See also:

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

ROBERT See also:

• ROBERT NICOLL (1814-1837)
• NICOLL, SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1851– )

NICOLL (1814-1837)  , Scottish poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 7th of See also:

• JANUARY

January, 1814, at the See also:

• FARM

farm of Little Tullybeltane, in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Auchtergaven, See also:

• PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire . When See also:

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

Robert was five years old his See also:

• FATHER

father was reduced to poverty . He became a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day-labourer, and was only able to give his son a very slight See also:

• EDUCATION

education . At sixteen the boy was apprenticed to a See also:

• GROCER

grocer and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine-See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant at See also:

• PERTH
• PERTH, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Perth . In 1833 he began to contribute to See also:

• JOHNSTONE

Johnstone's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine (afterwards See also:

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

Tait's Magazine), and in the next See also:

• YEAR

year his See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship was cancelled . He visited See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, and was kindly received there, but obtained no employment . He opened a circulating library at See also:

• DUNDEE
• DUNDEE, JOHN GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE, VISCOUNT (c. 1649-1689)

Dundee, but in 1836 he became editor of the See also:

• LEEDS
• LEEDS, THOMAS OSBORNE

Leeds Times . He held pronounced See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

Radical opinions, and overtaxed his slender See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical resources in electioneering See also:

• WORK

work for See also:

• SIR

Sir 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:

• MOLESWORTH, MARY LOUISA (1839- )
• MOLESWORTH, ROBERT MOLESWORTH, 1ST VISCOUNT (1656-1725)
• MOLESWORTH, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Molesworth in the summer of 1837 . He was obliged to resign his editorship, and died at the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of his friend William Tait, at Trinity, near Edinburgh, on the 7th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1837, in his twenty-See also:

• FOURTH

fourth year . He had published a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of Poems in 1835; and in 1844 appeared a further volume, Poems and Lyrics, with an See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous memoir of the author by Mrs C . I . Johnstone .

The best of his lyrics are those written in the Scottish See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect . They are See also:

• SIMPLE

simple in feeling and expression, genuine folk-songs . An eloquent appreciation of his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and his See also:

• POETRY

poetry was included in See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• KINGSLEY, CHARLES (1819-1875)
• KINGSLEY, HENRY (183o-1876)
• KINGSLEY, MARY HENRIETTA (1862-1900)

Kingsley's See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on " See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

Burns and his School " in the See also:

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

North See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

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

Review for See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1851 . See also P . R . See also:

• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1786-r86o)
• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1851-1897)
• DRUMMOND, THOMAS (r797-1840)
• DRUMMOND, WILLIAM (1585-1649)

Drummond, See also:

• LIFE

Life of Robert See also:

• NICOLL, ROBERT (1814-1837)
• NICOLL, SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1851– )

Nicoll, Poet (1884) .