Chapter Turcaret to Twickenham of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

(Sir Walter Scott: Tales of a Grandfather, vii.).
   The Twelve. All the prelates of the Roman Catholic Church. Of course the Twelve Apostles.

“The Pope identifies himself with the `Master' and addresses those 700 prelates as the `Twelve.' ”- The Times, December 11, 1869.

Twelve Tables The earliest code of Roman law, compiled by the Decemviri, and cut on twelve bronze tables or tablets (Livy, iii. 57; Diodorus, xii. 56.)

Twickenham The Bard of Twickenham. Alexander Pope, who lived there for thirty years. (1688-1744.)