ril.--Sir W. Scott,
_Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.).

_Milford_ (_Jack_), a natural son of Widow Warren's late husband. He was
the crony of Harry Dornton, with whom he ran "the road to ruin." Jack
had a fortune left him, but he soon scattered it by his extravagant
living, and was imprisoned for debt. Harry then promised to marry Widow
Warren if she would advance him [pounds]6,000 to pay off his friend's
debts with. When Harry's father heard of this bargain, he was so moved
that he advanced the money himself; and Harry, being set free from his
bargain, married the widow's daughter instead of the widow. Thus all
were rescued from "the road to ruin."--Holcroft, _The Road to Ruin_
(1792).

=Milinowski=, a portly, imposing American widow, who, after twenty years
spent under the marital rule of a Prussian army officer, "takes kindly
to the prose of life." She is the exemplary and not unkindly chaperone
of _Miss Caroline Lester_, heroine of Charlotte Dunning's book _Upon a
Cast_ (1885).

=Milk-Pail= (_The_), which was to gain a fortune, (See PERRETTE.)

=Millamant=, the _pr['e]tendue_ of Edward Mirabell. She is a most
brilliant girl, who says she "loves to give pain, because cruelty is a
proof of power; and when one parts with one's cruelty, one parts with
one's power." Millamant is far gone in poetry, and her heart is not in
her own keeping. Sir Wilful Witwould makes love to her, but she detests
"the superannuated lubber."--W. Congreve, _The Way of the World_ (1700).

=Miller= (_James_), the "tiger" of the Hon. Mr. Flammer. James was brought
up in the stable, educated on the turf and _pav['e]_, polished and
completed in the fives-court. He was engaged to Mary Chintz, the maid
of Miss Bloomfield.--C. Selby, _The Unfinished Gentleman_.

_Miller_, (_Joe_), James Ballantyne, author of _Old Joe Miller, by the
Editor of New J. M._, three vols. (1801).

[Asterism] Mottley compiled a jest-book in the reign of James II.,
entitled _Joe Miller's Jests_. The phrase, "That's a Joe Miller," means
"that's a jest from Mottley's book."

_Miller_ (_Maximilian Christopher_), the Saxon giant; height eight feet.
His hand measured a foot; his second finger was nine inches long; his
head unusually large. He wore a rich Hungarian jacket and a huge plumed
cap. This giant was exhibited in London in the year 1733. He died aged
60; was born at Leipsic (1674-1734).

=Miller= (_Draxy_), bonny daughter of a thriftless, honest