It was this Dr
Preserved but no longer current.
Fell who in 1667 presented to the University of Oxford a complete type- foundry containing punches and matrices of a large number of founts — Arabic, Synac, Coptic and other learned alphabets, as well as the celebrated "Fell" Roman.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “It was this Dr” mean?
Fell who in 1667 presented to the University of Oxford a complete type- foundry containing punches and matrices of a large number of founts — Arabic, Synac, Coptic and other learned alphabets, as well as the celebrated "Fell" Roman.
Is “It was this Dr” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.