See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON (1835-1895)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, eldest son of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• FLEMING, PAUL (1609-1640)
• FLEMING, RICHARD (d. 1431)
• FLEMING, SIR SANDFORD (1827- )
• FLEMING, SIR THOMAS (1S44-1613)

Fleming See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

Leicester (afterwards See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren), and See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron De Tabley, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 26th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1835 . He was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, where he took his degree in 1856 with second classes in See also:

• CLASSICS

classics and in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• HISTORY

history . In the autumn of 1858 he went to See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey as unpaid attache to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• STRATFORD
• STRATFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1348)

Stratford de Redcliffe, and two years later was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . He became an officer in theCheshireYeomanry,and unsuccessfullycontestedMid-See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire in 1868 as a Liberal . After his See also:

• FATHER

father's second See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage in 1871 he remoyed to See also:

• LONDON

London, where he became a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close friend of See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson for several years . From 1877 till his See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title in 1887 he was lost to his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, assuming the See also:

• LIFE

life of a recluse . It was not till 1892 that he returned to London life, and enjoyed a sort of See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

renaissance of reputation and friendship . During the later years of his life Lord De Tabley made many new friends, besides reopening old associations, and he almost seemed to he gathering around him a small See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• COMPANY

company when his See also:

• HEALTH

health See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke, and he died on the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1895 at See also:

• HYDE
• HYDE, THOMAS (1636-1703)

Hyde, in his sixty-first See also:

• YEAR

year . He was buried at Little Peover in Cheshire . Although his reputation will live almost exclusively as that of a poet, De Tabley was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of many studious tastes . He was at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time an authority on See also:

• NUMISMATICS
• NUMISMATICS (Lat. numisma, nomisma, a coin; from the Greek, derived from voj4 u', to use according to law)

numismatics; he wrote two novels; published A See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide to the Study of See also:

• BOOK

Book Plates (188o); and the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of his careful researches in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany was printed posthumously in his elaborate See also:

• FLORA

Flora of Cheshire (1899) . See also:

• POETRY

Poetry, however, was his first and last See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion, and to that he devoted the best energies of his life .

De Tabley's first impulse towards poetry came from his friend George See also:

• FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN (c. 1394-c. 1476)
• FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN (c. 1531-1607)

Fortescue, with whom he shared a close companionship during his Oxford days, and whom he lost, as Tennyson lost See also:

• HALLAM
• HALLAM, ROBERT (d. 1417)

Hallam, within a few years of their taking their degrees . Fortescue was killed by falling from the See also:

• MAST (2) (Anglo-Saxon maest, food, common to some Teutonic languages, and ultimately connected with " meat")
• MAST (I) (O. Eng. maest; a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. malus; from the medieval latinized form mast us comes Fr. malt)

mast of Lord See also:

• DROGHEDA

Drogheda's yacht in November 1859, and this gloomy event plunged De Tabley into deep depression . Between 1859 and 1862 De Tabley issued four little volumes of pseudonymous See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse (by G . F . See also:

• PRESTON
• PRESTON, JOHN (1587-1628)

Preston), in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of which he had been greatly stimulated by the sympathy of Fortescue . Once more he assumed a See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym—his Praeterita (1863) bearing the name of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster . In the next year he published Eclogues and Mono- dramas, followed in 1865 by Studies in Verse . These volumes all displayed technical See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and much natural beauty; but it was not till the publication of See also:

• PHILOCTETES

Philoctetes in 1866 that De Tabley met with any wide recognition . Philoctetes See also:

• BORE

bore the See also:

• INITIALS (Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)

initials " M.A.," which, to the author's dismay, were interpreted as meaning See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold . He at once disclosed his identity, and received the congratulations of his friends, among whom were Tennyson, See also:

• BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT (z8o6-r861)
• BROWNING, OSCAR (1837- )
• BROWNING, ROBERT (1812-1889)

Browning and See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone . In 1867 he published See also:

• ORESTES

Orestes, in 187o Rehearsals and in 1873 Searching the See also:

• NET

Net . These last two bore his own name, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Leicester Warren .

He was somewhat disappointed by their lukewarm reception, and when in 1876 The Soldier of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

Fortune, a See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama on which he had bestowed much careful labour, proved a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete failure, he retired altogether from the literary See also:

• ARENA (Lat. for " sand ")

arena . It was not until 1893, that he was persuaded to return, and the immediate success in that year of his Poems, Dramatic and Lyrical, encouraged him to publish a second See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series in 1895, the year of his See also:

• DEATH

death . The genuine See also:

• INTEREST

interest with which these volumes were welcomed did much to lighten the last years of a somewhat sombre and solitary life . His See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous poems were collected in 1902 . The characteristics of De Tabley's poetry are pre-eminently magnificence of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, derived from close study of See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, sonority, dignity, See also:

• WEIGHT

weight and See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . His passion for detail was both a strength and a weakness: it See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent a loving fidelity to his description of natural See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, but it sometimes' involved him in a loss of See also:

• SIMPLE

simple effect from over-elaboration of treatment . He was always a student of the classic poets, and See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew much of his See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration directly from them . He was a true and a whole-hearted artist, who, as a See also:

• BROTHER

brother poet well said, " still climbed the clear See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold altitudes of See also:

• SONG

song." His ambition was always for the heights, a region naturally See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice-See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound at periods, but always a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of clear See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere and See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright, vivid outlines . See an excellent See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch by E . See also:

• GOSSE, EDMUND (1849– )
• GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY (1810–r888)

Gosse in his See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

Critical See also:

• KIT (1) (probably an adaptation of the Middle Dutch kitie, a wooden tub, usually with a lid and handles; in modern Dutch kit means a tankard)

Kit-Kats (1896) .