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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bucklaw

or rather Frank Hayston, lord of Bucklaw, a wealthy nobleman, who marries Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucy Ashton), who had pledged her troth to Edgar, master of Ravenswood. On the wedding-night Lucy murders him, goes mad, and dies. (Donizetti's opera of Lucia di Lammermoor. Sir Walter Scott's Bride of Lammermoor.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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  • Bucklaw - Bucklaw or rather Frank Hayston, lord of Bucklaw, a wealthy nobleman, who marries Lucia di ...
  • Ravenswood - Ravenswood (Allan, Lord of). A decayed Scotch nobleman of the Royalist party. Master Edgar ...
  • Lucia Di Lammermoor - Lucia Di Lammermoor Called Lucy Ashton by Sir Walter Scott, was the sister of Lord Henry Ashton of ...
  • Hayston - Hayston (Frank). The laird of Bucklaw, afterwards laird of Girnington. (Sir Walter Scott: Bride of ...
  • Edgar - Edgar or Edgardo. Master of Ravenswood, in love with Lucy Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor). While ...

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