d to say, "I'd rather stand on the top of a dunghill
than at the bottom of a hill in paradise."

Tennyson says, "All in all or not at all."--_Idylls_ ("Vivien").

"Six thrice or three dice" (aces were called _dice_, and did not count).

=No Song no Supper=, a musical drama by Prince Hoare, F.S.A. (1790). Crop,
the farmer, has married a second wife called Dorothy, who has an amiable
weakness for a rascally lawyer named Endless. During the absence of her
husband, Dorothy provides a supper for Endless, consisting of roast
lamb and a cake; but just as the lawyer sits down to it, Crop, with
Margaretta, knocks at the door. Endless is concealed in a sack, and the
supper is carried away. Presently Robin, the sweetheart of Margaretta,
arrives, and Crop regrets there is nothing but bread and cheese to offer
him. Margaretta now volunteers a song, the first verse of which tells
Crop there is roast lamb in the house, which is accordingly produced;
the second verse tells him there is a cake, which is produced also; and
the third verse tells him that Endless is concealed in a sack. Had there
been no song there would have been no supper, but the song produced the
roast lamb and new cake.

=Noah's Wife=, W[^a][:i]la (3 _syl._), who endeavored to persuade the
people that her husband was distraught.

The wife of Noah [_W[^a][:i]la_] and the wife of Lot [_W[^a]hela_]
were both unbelievers ... and deceived their husbands ... and it
shall be said to them at the last day, "Enter ye into hell
fire."--Sale, _Al Kor[^a]n_, lxvi.

=Nobbs=, the horse of "Dr. Dove of Doncaster."--Southey, _The Doctor_
(1834).

=Noble= (_The_), Charles III. of Navarre (1361, 1387-1425).

Soliman, _Tchelibi_, the Turk (died 1410).

[Asterism] Khosrou or Chosro[:e]s I. was called "The Noble Soul" (*,
531-579).

=Nodel=, the lion, in the beast-epic called _Reynard the Fox_. Nodel, the
lion, represents the regal element of Germany; Isengrin, the wolf,
represents the baronial element; and Reynard, the fox, the Church
element (1498).

=Noel= (_Eusebe_), schoolmaster of Bout du Monde. "His clothes are old and
worn, and his manner vacant."--E. Stirling, _The Gold Mine_, or _Miller
of Grenoble_, act i. sc. 2 (1854).

=Noggs= (_Newman_), Ralph Nickleby's clerk. A tall man of middle age, with
two goggle eyes (one of which was fixed), a rubicund nose, a
cadavarous[TN-41] face, and a suit of clothes decidedly the worse for
wear. H