| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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A title of honour, common with the old poets, as Dan Phœbus, Dan Cupid, Dan Neptune, Dan Chaucer, etc. (Spanish, don.)
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| “Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled, |
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Spenser: Faërie Queene, book iv. canto ii. 32. |
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From Dan to Beer’sheba. From one end of the kingdom to the other; all over the world; everywhere. The phrase is Scriptural, Dan being the most northern and Beersheba the most southern city of the Holy Land. We have a similar expression, “From John o’ Groats to the Land’s End.” | 2 |
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