Brewer's: Terence

The Terence of England, the mender of hearts, is the exquisite compliment which Goldsmith, in his Retaliation, pays to Richard Cumberland, author of The Jew, The West Indian, The Wheel of Fortune, etc. (1732-1811.)

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