The Life of George Borrow [227]
Lavo-Lil, page 274.
{393f} The Romany Rye, page 134.
{394a} Letter from Borrow to Dr Usoz, 22nd Feb. 1839.
{394b} Macmillan's Magazine, vol. 45.
{396a} "Notes upon George Borrow" prefaced to an edition of Lavengro. Ward, Lock & Co.
{398a} Mr W. Elvin in the Athenaeum, 6th Aug. 1881.
{399a} John Wilson Croker (1780-1857): Politician and Essayist; friend of Canning and Peel. At one time Temporary Chief Secretary for Ireland and later Secretary of the Admiralty. Supposed to have been the original of Rigby in Disraeli's Coningsby.
{399b} Mr Theodore Watts-Dunton, "Notes upon George Borrow" prefaced to an edition of Lavengro. Ward, Lock & Co.
{400a} The Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell in Obiter Dicta, and Series, 1887.
{400b} Francis Hindes Groome in Bookman, May 1899.
{404a} "Swimming is a noble exercise, but it certainly does not tend to mortify either the flesh or the spirit."--The Bible in Spain, page 688.
{404b} Mr John Murray in Good Words.
{404c} In The Eastern Daily Press, 1st October 1892.
{405a} Borrow's reference is to the county motto, "One and All."
{407a} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp, ii., 79-80.
{407b} George Borrow, by R. A. J. Walling.
{407c} George Borrow, by R. A. J. Walling.
{408a} George Borrow, by R. A. J. Walling.
{409a} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.
{411a} This is rather awkwardly phrased, as Mrs Borrow was alive at that date.
{412a} The first reference to the famous Appendix is contained in a letter to John Murray (11th Nov. 1853) in which Borrow writes: "In answer to your inquiries about the fourth volume of Lavengro, I beg leave to say that I am occasionally occupied upon it. I shall probably add some notes."
{412b} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.
{413a} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.
{415a} Wild Wales, page 6.
{415b} There appears to have been a slight cast in his (Borrow's) left eye. The Queen of the Nokkums remarked that, like Will Faa, he had "a skellying look with the left eye" (Romano Lavo-Lil, page 267). Mr F. H. Bowring, who frequently met him, states that he "had a slight cast in the eye."
{416a} E[lizabeth] H[arvey] in The Eastern Daily Press, 1st Oct. 1892.
{417a} Ellen Jones actually wrote -
Ellen Jones yn pithyn pell i gronow owen
{417b} Wild Wales, pages 227-8.
{418a} This was the mason of whom Borrow enquired the way, and who "stood for a moment or two, as if transfixed, a trowel motionless in one of his hands, and a brick in the other," who on recovering himself replied in "tolerable Spanish."--Wild Wales, page 225.
{418b} Wild Wales, page 5.
{418c} These particulars have been courteously supplied by Mr George Porter of Denbigh, who interviewed Mrs Thomas on 27th Dec. 1910. Borrow's accuracy in Wild Wales was photograph. The Norwich jeweller Rossi mentioned in Wild Wales (page 159 et seq.) was a friend of Borrow's with whom he frequently spent an evening: conversing in Italian, "being anxious to perfect himself in that language." I quote from a letter from his son Mr Theodore Rossi. "There was an entire absence of pretence about him and we liked him very much--he always seemed desirous of learning."
{419a} This story is told by Mr F. J. Bowring, son of Sir John Bowring. He heard it from Mrs Roberts, the landlady of the inn.
{419b} Wild Wales, page 274.
{419c} Wild Wales, page 130.
{419d} Wild Wales, page 130.
{420a} Wild Wales, page 150.
{420b} These carvels were written by such young people as thought themselves "endowed with the poetic gift, to compose carols some time before Christmas, and to recite them in the parish churches. Those pieces which were approved of by the clergy were subsequently chanted by their authors through their immediate neighbourhoods." (Introduction to Bayr Jairgey, Borrow's projected book on the Isle of Man.)
{422a} Painted by H. W. Phillips in 1843.
{423a} Vestiges of Borrow: Some Personal Reminiscences. The Globe, 21st July 1896.
{423b} The Anglo-Saxon
{393f} The Romany Rye, page 134.
{394a} Letter from Borrow to Dr Usoz, 22nd Feb. 1839.
{394b} Macmillan's Magazine, vol. 45.
{396a} "Notes upon George Borrow" prefaced to an edition of Lavengro. Ward, Lock & Co.
{398a} Mr W. Elvin in the Athenaeum, 6th Aug. 1881.
{399a} John Wilson Croker (1780-1857): Politician and Essayist; friend of Canning and Peel. At one time Temporary Chief Secretary for Ireland and later Secretary of the Admiralty. Supposed to have been the original of Rigby in Disraeli's Coningsby.
{399b} Mr Theodore Watts-Dunton, "Notes upon George Borrow" prefaced to an edition of Lavengro. Ward, Lock & Co.
{400a} The Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell in Obiter Dicta, and Series, 1887.
{400b} Francis Hindes Groome in Bookman, May 1899.
{404a} "Swimming is a noble exercise, but it certainly does not tend to mortify either the flesh or the spirit."--The Bible in Spain, page 688.
{404b} Mr John Murray in Good Words.
{404c} In The Eastern Daily Press, 1st October 1892.
{405a} Borrow's reference is to the county motto, "One and All."
{407a} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp, ii., 79-80.
{407b} George Borrow, by R. A. J. Walling.
{407c} George Borrow, by R. A. J. Walling.
{408a} George Borrow, by R. A. J. Walling.
{409a} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.
{411a} This is rather awkwardly phrased, as Mrs Borrow was alive at that date.
{412a} The first reference to the famous Appendix is contained in a letter to John Murray (11th Nov. 1853) in which Borrow writes: "In answer to your inquiries about the fourth volume of Lavengro, I beg leave to say that I am occasionally occupied upon it. I shall probably add some notes."
{412b} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.
{413a} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.
{415a} Wild Wales, page 6.
{415b} There appears to have been a slight cast in his (Borrow's) left eye. The Queen of the Nokkums remarked that, like Will Faa, he had "a skellying look with the left eye" (Romano Lavo-Lil, page 267). Mr F. H. Bowring, who frequently met him, states that he "had a slight cast in the eye."
{416a} E[lizabeth] H[arvey] in The Eastern Daily Press, 1st Oct. 1892.
{417a} Ellen Jones actually wrote -
Ellen Jones yn pithyn pell i gronow owen
{417b} Wild Wales, pages 227-8.
{418a} This was the mason of whom Borrow enquired the way, and who "stood for a moment or two, as if transfixed, a trowel motionless in one of his hands, and a brick in the other," who on recovering himself replied in "tolerable Spanish."--Wild Wales, page 225.
{418b} Wild Wales, page 5.
{418c} These particulars have been courteously supplied by Mr George Porter of Denbigh, who interviewed Mrs Thomas on 27th Dec. 1910. Borrow's accuracy in Wild Wales was photograph. The Norwich jeweller Rossi mentioned in Wild Wales (page 159 et seq.) was a friend of Borrow's with whom he frequently spent an evening: conversing in Italian, "being anxious to perfect himself in that language." I quote from a letter from his son Mr Theodore Rossi. "There was an entire absence of pretence about him and we liked him very much--he always seemed desirous of learning."
{419a} This story is told by Mr F. J. Bowring, son of Sir John Bowring. He heard it from Mrs Roberts, the landlady of the inn.
{419b} Wild Wales, page 274.
{419c} Wild Wales, page 130.
{419d} Wild Wales, page 130.
{420a} Wild Wales, page 150.
{420b} These carvels were written by such young people as thought themselves "endowed with the poetic gift, to compose carols some time before Christmas, and to recite them in the parish churches. Those pieces which were approved of by the clergy were subsequently chanted by their authors through their immediate neighbourhoods." (Introduction to Bayr Jairgey, Borrow's projected book on the Isle of Man.)
{422a} Painted by H. W. Phillips in 1843.
{423a} Vestiges of Borrow: Some Personal Reminiscences. The Globe, 21st July 1896.
{423b} The Anglo-Saxon