See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• EDWARD YOUNG (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

YOUNG (1683–1765)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, author of See also:

• NIGHT

Night Thoughts, son of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young, afterwards See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at his See also:

• FATHER

father's rectory at Upham, near See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, and was baptized on the 3rd of See also:

• JULY

July 1683 . He was educated on the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation at Winchester See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, and matriculated in 1702 at New College, 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 . He soon removed to Corpus Christi, and in 1708 was nominated by See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• TENISON, THOMAS (1636-1715)

Tenison to a 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 fellowship at All Souls', for the See also:

• SAKE

sake of Dean Young, who died in 1705 . He took his degree of D.C.L. in 1719 . His first publication was an See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle to . . . . 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 Lansdoune (1713) . It was followed by a Poem on the Last 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 (17,3), dedicated to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne; The Force of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion: or Vanquish'd Love (1714), a poem on the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of 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 Jane See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey and her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, dedicated to the countess of Salisbury; and an epistle to See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison, On the See also:

• LATE

late Queen's See also:

• DEATH

Death and His See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

Accession to the See also:

• THRONE

Throne (1714), in which he made indecent haste to praise the new 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 . The fulsome See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of these dedications See also:

• ILL

ill accords with the pious See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone of the poems, and they are omitted in the edition of his See also:

• WORKS

works See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up by himself . About 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 began his connexion with 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:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WHARTON (FAMILY)
• WHARTON, FRANCIS (1820–1889)
• WHARTON, HENRY (1664–1695)

Wharton, whom he accompanied to See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin in 1717 . In 1719 his See also:

• PLAY

play of See also:

• BUSIRIS

Busiris was produced at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, and in 1721 his Revenge . The latter play was dedicated to Wharton, to whom it owed, said Young, its " most beautiful incident." Wharton promised him two annuities of See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo each and a sum of £600 in See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of his expenses as a See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

election at See also:

• CIRENCESTER (traditionally pronounced Ciceter)

Cirencester .

In view of these promises Young said that he had refused two livings in the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of All Souls' College, Oxford, and had also sacrificed a See also:

• LIFE

life See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity offered by the See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter if he would See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to his son . Wharton failed to See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge his obligations, and Young, who pleaded his See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case before Lord See also:

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

Chancellor See also:

• HARDWICKE, PHILIP YORKE, 1ST EARL

Hardwicke in 1740, gained the annuity but not the £600 . Between 1725 and 1728 Young published a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of seven satires on The Universal See also:

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

Passion . They were dedicated to the duke of See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset, Bubb Dodington (afterwards Lord See also:

• MELCOMBE, GEORGE BUBB DODDINGTON, BARON (169r–1762)

Melcombe), See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• SPENCER
• SPENCER, HERBERT (1820-1903)
• SPENCER, JOHN CHARLES SPENCER, 3RD EARL (1782-1845)
• SPENCER, JOHNPOYNTZ SPENCER
• SPENCER, WILLIAM ROBERT (1769-1834)

Spencer See also:

• COMPTON, HENRY (1632-1713)

Compton, Lady See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth Germain and Sir See also:

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

Robert See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole, and were collected in 1728 as Love of Fame, the Universal Passion . This is qualified by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson as a " very See also:

• GREAT

great performance," and abounds in striking and pithy couplets . See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

Herbert See also:

• CROFT (or CROFTS), WILLIAM (1678–1727)
• CROFT, SIR HERBERT
• CROFT, SIR JAMES (d. 1590)

Croft asserted that Young made £3000 by his satires, which compensated losses he had suffered in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea Bubble . In 1726 he received, through Walpole, a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £200 a See also:

• YEAR

year . To the end of his life he continued to urge on the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government his claims to preferment, but the king and his advisers persisted in regarding this sum as an adequate See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement . Young was nearly fifty when he decided to take See also:

• HOLY

holy orders . It was reported that the author of Night Thoughts was not, in his earlier days, " the See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament to religion and morality which he afterwards became," and his intimacy with the duke of Wharton and with Lord Melcombe did not improve his reputation . A statement attributed to- See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope probably gives the correct view; " He had much of a See also:

• SUBLIME (Lat. sublimis, exalted)

sublime See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, though without See also:

• COMMON

common sense; so that his genius, having no See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide, was perpetually liable to degenerate into bombast . This made him pass a foolish youth, the See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport of peers and poets; but his having a very See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart enabled him to support the clerical See also:

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

character when he assumed it, first with decency and afterwards with See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour " (O .

Ruffhead, Life of A . Pope, p . 291) . In 1728 he was made one of the royal chaplains, and in 1730 was presented to the college living of Welwyn, See also:

• HERTFORDSHIRE [HERrs]

Hertfordshire . He married in 1731 Lady Elizabeth 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, daughter of the 1st See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• LICHFIELD

Lichfield . Her daughter, by a former See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with her See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Lee, married See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple, son of the 1st See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

viscount See also:

• PALMERSTON
• PALMERSTON, HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, 3RD VISCOUNT (1784-1865)

Palmerston . Mrs Temple died at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons in 1736 on her way to See also:

• NICE

Nice . Her husband and Lady Elizabeth Young died in 1740 . These successive deaths are supposed to be the events referred to in the Night Thoughts as taking See also:

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

place " ere thrice See also:

• YON (1822-1847)

yon See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon had filled her See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn " (Night i.) . In the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to the poem Young states that the occasion of the poem was real, and Philander and Narcissa have been rather rashly identified with Mr and Mrs Temple . M . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas suggests that Philander represents Thomas See also:

• TICKELL, THOMAS (1686-174o)

Tickell, who was an old friend of Young's, and died three months after Lady Elizabeth Young .

It was further supposed that the infidel Lorenzo was a See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of Young's own son, a statement disproved by the fact that he was a 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 of eight years old at the time of publication . The Complaint, or Night Thoughts on Life, Death and See also:

• IMMORTALITY (Lat. in-, not, mortalis, mortal, from mors, death)

Immortality, was published in 1742, and was followed by other " Nights," the eighth and ninth appearing in 1745 . In 1753 his tragedy of The See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers, written many years before, but suppressed because he was about to enter the 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, was produced at Drury Lane . Night Thoughts had made him famous, but he lived in almost uninterrupted retirement, although he continued vainly to solicit preferment . He was, however, made clerk of the closet to the princess See also:

• DOWAGER (from the Old Fr. douagiere, mod. douairiere)

dowager in 1761 . He was never cheerful, it was said, after his wife's death . He disagreed with his son, who had remonstrated, apparently, on the excessive See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence exerted by his housekeeper See also:

• MISS

Miss (known as Mrs) Hallows . The old See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man refused to see his son before he died, but is said to have forgiven him, and See also:

• LEFT

left him his See also:

• MONEY

money . A description of him is to be found in the letters of his See also:

• CURATE (from the Lat. curare, to take care of)

curate, 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:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones, to Dr Samuel See also:

• BIRCH
• BIRCH (Betula)
• BIRCH, SAMUEL (1813–1885)
• BIRCH, THOMAS (1705-1766)

Birch . He died at Welwyn on the 5th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1765 . Young is said to have been a brilliant talker . He had an extraordinary knack of See also:

• EPIGRAM

epigram, and though the Night Thoughts is See also:

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

long and disconnected it abounds in brilliant isolated passages .

Its success was enormous . It was translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, Portuguese, See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish and Magyar . In See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France it became one of the See also:

• CLASSICS

classics of the romantic school . The suspicion of insincerity that damped the See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm of English readers acquainted with the facts of his career did not exist for French readers . If he did not invent " See also:

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

melancholy and moonlight " in literature, he did much to spread the fashionable See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for them . Madame See also:

• KLOPSTOCK, GOTTLIEB FRIEDRICH (1724–1803)

Klopstock thought the king ought to make him archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, and some German critics preferred him to See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton . Young wrote good See also:

• BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

blank 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, and Samuel Johnson pronounced Night Thoughts to be one of " the few poems " in which blank verse could not be changed for See also:

• RHYME

rhyme but with disadvantage . Other works by Young are: The See also:

• INSTALMENT (for earlier stallment or estallment, from Fr. estaler, to fix, arrange; the change is probably due to the influence of the verb " install ")

Instalment (to Sir R . Walpole, 1726); Cynthio (1727); A Vindication of See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence . (1728), a See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon; An See also:

• APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, defence)

Apology for See also:

• PUNCH

Punch (1729), a sermon; Imperium Pelagi, a See also:

• NAVAL

Naval Lyrick . (1730) ; Two Epistles to Mr Pope concerning the Authors of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

Age (1730) ; A Sea-Piece . . .

(1733) The See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign Address, or The Best See also:

• ARGUMENT

Argument for See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace (1734) The Centaur not Fabulous; in Five Letters to a Friend (1755); An Argument . for the Truth of His [See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's] Religion (1758), a sermon preached before the king; Conjectures on See also:

• ORIGINAL

Original Composi- tion . (1759), addressed to Samuel See also:

• RICHARDSON, GEORGE
• RICHARDSON, HENRY HOBSON (1838-1886)
• RICHARDSON, SAMUEL (1689-1761)
• RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN (1787-1865)

Richardson; and Resignation . . . (1762), a poem . Night Thoughts was illustrated by 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:

• BLAKE, EDWARD (1833– )
• BLAKE, ROBERT (1599-1657)
• BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827)

Blake in 1797, and by Thomas See also:

• STOTHARD, CHARLES ALFRED (1786—1821)
• STOTHARD, THOMAS (1755—1834)

Stothard in 1799 . The Poetical Works of the Rev . Edward Young . were revised by himself for publication, and a completed edition appeared in 1i78 . The See also:

• COMPLETE

Complete Works, See also:

• POETRY

Poetry and See also:

• PROSE

Prose, of the Rev . Edward Young with a life by John See also:

• DORAN, JOHN (1807-1878)

Doran, appeared in 1854 . His Poetical Works are included in the Aldine Edition of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Poets, with a life by J . See also:

• MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL (1787-1855)
• MITFORD, WILLIAM (1744-1827)

Mitford (1830–1836, 1857 and 1866) . Sir Herbert Croft wrote the life included in Johnson's Lives of the Poets, but the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical remarks are by Johnson .

For Young s influence on foreign literature see See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Texte, See also:

• JEAN

Jean Jacques See also:

• ROUSSEAU, JACQUES (1633-1693)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE (1671-1741)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES (1712-1778)
• ROUSSEAU, PIERRE ETIENNE THEODORE (1812–1867); French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris on the 15th of April 1812, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitu

Rousseau, A Study of the See also:

• LITERARY

Literary Relations between France and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England during the Eighteenth See also:

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

Century (Eng. trans., 1889), pp . 304–14; and J . Barnstoff, Young's Nachtgedanken and ihr Einfluss auf See also:

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

die deutsche Litteratur (1895) . See also W . Thomas, Le Pate Edward Young (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1901), who gives an exhaustive study of Young's life and See also:

• WORK

work .