" Dorothy
Wordsworth gave this interesting relic to Miss Quillinan, from whose
library it passed to that of its present owner.
Wordsworth gave this interesting relic to Miss Quillinan, from whose
library it passed to that of its present owner.
Wordsworth - 1
T.
C.
, or
Charles Lamb, would have written, as we do, "My dear Jones"; but
Wordsworth addressed his friend as "Dear Sir," and described his sister
as "a Young Lady," and as a "Female Friend. "--Ed. ]
[Footnote C: In a small pocket copy of the 'Orlando Furioso' of
Ariosto--now in the possession of the poet's grandson, Mr. Gordon
Wordsworth--of which the title-page is torn away, the following is
written on the first page, "My companion in the Alps with Jones. W.
Wordsworth:" also "W. W. to D. W. " (He had given it to his sister
Dorothy. ) On the last page is written, "I carried this Book with me in
my pedestrian tour in the Alps with Jones. W. Wordsworth.
" Dorothy
Wordsworth gave this interesting relic to Miss Quillinan, from whose
library it passed to that of its present owner. --Ed. ]
[Footnote D: By an evident error, corrected in the first reprint of this
edition (1840). See p. 79. --Ed. [the end of the introductory text to
'Guilt and Sorrow', the next poem in this text. ]]
[Footnote E: See Addison's 'Cato', Act 1. Scene i. , l. 171:
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Ed. ]
[Footnote F: The lyre of Memnon is reported to have emitted melancholy
or chearful tones, as it was touched by the sun's evening or morning
rays. --W. W. 1793.
Charles Lamb, would have written, as we do, "My dear Jones"; but
Wordsworth addressed his friend as "Dear Sir," and described his sister
as "a Young Lady," and as a "Female Friend. "--Ed. ]
[Footnote C: In a small pocket copy of the 'Orlando Furioso' of
Ariosto--now in the possession of the poet's grandson, Mr. Gordon
Wordsworth--of which the title-page is torn away, the following is
written on the first page, "My companion in the Alps with Jones. W.
Wordsworth:" also "W. W. to D. W. " (He had given it to his sister
Dorothy. ) On the last page is written, "I carried this Book with me in
my pedestrian tour in the Alps with Jones. W. Wordsworth.
" Dorothy
Wordsworth gave this interesting relic to Miss Quillinan, from whose
library it passed to that of its present owner. --Ed. ]
[Footnote D: By an evident error, corrected in the first reprint of this
edition (1840). See p. 79. --Ed. [the end of the introductory text to
'Guilt and Sorrow', the next poem in this text. ]]
[Footnote E: See Addison's 'Cato', Act 1. Scene i. , l. 171:
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Ed. ]
[Footnote F: The lyre of Memnon is reported to have emitted melancholy
or chearful tones, as it was touched by the sun's evening or morning
rays. --W. W. 1793.
