EBENEZER See also:

• EBENEZER ELLIOTT (1781–1849)

ELLIOTT (1781–1849)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, the " See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn-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 rhymer," was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Masborough, near See also:

• ROTHERHAM
• ROTHERHAM, THOMAS (1423-1500)

Rotherham, See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, on the 17th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1781 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, who was an extreme Calvinist and a strong See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical, was engaged in the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young Ebenezer, although one of a large See also:

• FAMILY

family, had a solitary and rather morbid childhood . He was sent to various See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, but was generally regarded as a See also:

• DUNCE

dunce, and when he was sixteen years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he entered his father's foundry, working for seven years with no See also:

• WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

wages beyond a little See also:

• POCKET

pocket See also:

• MONEY

money . In a fragment of autobiography printed in the See also:

• ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum (12th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 185o) he says that he was entirely self-taught, and attributes his poetic development to See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long 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 walks undertaken in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, and to a collection of books, including the See also:

• WORKS

works of Young, See also:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• BARROW, SIR JOHN (1764-1848)

Barrow, See also:

• SHENSTONE, WILLIAM (1714-1763)

Shenstone and See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, bequeathed to his father by a poor clergyman . At seventeen he wrote his Vernal Walk in See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson . His earlier volumes of poems, dealing with romantic themes, received little but unfriendly comment . The faults of See also:

• NIGHT

Night, the earliest of these, are pointed out in a long and friendly See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter (3oth of January 1819) from See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• SOUTHEY, ROBERT (1774-1843)

Southey to the author . See also:

• ELLIOTT, EBENEZER (1781–1849)

Elliott's wife brought him some money, which was invested in his father's See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of the iron foundry . But the affairs of the See also:

• FIRM

firm were then in a desperate See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition, and money difficulties hastened his father's See also:

• DEATH

death . Elliott lost all his money, and when he was See also:

• FORTY

forty years old began business again in See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield on a small borrowed See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . He attributed his father's pecuniary losses and his own to the operation of the corn See also:

• LAWS

laws .

He took an active See also:

• PART

part in the Chartist agitation, but withdrew his support when the agitation for the See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal of the corn laws was removed from the Chartist See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme . The fervour of his See also:

• POLITICAL

political convictions effected a See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the See also:

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

style and See also:

• TENOR (through Fr. and It. from Lat. tenor, holding on, course, sense of a law, tone)

tenor of his 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 . The Corn-Law Rhymes (3rd ed., 1831), inspired by a fierce hatred of in-See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, are vigorous, See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and full of vivid description . In 1833—1835 he published The Splendid See also:

• VILLAGE

Village; Corn-Law Rhymes, and other Poems (3 vols.), which included " The Village See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

Patriarch " (1829), " The Ranter," an unsuccessful See also:

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

drama, " Keronah," and other pieces . He contributed verses from 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 to time to See also:

• TAIT, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL (1811-1882)
• TAIT, ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM (1819-1905)
• TAIT, PETER GUTHRIE (1831-1901)

Tait's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine and to the Sheffield and Rotherham See also:

• INDEPENDENT

Independent . In the meantime he had been successful in business, but he remained the sturdy See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion of the poor . In 1837 he again lost a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEAL

deal of money . This misfortune was also ascribed to the corn laws . He retired in 1841 with a small See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune and settled at Great See also:

• HOUGHTON, RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, 1ST BARON (1809—1885)

Houghton, near See also:

• BARNSLEY (BLACK, or properly BLEAK BARNSLEY)

Barnsley, where he died on the 1st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1849 . In 1850 appeared two volumes of More See also:

• PROSE

Prose and Verse by the Corn-Law Rhymer . Elliott lives by his determined opposition to the " See also:

• BREAD

bread-tax," as he called it, and his poems on the subject are saved from the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• FATE

fate of political See also:

• POETRY

poetry by their transparent sincerity and passionate earnestness . An See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• CARLYLE, ALEXANDER (1722-1805)
• CARLYLE, JOSEPH DACRE (1759-18o4)
• CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881)

Carlyle in the See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (See also:

• JULY

July 1832) is the best See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism on Elliott .

Carlyle was attracted by Elliott's homely sincerity and genuine See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, though he had small See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of his political See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, and lamented his lack of See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour and of the sense of proportion . He thought his poetry too imitative, detecting not only the truthful severity of See also:

• CRABBE, GEORGE (1754-1832)

Crabbe, but a " slight bravura dash of the See also:

• FAIR

fair tuneful See also:

• HEMANS, FELICIA DOROTHEA (1793-1835)

Hemans." His descriptions of his native See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county reveal See also:

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

close observation and a vivid See also:

• PERCEPTION (from Lat. percipere, to perceive)

perception of natural beauty . See an obituary See also:

• NOTICE

notice in the See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman's Magazine (Feb . 1850) . Two See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies were published in 185o, one by his son-in-law, 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 See also:

• WATKINS

Watkins, and another by " January Searle " (G . S . See also:

• PHILLIPS
• PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)
• PHILLIPS, EDWARD (163o-1696)
• PHILLIPS, JOHN (1800—1874)
• PHILLIPS, SAMUEL (1814—1854)
• PHILLIPS, STEPHEN (1868– )
• PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1770-1845)
• PHILLIPS, WENDELL (1811-1884)

Phillips) . A new edition of his works by his son, See also:

• EDWIN, AEDUINI
• EDWIN, JOHN (1749–1790)

Edwin Elliott, appeared in 1876 .