The Life of George Borrow [214]
The Romany Rye in The Little Library, Methuen & Co., Ltd.
{69a} The Romany Rye, page 162.
{69b} The Romany Rye, page 162.
{69c} The Romany Rye, page 50.
{69d} "Let but the will of a human being be turned to any particular object, and it is ten to one that sooner or later he achieves it."-- Lavengro, page 16.
{73a} They appeared as Romantic Ballads, translated from the Danish, and Miscellaneous Pieces, by George Borrow. Norwich. S. Wilkin, 1826. Included in the volume were translations from the Kiaempe Viser and from Oehlenschlaeger.
{74a} Correspondence and Table-Talk of B. R. Haydon. London, 1876. The position of the letter in the Haydon Journal is between November 1825 and January 1826; but it is more likely that it was written some months later. Unfortunately, Borrow's portrait cannot be traced in any of Haydon's pictures.
{75a} Lavengro, page 9.
{75b} There was a tradition that Borrow became a foreign correspondent for the Morning Herald, and it was in this capacity that he travelled on the Continent in 1826-7; but Dr Knapp clearly showed that such a theory was untenable.
{75c} The Gypsies of Spain, page 11.
{75d} The Bible in Spain, page 219.
{75e} Letter to his mother, August 1833.
{75f} The Bible in Spain, page 172.
{75g} The Gypsies of Spain, page 31.
{76a} The Bible in Spain, page 703.
{76b} The Bible in Spain, page 67.
{76c} The Gypsies of Spain, page 19.
{76d} Excursions Along the Shores of the Mediterranean, by Lt.-Col. E. H. D. E. Napier. London, 1842.
{76e} The Gypsies of Spain, pages 10-11.
{76f} Patteran, or Patrin; a gypsy method of indicating by means of grass, leaves, or a mark in the dust to those behind the direction taken by the main body.
{76g} The Gypsies of Spain, page 31.
{77a} If he went abroad, he certainly did so without obtaining a passport from the Foreign Office. The only passports issued to him between the years 1825-1840 were:
27th July 1833, to St Petersburg; 2nd November 1836 and 20th December 1838, to Spain,
as far as the F. O. Registers show.
{77b} Dr Knapp takes Borrow's statement, made 29th March 1839, "I have been three times imprisoned and once on the point of being shot," as indicating that he was imprisoned at Pamplona in 1826. The imprisonments were September 1837, Finisterre; May 1838, Madrid; and another unknown. The occasion on which he was nearly shot, which may be assumed to be connected with one of the imprisonments (otherwise he was more than "once nearly shot"), was at Finisterre, when he, with his guide, was seized as a Carlist spy "by the fishermen of the place, who determined at first on shooting us." (Letter to Rev. A. Brandram, 15th September 1837.)
{78a} The incident is given in Lavengro under date of 1818, when Marshland Shales was fifteen years old. It was not, however, until 1827 that he appeared at the Norwich Horse Fair and was put up for auction. "Such a horse as this we shall never see again; a pity that he is so old," was the opinion of those who lifted their hats as a token of respect.
{79a} This and subsequent letters from Borrow to Sir John Bowring not specially acknowledged have been courteously placed at the writer's disposal by Mr Wilfred J. Bowring, Sir John Bowring's grandson.
{81a} In The Monthly Review, March 1830, there appeared among the literary announcements a paragraph to the same effect.
{83a} From the original draft of his letter of 20th May to Dr Bowring, omitted from the letter itself.
{86a} Mr Thomas Seccombe in Bookman, February 1902.
{86b} It is only fair to add that Mr Seccombe wrote without having seen the correspondence quoted from above. His words have been given as representing the opinion held by most people regarding the Borrow- Bowring dispute. It has been said that Bowring sought to suck Borrow's brains; it would appear, however, that Borrow strove rather to make every possible use that he could of Bowring.
{87a} Preface to The Sleeping Bard, 1860.
{87b} Ibid.
{88a} The Bible in Spain,
{69a} The Romany Rye, page 162.
{69b} The Romany Rye, page 162.
{69c} The Romany Rye, page 50.
{69d} "Let but the will of a human being be turned to any particular object, and it is ten to one that sooner or later he achieves it."-- Lavengro, page 16.
{73a} They appeared as Romantic Ballads, translated from the Danish, and Miscellaneous Pieces, by George Borrow. Norwich. S. Wilkin, 1826. Included in the volume were translations from the Kiaempe Viser and from Oehlenschlaeger.
{74a} Correspondence and Table-Talk of B. R. Haydon. London, 1876. The position of the letter in the Haydon Journal is between November 1825 and January 1826; but it is more likely that it was written some months later. Unfortunately, Borrow's portrait cannot be traced in any of Haydon's pictures.
{75a} Lavengro, page 9.
{75b} There was a tradition that Borrow became a foreign correspondent for the Morning Herald, and it was in this capacity that he travelled on the Continent in 1826-7; but Dr Knapp clearly showed that such a theory was untenable.
{75c} The Gypsies of Spain, page 11.
{75d} The Bible in Spain, page 219.
{75e} Letter to his mother, August 1833.
{75f} The Bible in Spain, page 172.
{75g} The Gypsies of Spain, page 31.
{76a} The Bible in Spain, page 703.
{76b} The Bible in Spain, page 67.
{76c} The Gypsies of Spain, page 19.
{76d} Excursions Along the Shores of the Mediterranean, by Lt.-Col. E. H. D. E. Napier. London, 1842.
{76e} The Gypsies of Spain, pages 10-11.
{76f} Patteran, or Patrin; a gypsy method of indicating by means of grass, leaves, or a mark in the dust to those behind the direction taken by the main body.
{76g} The Gypsies of Spain, page 31.
{77a} If he went abroad, he certainly did so without obtaining a passport from the Foreign Office. The only passports issued to him between the years 1825-1840 were:
27th July 1833, to St Petersburg; 2nd November 1836 and 20th December 1838, to Spain,
as far as the F. O. Registers show.
{77b} Dr Knapp takes Borrow's statement, made 29th March 1839, "I have been three times imprisoned and once on the point of being shot," as indicating that he was imprisoned at Pamplona in 1826. The imprisonments were September 1837, Finisterre; May 1838, Madrid; and another unknown. The occasion on which he was nearly shot, which may be assumed to be connected with one of the imprisonments (otherwise he was more than "once nearly shot"), was at Finisterre, when he, with his guide, was seized as a Carlist spy "by the fishermen of the place, who determined at first on shooting us." (Letter to Rev. A. Brandram, 15th September 1837.)
{78a} The incident is given in Lavengro under date of 1818, when Marshland Shales was fifteen years old. It was not, however, until 1827 that he appeared at the Norwich Horse Fair and was put up for auction. "Such a horse as this we shall never see again; a pity that he is so old," was the opinion of those who lifted their hats as a token of respect.
{79a} This and subsequent letters from Borrow to Sir John Bowring not specially acknowledged have been courteously placed at the writer's disposal by Mr Wilfred J. Bowring, Sir John Bowring's grandson.
{81a} In The Monthly Review, March 1830, there appeared among the literary announcements a paragraph to the same effect.
{83a} From the original draft of his letter of 20th May to Dr Bowring, omitted from the letter itself.
{86a} Mr Thomas Seccombe in Bookman, February 1902.
{86b} It is only fair to add that Mr Seccombe wrote without having seen the correspondence quoted from above. His words have been given as representing the opinion held by most people regarding the Borrow- Bowring dispute. It has been said that Bowring sought to suck Borrow's brains; it would appear, however, that Borrow strove rather to make every possible use that he could of Bowring.
{87a} Preface to The Sleeping Bard, 1860.
{87b} Ibid.
{88a} The Bible in Spain,