Chapter Amanda to Ambrose of A by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Amber, said to be a concretion of birds’ tears, but the birds were the sisters of Meleager, called Meleagridês, who never ceased weeping for their dead brother.—Pliny: Natural History, xxxvii. 2, II.

Around thee shall glisten the loveliest amber
That ever the sorrowing sea-birds have wept.
   —Moore: Fire- Worshippers.

AMBROSE , a sharper, who assumed in the presence of Gil Blas the character of a devout. He was in league with a fellow who assumed the name of don Raphael, and a young woman who called herself Camilla, cousin of donna Mencia. These three sharpers allure Gil Blas to a house which Camilla says is hers, fleece him of his ring, his portmanteau, and his money, decamp, and leave him to find out that the house is only a hired lodging.—Lesage: Gil Blas, i. 15, 16 (1715).

(This incident is borrowed from Espinel’s romance entitled Vida de Escudero, marcos de Obregon, 1618.)

Amprose , a female domestic servant waiting on Miss Seraphine and Miss Angelica Arthuret.—Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet (time. George II.).

Ambrose (Brother), a monk who attended the prior Aymer, of Jorvaulx Abbey.—Sir W. Scott: Ivanhoe (time, Richard I.).

Ambrose (Father), abbot of Kennaquhair, is Edward Glendinning, brother of sir Halbert Glendinning (the knight of Avenel). He appears at Kinross, disguised as a nobleman’s retainer.—Sir W. Scott: The Abbot (time, Elizabeth).

Father Ambrose (Edward Glendinning), abbot of Kennaquhair, and subsequently a servant at Kinross. The novel is called the “Abbot,” but Roland Græme is the real hero and chief character.