See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH VON See also:

• FRIEDRICH VON MATTHISSON (1761–1831)

MATTHISSON (1761–1831)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Hohendodeleben near See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg, the son of the See also:

• VILLAGE

village pastor, on the 23rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1761 . After studying See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology at the university of See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, he was appointed in 1781 See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master at the classical school Philanthropin in See also:

• DESSAU

Dessau . This once famous See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary was, however, then rapidly decaying in public favour, and in 1784 See also:

• MATTHISSON, FRIEDRICH VON (1761–1831)

Matthisson was glad to accept a travelling tutorship . He lived for two years with the Swiss author See also:

• BONSTETTEN, CHARLES VICTOR DE (1745-1832)

Bonstetten at Nyon on the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva . In 1794 he was appointed reader and travelling See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion to the princess Louisa of See also:

• ANHALT

Anhalt-Dessau . In 1812 he entered the service of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg, was ennobled, created counsellor of See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation, appointed See also:

• INTENDANT (from Lat. intendens, pres. part. of intendere, to apply the mind to, to watch over; cf. " superintendent ")

intendant of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre and See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief librarian of the royal library at See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart . In 1828 he retired and settled at Worlitz near Dessau, where he died on the 12th 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 1831 . Matthisson enjoyed for a 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 a See also:

• GREAT

great popularity on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his poems, Gedichte (1787; 15th ed., 1851; new ed., 1876), which See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller extravagantly praised for their See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy sweetness and their See also:

• FINE

fine descriptions of scenery . The 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 is melodious and the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language musical, but the thought and sentiments they See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express are too often artificial and insincere . His See also:

• ADELAIDE
• ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

Adelaide has been rendered famous owing to See also:

• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)

Beethoven's setting of the See also:

• SONG

song . Of his elegies, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Elegie in den Ruinen eines See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien Bergschlosses is still a favourite . His reminiscences, Erinnerungen (5 vols., 1810-1816), contain interesting accounts of his travels .

Matthisson's Schriften appeared in eight volumes (1825-1829), of which the first contains his poems, the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder his Erinnerungen ; a ninth See also:

• VOLUME

volume was added in 1833 containing his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography by H . Doring . His Literarischer Nachlass, with a selection from his See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence, was published in four volumes by F . R . Schoch in 1832 .