DOROTHY See also:

• WORDSWORTH, CHARLES (1806–1892)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1774–1846)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1807–1885)
• DOROTHY WORDSWORTH (1771-1855)
• WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-185o)

WORDSWORTH (1771-1855)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English writer and diarist, was the third See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child and only daughter of 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:

• WORDSWORTH, CHARLES (1806–1892)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1774–1846)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1807–1885)
• WORDSWORTH, DOROTHY (1771-1855)
• WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-185o)

Wordsworth of See also:

• COCKERMOUTH

Cockermouth and his wife, See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne Cookson-Crackanthorpe . The poet 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 Wordsworth was her See also:

• BROTHER

brother and a See also:

• YEAR

year her See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of her See also:

• FATHER

father in 1783, Dorothy found a See also:

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

home at See also:

• PENRITH

Penrith, 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 her maternal grandfather, and afterwards 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 with a See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady at See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax . In 1787, on the death of the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder William Cookson, she was adopted by her See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, and lived in his See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk 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 Forncett . She and her brother William, who dedicated to his See also:

• SISTER

sister the Evening Walk of 1792, were See also:

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

early See also:

• DRAWN

drawn to one another, and .in 1794 they visited the Lakes together . They determined that it would be best to combine their small capitals, and that Dorothy should keep house for the poet . From this time forth her See also:

• LIFE

life ran on lines closely parallel to those of her See also:

• GREAT

great brother, whose 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 she continued to be till his death . It is thought that they made the acquaintance of See also:

• COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849)
• COLERIDGE, JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, 1ST BARON
• COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
• COLERIDGE, SARA (1802–1852)
• COLERIDGE, SIR JOHN TAYLOR (1790-1876)

Coleridge in 1797 . From the autumn of 1795 to See also:

• JULY

July 1797 William and Dorothy Wordsworth took up their See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode at Racedown, in See also:

• DORSETSHIRE (DORSET)

Dorsetshire . At the latter date they moved to a large See also:

• MANOR

manor-house, Alfoxden, in the N. slope of the Quantock hills, in W . See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, S . T .

See also:

• COLE, SIR HENRY (1808–1882)
• COLE, THOMAS (1801–1848)
• COLE, TIMOTHY (1852– )
• COLE, VICAT (1833–1893)

Cole-See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge about the same time settling near by in the See also:

• TOWN

town of Nether Stowey . On the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1798 Dorothy Wordsworth began her invaluable See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal, used by successive biographers of her brother, but first printed in its quasi-entirety by See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor W . See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight in 1897 . The Wordsworths, Coleridge, and See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany on the 14th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1798; and of this See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey also Dorothy Wordsworth preserved an See also:

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

account, portions of which were published in 1897 . On the 14th of May 1800 she started another Journal at See also:

• GRASMERE

Grasmere, which she kept very fully until the 31st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December of the same year . She resumed it on the 1st of January 1802 for another twelve months, closing on the lrth of January 1803 . These were printed first in 1889 . She composed Recollections of a Tour in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, in 1803, with her brother and Coleridge; this was first published in 1874 . Her next contribution to the See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• HISTORY

history was her Journal of a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

Mountain Ramble, in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 18os, an account of a walking tour in the See also:

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

Lake See also:

• DISTRICT

district with her brothel . In July 1820 the Wordsworths made a tour on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, of which Dorothy preserved a very careful See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record, portions of which were given to the See also:

• WORLD

world in 1884, the writer having refused to publish it in 1824 on the ground that her " See also:

• OBJECT

object was not to make a See also:

• BOOK

book, but to leave to her niece a neatly-penned memorial of those few interesting months of our lives." Meanwhile, without her brother, but in the See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• JOANNA (1479-1555)

Joanna See also:

• HUTCHINSON
• HUTCHINSON, ANNE (c. 1600-1643)
• HUTCHINSON, JOHN (1615-1664)
• HUTCHINSON, JOHN (1674-1737)
• HUTCHINSON, SIR JONATHAN (1828– )
• HUTCHINSON, THOMAS (1711-1780)

Hutchinson, Dorothy Wordsworth had travelled over Scotland in 1822, and had composed a Journal of that tour . Other See also:

• MSS

MSS. exist and have been examined carefully by the editors and biographers of the poets, but the records which we have mentioned and her letters See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics of Dorothy Wordsworth . In 1829 she was attacked by very serious illness, and was never again in See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• HEALTH

health .

After 1836 she could not be considered to be in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of her See also:

• MENTAL

mental faculties, and became a pathetic member of the interesting See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household at Grasmere . She outlived the poet, however, by several years, dying at Grasmere on the 25th of January 1855 . It would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of Dorothy Wordsworth's companionship to her illustrious brother . He has left numerous tributes to it, and to the sympathetic originality of her perceptions . " She," he said, " gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart the See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy." The value of the records preserved by Dorothy Wordsworth, especially in earlier years, is hardly to be over-estimated by those who See also:

• DESIRE

desire to form an exact impression of the revival of English See also:

• POETRY

poetry . When Wordsworth and Coleridge refashioned imaginative literature at the See also:

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

close of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, they were daily and hourly accompanied by a feminine presence exquisitely attuned to sympathize with their efforts, and by an intelligence which was able and anxious to move in step with theirs . " S . T . C. and my beloved sister," William Wordsworth wrote in 1832, " are the two beings to whom my See also:

• INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

intellect is most indebted." In her pages we can put our See also:

• FINGER

finger on the very See also:

• PULSE

pulse of the See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine; we are See also:

• PRESENT

present while the New Poetry is evolved, and the sensitive descriptions in her See also:

• PROSE

prose lack nothing but the accomplishment of 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 . Moreover, it is certain that the sharpness and fineness of Dorothy's observation, " the See also:

• SHOOTING

shooting See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights of her See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild eyes," actually afforded material to the poets . Coleridge, for instance, when he wrote his famous lines about " The one red See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf, the last of its See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan," used almost the very words in which, on the 7th 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 1798, Dorothy Wordsworth had recorded• " One only leaf upon the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree . . . danced See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round and round like a rag blown by the See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind." It is not merely by the See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical value of her notes that Dorothy Wordsworth lives .

She claims an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

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

place in the history of English prose as one of the very earliest writers who noted, in See also:

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

language delicately chosen, and with no other object than to pre-serve their fugitive beauty, the little picturesque phenomena of homely 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 life . When we speak with very high praise of her See also:

• ART

art in this direction, it is only See also:

• FAIR

fair to add that it is called forth almost entirely by what she wrote between 1798 and 1803, for a decline similar to that which See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell upon her brother's poetry early invaded her prose; and her later See also:

• JOURNALS

journals, like her Letters, are less interesting because less inspired . A Life by E . See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee was published in 1886; but it is only since 1897, when Professor Knight collected and edited her scattered MSS., that Dorothy Wordsworth has taken her independent place in literary history . (E .