Lord Bacon
Preserved but no longer current.
This same cipher, moreover, revealed the interesting fact that Bacon had made use of Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, The extravagant and unscholarly claim of the Baconians, mostly based nega- tively on Shakespeare's inadequacy, have reduced the theory to little more than the hobby of a few cranks.
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 “Lord Bacon” mean?
This same cipher, moreover, revealed the interesting fact that Bacon had made use of Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, The extravagant and unscholarly claim of the Baconians, mostly based nega- tively on Shakespeare's inadequacy, have reduced the theory to little more than the hobby of a few cranks.
Is “Lord Bacon” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.