iases_ of Sir R. Phillips, under
which he published _The Parent's and Tutor's First Catechism_. In the
preface he calls the writer _authoress_. Some of his other names are
Rev. David Blair, Rev. C. C. Clarke, Rev. J. Goldsmith.

=Pel'ian Spear= (_The_), the lance of Achill[^e]s which wounded and cured
Te'lephos. So called from Peleus, the father of Achill[^e]s.

Such was the cure the Arcadian hero found--
The Pelian spear that wounded, made him sound.

Ovid, _Remedy of Love_.

=Peli'des= (3 _syl._), Achill[^e]s, son of Peleus (2 _syl._), chief of the
Greek warriors at the siege of Troy.--Homer, _Iliad_.

When, like Pelid[^e]s, bold beyond control,
Homer raised high to heaven the loud impetuous song.

Beattie, _The Minstrel_ (1773-4).

=Pe'lion= ("_mud-sprung_"), one of the frog chieftains.

A spear at Pelion, Troglodyt[^e]s cast
The missive spear within the bosom past
Death's sable shades the fainting frog surround,
And life's red tide runs ebbing from the wound.

Parnell, _Battle of the Frogs and Mice_, iii. (about 1712).

=Pell= (_Solomon_), an attorney in the Insolvent Debtors' court. He has
the very highest opinions of his own merits, and by his aid Tony Weller
contrives to get his son Sam sent to the Fleet for debt, that he may be
near Mr. Pickwick to protect and wait upon him.--C. Dickens, _The
Pickwick Papers_ (1836).

=Pelleas= (_Sir_), lord of many isles, and noted for his great muscular
strength. He fell in love with Lady Ettard, but the lady did not return
his love. Sir Gaw'ain promised to advocate his cause with the lady, but
played him false. Sir Pelleas caught them in unseemly dalliance with
each other, but forbore to kill them. By the power of enchantment, the
lady was made to dote on Sir Pelleas; but the knight would have nothing
to say to her, so she pined and died. After the Lady Ettard played him
false, the Damsel of the Lake "rejoiced him, and they loved together
during their whole lives."--Sir T. Malory, _History of Prince Arthur_,
i. 79-82 (1470).

[Asterism] Sir Pelleas must not be confounded with Sir Pelles (_q.v._).

=Pellegrin=, the pseudonym of de la Motte Fouqu['e] (1777-1843).

=Pelles= (_Sir_), of Corbin Castle, "king of the foragn land and nigh
cousin of Joseph of Arimathy." He was father of Sir Eliazar, and of the
Lady Elaine, who fell in love with Sir Launcelot, by whom she became the
mother of Sir Galahad, "who