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... each year leads her daisies back, Recording briefly, “Lost.” But when the south wind stirs the pools And struggles in the lanes, Her heart misgives h... ...y, But overlooked my father’s house, Just quartering a tree. XXXVIII SOUTH winds jostle them, Bumblebees come, Hover, hesitate, Drink, and are g... ...thy chamber is,— I ’m knocking everywhere. Thou stirrest earthquake in the South, And maelstrom in the sea; Say, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Hast thou n... ...er latitudes, Quietly did the same. But differed in returning; Since Yorkshire hills are green, Yet not in all the nests I meet Can nightingal... ...is not here. While I state—the solemn petals Far as North and East, Far as South and West expanding, Culminate in rest. And the Mountain to the Evenin... ...ican exuberance And Asiatic Rest. CXIX VOLCANOES be in Sicily And South America, I judge from my geography. V olcanoes nearer here, A lava st...

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... mail-coach trav- ellers where two mails in opposite directions, north and south, starting at the same minute from points six hundred miles apart, met... ...) iden- tified in an instant an old friend of mine whom I had known in the south for some years as the most masterly of mail- coachmen. He was the man... ...s and the Summer Assizes. 47 Thomas De Quincey rolled northwards from the southern quarter of the county that for a fortnight at least it occupied th... ...igh-born* thoughts. The county was my own native county—upon which, in its southern section, more than upon any equal area known to man past or presen... ... the conjurer’s legerdemain, such as may be seen every day for a shilling. Southey’s “Joan of Arc” was published in 1796. T wenty years after, talking... ...Tradi- tion says the white hart has been caught on Rothwell Hay Common, in Yorkshire, and in Windsor Forest. This reference I owe indirectly to Profes...

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...hools in London; had spent a fortnight in Bath and had supped one night in Southampton. “Beware my Laura (she would often say) Beware of the insipid V... ...land; Beware of the unmeaning Luxuries of Bath and of the stinking fish of Southampton.” “Alas! (exclaimed I) how am I to avoid those evils I shall n... ... of London, the Luxu- 7 Jane Austen ries of Bath, or the stinking Fish of Southampton? I who am doomed to waste my Days of Youth and Beauty in an hu... ...pened, but I found myself entering this beautifull Vale which I find is in South Wales, when I had expected to have reached my Aunts.” “After having w... ... was therefore 42 Love and Friendship removed from a miserable Cottage in Yorkshire to an elegant Mansion in Cumberland, and from every pecu- niary D...

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...m- portations from the classical languages, and from those spo- ken by the southern nations of Europe. This state of things I have thought it necessar... ... rustic character, which belonged to the wood- lands of the West-Riding of Yorkshire at that early period. The eldest of these men had a stern, savage... ...he Jew’s.—Anwold,” said he to the torch- bearer, “carry the Pilgrim to the southern cell.—I give you good-night,” he added, “Sir Palmer, with small th... ...s. The openings for the entry of the combat- ants were at the northern and southern extremities of the lists, accessible by strong wooden gates, each ... ...ghts who proposed to engage in this martial game. On a platform beyond the southern entrance, formed by a natural elevation of the ground, were pitche... ...d with alternate success, the tide of battle seemed to flow now toward the southern, now toward the northern extremity of the lists, as the one or the... ...er blew horn? The blame of the violence shall rest with the outlaws of the Yorkshire for- ests. I have sure spies on the Saxon’s motions—T o-night the... ...sed upon him, he only found himself on the frontiers of the West Riding of Yorkshire. By this time both horse and man re- quired refreshment, and it b... ... quarter-staff, draw a bow, and dance a Cheshire round, with e’er a man in Yorkshire.” “That last part of thy speech, Dennet,” said the Minstrel, “has...

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............................................................ 151 TO MR THOMAS SOUTHERN,76 ON HIS BIRTHDAY, 1742 ............................................ ...lexander Pope – V olume One letters to all his friends, including the Abbé Southcot. This gentleman communicated Pope’s case to Dr Ratcliffe, who gave... ... 64 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope – V olume One Which not alone the southern wit sublimes, 400 But ripens spirits in cold nort... ...the waters roll, Where clearer flames glow round the frozen pole; Or under southern skies exalt their sails, Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gale... ...e good. 128 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope – V olume One But on the south, a long majestic race Of Egypt’s priests the gilded niches grace, ... ...his diocese of Marseilles in 1720. 91 ‘Bethel:’ a benevolent gentleman in Yorkshire, a great friend of Pope’s. 92 ‘Chartres:’ Colonel, infamous for ...

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...restless wind comes forth, Now blowing keenly from the North; Now from the South, the East, the West, For ever changing, ne’er at rest. The fountains,... ...light and freshness are innate and self-sustained, the drear prospect of a Yorkshire moor will be found as barren of poetic as of agri- cultural inter...

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... be the central one of England, as regards the roads between the north and south; and Birmingham has long been the great central axis, 9 in which all ... ...some share in a theatre; in 1596 he had a considerable share. Through Lord Southampton, 48 Biographical Essays as a surviving friend of Lord Essex, w... ...agine one great letter X, or a St. Andrew’s cross, laid down from north to south, and decussating at Birmingham. Even Coventry, which makes a slight v... ...arise the small dowry of Mrs. Pope, not- withstanding the family estate in Yorkshire had centred in her person. But, by the way, we see from the fact ... ...uld hardly counterbalance the loss which Pope sustained this year from the South Sea Bubble. One thing, by the way, is still unaccountably ne- glected... ... or in relation 101 Thomas de Quincey to the absolute sum invested in the South Sea fund? The truth is, Pope practised on this, as on other occasions...

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... So idly to profane the precious time, When tempest of commotion, like the south Borne with black vapor, doth begin to melt And drop upon our bare una... ...y snap at him. Let time shape, and there an end. [Exit.] ACT IV SCENE I: Yorkshire. Gaultree Forest. [Enter the ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, MOWBRAY, LORD H... ...; Like youthful steers unyoked, they take their courses East, west, north, south; or, like a school broke up, Each hurries toward his home and sportin... ...Bardolph, With a great power of English and of Scots Are by the sheriff of Yorkshire overthrown: The manner and true order of the fight This packet, p...

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...ction. A little while afterwards he was in some other strait. I think Mrs. Southcote, his wife, was in extremity—and we adjusted that point too. A lit... ...y, as I contemplated (being newly come to Lon don from the East Riding of Yorkshire, on a house hunting expedition for next May), an old warehouse wh... ...arly age. Now, gas and elec tricity run to the very water’s edge, and the South Eastern Railway Company screech at us in the dead of night. But, the ... ...ich (though the General Board of Health might object) my Susan dwells. The South Eastern Company have brought Pavilionstone into such vogue, with thei... ...avilionstone is its Great Hotel. A dozen years ago, going over to Paris by South Eastern Tidal Steamer, you used to be dropped upon the platform of th... ... a free and easy manner, an irresponsible agent, made over in trust to the South Eastern Company, until you get out of the railway carriage at high w...

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... The chosen English king, Harold, had marched at full speed from Sussex to Yorkshire, and met the invaders marching at their ease, without expecting a... ...would cross the Hellespont on a bridge of boats lashed together, and march southwards into Greece. The only hope of averting the dan- ger lay in defen... ...steeps and the impassable morass that formed the border of the gulf on its south side. These two very narrow places were called the gates of the pass,... ...een covering the whole country like locusts, and the hearts of some of the southern Greeks in the pass began to sink. Their homes in the Peloponnesus ... ... it. And thus, the Gauls conquering from the north and the Romans from the south, these two fierce nations at length came against one another. The old... ... and which was severely punished. The Gauls were much enraged, and hurried southwards, not waiting for plunder by the way, but declaring that they wer...

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... idea of walking down into the North; while Francis was walking a mile due South against time—which was his idea of walking down into the North. I... ...out. I’ve kept my part of the bargain, and I mean to keep the money. I’m not Yorkshire, myself, young gentleman; but I’ve lived long enough in these p... ...artificial touchwood by smoke and ashes), deep in the manufacturing bosom of Yorkshire. A mys terious bosom it appeared, upon a damp, dark, Sunday ni... ...orrow; who knows? Though assuredly that would be neither turn pike like nor Yorkshire like. The very wind and dust seem to be hurrying ‘t’races,’ as ... ...g hats and smart jackets of the olden time, when stokers were not; beautiful Yorkshire horses, gallantly driven by their own breeders and mas ters. U...

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...rd as they can thrust. Or you have incidentally compared Welsh mutton with Southdown:—you have not highly esteemed their drunken Bards:—you have asked... ...ike him, uncle? He is out riding, they tell me.’ ‘The youngster is used to south-western showers in that climate of his,’ Mr. Adister replied. ‘I dare... .... Adister warming, to advise him, and checking the trot of his horse. ‘Try South America.’ The lordly gentleman plotted out a scheme of colonisation a... ... them does not offer space. It would require money and a navy.’ He mused. ‘South America is the quarter I should decide for, as a young man. You are a... ...le, sir.’ ‘Jump out of that tinder-box as soon as you can.’ ‘When I was in South America, it astonished me that no Englishman had cast an eye on so in... ...est to the nation of the best of these pictures of Old John, by a very old Yorkshire collector, makes it milk for all 113 George Meredith time, a per...

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...rofessional one of Monseigneur. Elf jokeis, we have seen; but see now real Yorkshire jockeys, and what they ride on, and train: English racers for Fre... ... a notable thing. For not only are D’Espremenil and Goeslard safe whirling southward, but the Parlement itself has straightway to march out: to that a... ...nt men. ‘Hissed at by the people of Versailles,’ he drives forth to Jardi; southward to Brienne,—for recovery of health. Then to Nice, to Italy; but s... ...he might say with the old Despot: “The National Assembly? I am that.” Of a southern climate, of wild southern blood: for the Riquettis, or Arighettis,... ...t nine in the morning, our National Volunteers rolling in long wide flood, south-westward to the Hotel des Invalides; in search of the one thing needf... ...ra- tion; but it has spread over Dauphine, Alsace, the Lyonnais; the whole South-East is in a blaze. All over the North, from Rouen to Metz, disorder ...

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...- fessional one of Monseigneur. Elf jokeis, we have seen; but see now real Yorkshire jock- eys, and what they ride on, and train: English racers for F... ... a notable thing. For not only are D’Espremenil and Goeslard safe whirling southward, but the Parlement itself has straightway to march out: to that a... ...t men. ‘Hissed at by the people of Versailles, ’ he drives forth to Jardi; southward to Brienne,— for recovery of health. Then to Nice, to Italy; but ... ...he might say with the old Despot: “The National Assembly? I am that.” Of a southern climate, of wild southern blood: for the Riquettis, or Arighettis,... ...nine in the morning, our Na- tional Volunteers rolling in long wide flood, south-west- ward to the Hotel des Invalides; in search of the one thing nee... ... gration; but it has spread over Dauphine, Alsace, the Lyonnais; the whole South-East is in a blaze. All over the North, from Rouen to Metz, disorder ...

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...oster-row, booksellers; Mr. Strahan, the printer; the Earl of Orrery, Lord Southwell, Mr. Garrick.’ 82 Boswell’s Life of Johnson Many are, no doubt, ... ...ve it me; till at last in 1781, when we were on a visit at Mr. Dilly’s, at Southill in Bedfordshire, he was pleased to dic- tate it to me from memory.... ...st eminent brewers in England, and Member of Parliament for the borough of Southwark. Foreigners are not a little amazed when they hear of brewers, di... ...ney. He acquired a large fortune, and lived to be Member of Parliament for Southwark. But what was most remarkable was the liberality with which he us... ...e family, and an apartment was appropriated to him, both in their house in Southwark, and in their villa at Streatham. Johnson had a very sincere este... ...- livened with a gay profusion of colours. Mrs. Bosville, of Gunthwait, in Yorkshire, joined us, and entered into conversation with us. Johnson said t... ...irst time, oat ale; and oat cakes not hard as in Scotland, but soft like a Yorkshire cake, were served at breakfast. It was pleasant to me to find, th...

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...d, He thinks a loaf will rise to fifty pound. What made directors cheat in South-sea year? To live on venison 32 when it sold so dear. Ask you why Ph... ...us views in early morn, Or when his evening beams the west adorn, When the south glows with his meridian ray, And the cold north receives a fainter da... ...perish there, And one bright blaze turns learning into air. ‘Thence to the south extend thy gladden’d eyes; There rival flames with equal glory rise, ... ...hyming nights and days, Had reach’d the work, the all that mortal can, And South beheld that master-piece of man.’ 394 ‘Oh (cried the goddess) for som... ...rporation. 32 ‘To live on venison:’ in the extravagance and luxury of the South-sea year, the price of a haunch of venison was from three to five pou... ... high- est posts in the kingdom, died in the year 1687, in a remote inn in Yorkshire, reduced to the utmost misery.—P . 42 ‘Shrewsbury:’ the Countess...

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...he had twenty, or thirty, or a hundred thousand at his banker’s, or if all Yorkshire or all California were his to manage or to sell, he would still b... ...ating that they were prepared to join in any enterprise commenced by their south- ern brethren. The leader of the persecutors was Sir James Turner, an... ...prinkled trees, and fading gradu- ally into shadow in the distance. To the south, too, they beheld a deep-shaded amphitheatre of heather and bracken; ... ...ad, brown expanse of Maw Moss; and, fading into blue indistinctness in the south, the wild heath-clad Peeblesshire hills. In sooth, that scene was fai... ... has not been a robbery, to call a robbery, this five years’ time. Further south, of course, it’s nearer London, and another story,’ he added. ‘Well, ... ...to and fro and clattering hoofs. Pres- ently after, out of the darkness to southward, the mail grew near with a growing rumble. Its lamps were very la...