was brought up in seclusion in the country, and Sir George tries to keep her fresh and pure in London.--Mrs. Cowley, The Belle’s Stratagem (1780).
Touchwood (Peregrine), a touchy old East Indian, a relation of the Mowbray family.--Sir W. Scott, St. Ronan’s Well (time, George III.).
Tough (Mr.), an old barrister.--Sir W. Scott, Redgauntlet (time, George III.).
Touran. The death of the children of Touran forms one of the three tragic stories of the ancient Irish. The other two are The Death of the Children of Lir and The Death of the Children of Usnach.
Tournemine (3 syl.), a Jesuit of the eighteenth century, fond of the marvellous. “Il aimait le merveilleux et ne renonçait qu’avec peine à y croire.”
Il ressemble à Tournemine,