Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cordelia

The youngest of Lear's three daughters, and the only one that loved him. (Shakespeare: King Lear.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Cordelia's Gift
Corcyrean Sedition
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