he beginning of the seven anthems
preceding the _Magnificat_, as: "O, when will the day arrive...?" "O,
when shall I see...?" "O, when...?" and so on.

=Oakly= (_Major_), brother to Mr. Oakly, and uncle to Charles. He assists
his brother in curing his "jealous wife."

_Mr. Oakly_, husband of the "jealous wife." A very amiable man, but
deficient in that strength of mind which is needed to cure the
idiosyncrasy of his wife; so he obtains the assistance of his brother,
the major.

_Mrs. Oakly_, "the jealous wife" of Mr. Oakly. A woman of such
suspicious temper, that every remark of her husband is distorted into a
proof of his infidelity. She watches him like a tiger, and makes both
her own and her husband's life utterly wretched.

_Charles Oakly_, nephew of the major. A fine, noble-spirited young
fellow, who would never stand by and see a woman insulted; but a
desperate debauchee and drunkard. He aspires to the love of Harriot
Russet, whose influence over him is sufficiently powerful to reclaim
him.--George Colman, _The Jealous Wife_ (1761).

=Oates= (_Dr. Titus_), the champion of the popish plot.

Forth came the notorious Dr. Oates, rustling in the full silken
canonicals of priesthood, for ... he affected no small dignity of
exterior decoration and deportment.... His exterior was portentous.
A fleece of white periwig showed a most uncouth visage, of great
length, having the mouth ... placed in the very centre of the
countenance, and exhibiting to the astonished spectator as much
chin below as there was nose and brow above it. His pronunciation
was after a conceited fashion of his own, in which he accented the
vowels in a manner altogether peculiar to himself.--Sir W. Scott,
_Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.).

=Oaths.=

JOHN PERROT, a natural son of Henry VIII., was the first to employ the
profane oath of _God's Wounds_, which Queen ELIZABETH adopted, but the
ladies of her court minced and softened it into _zounds_ and
_zouterkins_.

WILLIAM the CONQUEROR swore by _the Splendor of God_.

WILLIAM RUFUS, by _St. Luke's face_.

King JOHN, by _God's Tooth_.

HENRY VIII., by _God's Wounds_.

CHARLES II., by _Ods fish_ [God's Flesh].

LOUIS XI. of France, by _God's Easter_.

CHARLES VIII. of France, by _God's Light_.

LOUIS XII., by _The Devil take me (Diable m'emporte)_.

The Chevalier BAYARD by _God's Holyday_.

FRANCOIS I. used for assever