See also:

• SIR

SIR 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:

• SIR JOHN NARBOROUGH (d. 1688)

NARBOROUGH (d. 1688)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, was descended from an old See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk See also:

• FAMILY

family . He received his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in 1664, and in 1666 was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant for gallantry in the See also:

• ACTION

action with the Dutch See also:

• FLEET

fleet off the See also:

• DOWNS

Downs in See also:

• JUNE

June of that See also:

• YEAR

year . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace he was chosen to conduct a voyage of exploration in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Seas . He set See also:

• SAIL

sail from See also:

• DEPTFORD

Deptford on the 26th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1669, and entered the Straits of See also:

• MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan in See also:

• OCTOBER

October of the following year, but returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in June 1671 without accomplishing his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original purpose . A narrative of the expedition was published at See also:

• LONDON

London in 1694 under the See also:

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

title An See also:

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

Account of several See also:

• LATE

late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North . During the second Dutch See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War See also:

• NARBOROUGH, SIR JOHN (d. 1688)

Narborough was second See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of the 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 high-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral's See also:

• SHIP

ship the There are five well-marked sections . i . The hoop-See also:

• PETTICOAT

petticoat narcissi, sometimes separated as the genus Corbularia, are not more than from 3 to 6 in. in height, and have grassy foliage and yellow or See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . These have the coronet in the centre of the See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower very large in proportion to the other parts, and much See also:

• EXPANDED

expanded, like the old hooped petticoats . They are now all regarded as varieties or forms of the See also:

• COMMON

common hoop-petticoat, N . Bulbocodium, which has comparatively large See also:

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

bright yellow flowers; N. tenuifolius is smaller and somewhat paler and with slender erect leaves; N. citrinus is See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale See also:

• LEMON
• LEMON, MARK (1809-1870)

lemon yellow and larger; while N. mono phyllus is white . The small bulbs should be taken up in summer and replanted in autumn and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter, according to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season .

They See also:

• BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

bloom about 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 or See also:

• APRIL

April in the open See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . The See also:

• SOIL

soil should be See also:

• FREE

free and open, so that See also:

• WATER

water may pass off readily . 2 . A second See also:

• GROUP

group is that of the Pseudonarcissi, constituting the genus See also:

• AJAX
• AJAX (Gr. Alas)

Ajax of some botanists, of which the See also:

• DAFFODIL

daffodil, N . Pseudo-See also:

• NARCISSUS

narcissus is the type . The daffodil (fig . 2) is common in See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods and " See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince," and conducted himself with such conspicuous valour at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Solebay (Southwold See also:

• BAY

Bay) in May 1672 that he won See also:

• SPECIAL

special approbation, and shortly afterwards was made See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral and knighted . In 1675 he was sent to suppress the Tripoline piracies, and by the bold expedient of despatching See also:

• GUN

gun-boats into the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of See also:

• TRIPOLI
• TRIPOLI (Tarabulus el-Gharb, i.e. Tripoli of the West)
• TRIPOLI, or TARABULUS (anc. Tripolis)

Tripoli at midnight and burning the See also:

• SHIPS

ships he induced the See also:

• DEY (an adaptation of the Turk. dai, a maternal uncle)

dey to agree to a treaty . Shortly after his return he undertook a similar expedition against the Algerines . In 168o he was appointed See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of the See also:

• NAVY

navy, an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he held till his See also:

• DEATH

death in r688 . He was buried at Knowlton 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:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, where a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument has been erected to his memory . See See also:

• CHARNOCK (or CHERNOCK), ROBERT (c.1663–1696)
• CHARNOCK, JOB (d. 1693)

Charnock, Biog .

New. i.; Hist . See also:

• MSS

MSS . See also:

• COMM

Comm . 12th Rept . NARCISSUS, in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, son of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• GOD

god Cephissus and the nymph Leiriope, distinguished for his beauty . The seer See also:

• TEIRESIAS

Teiresias told his See also:

• MOTHER

mother that he would have a See also:

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

long See also:

• LIFE

life, provided he never looked upon his own features . His rejection of the love of the nymph See also:

• ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

Echo (q.v.) See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew upon him the vengeance of the gods . Having fallen in love with his own reflection in the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of a See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, he pined away (or killed him-self) and the flower that bears his name sprang up on the spot where he died . According to See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias, Narcissus, to See also:

• CONSOLE (a French form, supposed to be an abbreviation of consolide, from Lat. consolidare, to strengthen)

console himself for the death of a favourite twin-See also:

• SISTER

sister, his exact See also:

• COUNTER

counter-See also:

• PART

part, sat gazing into the spring to recall her features by his own . Narcissus, representing the early spring-flower, which for a brief space beholds itself mirrored in the water and then fades, is one of the many youths whose premature death is recorded in Greek mythology (cf . See also:

• ADONIS

Adonis, See also:

• LINUS

Linus, See also:

• HYACINTHUS

Hyacinthus); the flower itself was regarded as a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of such death . It was the last flower gathered by Persephone before she was carried off by Hades, and was sacred to See also:

• DEMETER

Demeter and Core (the cult name of Persephone), the See also:

• GREAT

great goddesses of the underworld .

From its associations Wieseler takes Narcissus himself to be a spirit of the underworld, of death and See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest . It is possible that the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story • may have originated in the superstition (alluded to by Artemfdorus, Oneirocritica, ii . 7) that it was an See also:

• OMEN (a Latin word, either connected with os, mouth, or more probably with auris (Gr. ois, ear; apparently, meaning " a thing heard " or " spoken ")

omen of death to See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

dream of seeing one's reflection in water . See See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. iii . 341-510; Pausanias ix . 31; See also:

• CONON

Conon, Narrations, 24; F . Wieseler, Narkissos (1856); Greve in See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's LexiPbn der Myihologie; J . G . Frazer, The See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden Bough (1900), i . 293 .