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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lanterns

Authors, literary men, and other inmates of Lantern-land (q.v.). Rabelais so calls the prelates and divines of the Council of Trent, who wasted the time in great displays of learning, to little profit; hence “lanternise” (q.v.).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Lanternise
Lantern-Land
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