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 ADDINGTON See also:

• JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)
• SYMONDS, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1818-1887)

SYMONDS (184o-180, See also:

• ENGLISH

English critic and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol, on the 5th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)  , the author of an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on Criminal Responsibility (1869), The Principles of Beauty (1857) and See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

Sleep and Dreams (2nd ed., 1857) . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother, Harriet See also:

• SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)
• SYMONDS, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1818-1887)

Symonds, was the eldest daughter of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Sykes of See also:

• LEATHERHEAD

Leatherhead . He was a delicate boy, and at See also:

• HARROW

Harrow, where he was entered in 18J4, took no See also:

• PART

part in school See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games and showed no particular promise as a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar . In 1858 he proceeded to Balliol as a commoner, but was elected to an See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition in the following See also:

• YEAR

year . The 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 training and association with the brilliant set of men then at Balliol called out the latent faculties in Symonds, and his university career was one of continual distinction . In 186o he took a first in " Mods," and won the See also:

• NEWDIGATE, SIR ROGER (1719-1806)

Newdigate with a poem on The See also:

• ESCORIAL

Escorial; in 1862 he was placed in the first class in Literae Humaniores, and in the following year was winner of the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor's See also:

• ENGLISH

English Essay . In 1862 he had been elected to an open fellowship at Magdalen . The See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain of study unfortunately proved too See also:

• GREAT

great for him, and, immediately after his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election to a fellowship, his See also:

• HEALTH

health See also:

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

broke down, and he was obliged to seek 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 in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland . There he met See also:

• JANET, PAUL (1823—1899)

Janet See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine See also:

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

North, whom, after a romantic See also:

• BETROTHAL (A.S. treowth, " truth ")

betrothal in the mountains, he married at See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings on the loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1864 . He then attempted to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in See also:

• LONDON

London and study 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, but his health again broke down and obliged him to travel . Returning to See also:

• CLIFTON

Clifton, he lectured there, both at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and to ladies' See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, and the fruits of his See also:

• WORK

work in this direction remain in his Introduction to the Study of See also:

• DANTE

Dante (1872) and his admirably vivid Studies of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Poets (1873—1876) . Meanwhile he was occupied upon the work to which his talents and sympathies were especially attracted, his See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, which appeared in seven volumes at intervals between 1875 and 1886 .

The Renaissance had been the subject of Symonds' See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize essay at Oxford, and the study which he had then given to the theme aroused in him a See also:

• DESIRE

desire to produce something like a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete picture of the reawakening of See also:

• ART

art and literature in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . His work, how-ever, was again interrupted by illness, and this 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 in a more serious See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . In 1877 his See also:

• LIFE

life was in acute danger, and upon his removal to See also:

• DAVOS (Romonsch Tavau, a name variously explained as meaning a sheep pasture or simply " behind ")

Davos Platz and subsequent recovery there it was See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt that this was the only See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where he was likely to be able to enjoy life . From that time onward he practically made his See also:

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

home at Davos, and a charming picture of his life there will be found in Our Life in the Swiss See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands (1891) . Symonds, indeed, became in no See also:

• COMMON

common sense a See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen of the See also:

• TOWN

town; he took part in its municipal business, made See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends with the peasants, and shared their interests . There he wrote most of his books: See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies of See also:

• SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1797-1851)
• SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822)

Shelley (1878), See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney (1886), See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben See also:

• JONSON

Jonson (1886), and See also:

• MICHELANGELO (MICHELAGNIOLO BUONARROTI) (1475-1564)

Michelangelo (1893), several volumes of See also:

• POETRY

poetry and of essays, and a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Autobiography of Benvenuto See also:

• CELLINI, BENVENUTO (1500-1571)

Cellini (1887) . There, too, he completed his study of the Renaissance, the work by which he will be longest remembered . He was assiduously, feverishly active through-out the whole of his life, and the amount of work which he achieved was wonderful when the uncertainty of his health is remembered . He had a See also:

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

passion for Italy, and for many years resided during the autumn in 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, Horatio F . See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown, on the Zattare, in See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice . He died at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome on the 19th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1893, and was buried See also:

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

close to Shelley . He See also:

• LEFT

left his papers and his autobiography in the hands of Mr Brown, who published in 1895 an excellent and comprehensive See also:

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

biography .

Two See also:

• WORKS

works from his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen, a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of essays, In the See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

Key of See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue, and a monograph on Walt See also:

• WHITMAN, MARCUS (1802-1847)
• WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1892)

Whitman, were published in the year of his See also:

• DEATH

death . His activity was unbroken to the last . In life Symonds was morbidly introspective, a See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet among See also:

• MODERN

modern men of letters, but with a capacity for See also:

• ACTION

action which Hamlet was denied . See also:

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

Robert See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• STEVENSON, ADLA1 EWING (1835- )
• STEVENSON, ROBERT (1772-1850)
• STEVENSON, ROBERT LEWIS BALFOUR (1850-1894)

Stevenson described him, in the Opalstein of Talks and Talkers, as " the best of talkers, singing the praises of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth and the arts, See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers and jewels, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

• MUSIC

music, in a moonlight, serenading manner, as to the See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• GUITAR (Fr. guitarre, Ger. Guitarre, Ital. chitarra, Span. guitarra)

guitar." But under his excellent See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good-fellowship lurked a haunting See also:

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

melancholy . Full of ardour and ambition, sympathy and desire, he was perpetually tormented by the See also:

• RIDDLES (A.S. raedan, to interpret)

riddles of existence; through life he was always a seeker, ardent but unsatisfied . , This See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of his nature stands revealed in his gnomic poetry, and particularly in the sonnets of his Animi Figura (1882), where he has portrayed his own See also:

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

character with great subtlety . His poetry is perhaps rather that of the student than of the inspired See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, but it has moments of deep thought and emotion . It is, indeed, in passages and extracts that Symonds appears at his best . See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

Rich in description, full of " See also:

• PURPLE

purple patches," his work has not that See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony and unity that are essential to the conduct of philosophical See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument . He saw the part more clearly than the whole; but his view, if partial, is always vivid and concentrated . His See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations are among the finest in the See also:

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

language; here his subject was found for him, and he was able to lavish on it the See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of See also:

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

colour and See also:

• QUICK

quick sympathy which were his characteristics . He was a See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover of beauty, a poet and a philosopher; but in his life and his work alike he missed that See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute harmony of conviction and concentration under which alone the highest See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of literature is produced .

(A .