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1827 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Paul Shorey, Commentary on Horace, Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Saeculare book 4, poem 2, commline 4
   Cf. Cowley, Praise of Pindar, 'So Pindar does new words and figures roll |Down his impetuous dithyrambic tide,| Which in no channel deigns to abide,| Which neither banks nor dikes control. (17.67)

2. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter T
   de Mus. 31, p. 1142, b. c.) He relates, on the authority of Aristoxenus, with whom the musician was contemporary, that Telesias had been carefully instructed, when young, in the works of the most distinguished musicians, such as Pindar, Dionysius of Thebes, Lamprus, and Pratinas, and the great lyric poets; and that he had become an excellent flute-player, and thoroughly acquainted with the other branches of his art: but that. in middle life, he was so taken with the dramatic and artificial style of music which then prevailed, that he neglected his old models, and gave himself up to the study of the productions of Philoxenus and Timotheus, of which he chose the most novel and artificial: but, when he set himself to the work of composition, and tried both styles, that of Pindar and that of Philoxenus, he found himself quite unable to imitate the latter successfully, so great was the power of his early training in the bitter style. (17.67)

3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) alphabetic letter M
   , which is found in Pindar, was universally in use among the citizens themselves, and was from them adopted by the Romans, who always write the name Messana: Eth. (16.90)

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77 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Augustus J. C. Hare, Volume 1: Walks in London chapter 10, page 299
   The church contains the monument (a tablet with a flaming vase) of Sir Paul Pindar (1650), a famous merchant and Commissioner of the Customs in Charles II. (7.56)

2. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter D, entry 8384
   antiquary and critic; brought out continuation of Dodsley's ‘Old Plays’ between 1814 and 1816; acquainted with Charles Armitage Brown [q. v.], Keats, Shelley, and Hood; edited the ‘Athenæum,’ 1830-46, procuring contributions from continental writers—an innovation in English journalism; manager of the ‘Daily News,’ 1846; discussed in the ‘Athenæum’ after 1847 the authorship of the ‘Letters of Junius,’ his criticism being mainly destructive of the claim of Sir Philip Francis; wrote in defence of Wilkes and Peter Pindar; threw much light on Pope's career and writings in papers published in the ‘Athenæum’ and ‘Notes and Queries. (7.37)

3. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter D, entry 8550
   philologist; brother of Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson [q. v.]; sent to Trinity College, Cambridge, 1831; second in classical tripos, 1834; fellow and tutor of Trinity; published ‘New Cratylus,’ practically starting the science of comparative philology in England, 1839; D.D.; headmaster of King Edward's School, Bury St. Edmunds, 1841-55; published ‘Varronianus,’ advancing theory of the Gothic affinities of the Etruscans, 1844; resigned head-mastership, 1855; classical examiner to the university of London; completed K. O. Müller's ‘History of Greek Literature,’ 1858; the main author of the ‘Theatre of the Greeks’; edited Pindar's ‘Epinician Odes’ and the ‘Antigone’ of Sophocles; published ‘Jashar’ (1854), to prove that a book of Jashar constituted ‘the religious marrow of the scriptures. (7.37)

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2 from American Memory: California

1. Granite crags; by C.F. Gordon Cumming page 4
   PINDAR. (3.56)

2. Six months in the gold mines: from a journal of three years' residence in Upper and Lower California. 1847-8-9. By E. Gould Buffum page 99
   Most of them had brought with them some one of the many newfangled machines that were manufactured in the United States, after the reports of the gold discovery reached there, like the razors of Pindar, "to sell. (2.35)

2 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Facts and Figures about Michigan; a hand-book of the state, statistical, political, financial, economical, commercial. By Frank J. Bramhall page 70
   John S. Pindar D (3.95)

2. Michigan state gazetteer and business directory for 1863/1864, embracing historical and descriptive sketches of all the cities, towns and villages throughout the state page 264
   Pindar Edward W, ss Fort bet Hastings and Rivard. (3.85)

1 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. William Wirt, The letters of the British spy. By William wirt page 100
   Rights and privileges, as regulated by the constitution of the state, belong in equal degree to all the citizens; and Peter Pindar's remark is perfectly true of the people of this country, that “every blackguard scoundrel is a king. (2.48)