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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Grandison

(Sir Charles). The union of a Christian and a gentleman. Richardson's novel so called. Sir Walter Scott calls Sir Charles “the faultless monster that the world ne'er saw.” Robert Nelson, reputed author of the Whole Duty of Man, was the prototype.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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