One of his daughters, Mary St Leger Kingsley, became known as a novelist under the pseudonym Lucas Malet. [5] sympathetic, instructive; as thus:— “Famed Argo ship, that noble chip, by doughty Jason's steering, Several of the Devon characters speak in the West Country dialect, particularly Rose's "friend" Lucy Passmore. They often use the word "mun" as an all-purpose pronoun; it can mean it, him, or them. El Dorado

Copywork: Amyas longed that he could write such neat verses, and sing them so sweetly. How he would besiege the ear of Rose Salterne with amorous ditties! But still, he could not be everything; and if he had the bone and muscle of the family, it was but fair that Frank should have the brains and voice; and, after all, he was bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh, and it was just the same as if he himself could do all the fine things which Frank could do; for as long as one of the family won honor, what matter which of them it was? Whereon he shouted through the wall, "Good night, old song-thrush; I suppose I need not pay the musicians."sea-captain from foreign parts, who, like Othello, had his tales of— “Antres vast, and deserts idle, Kingsley School, a private school in Bideford, the town in which Westward Ho! is set, took its name from him after it was founded in 2009 as a merger of Edgehill College and Grenville College. Vance, Norman. "Kingsley, Charles (1819–1875)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/15617. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Copywork: "You went like a gentleman to seek her, and like a gentleman, as all the world knows, you have done your best, and I thank you: but our account ends there. The treasure is yours, sir; I have enough, and more than enough, and none, God help me, to leave it to, but greedy and needy kin, who will be rather the worse than the better for it. And if I have a claim in law for aught--which I know not, neither shall ever ask--why, if you are not too proud, accept that claim as a plain burgher's thank-offering to you, sir, for a great and a noble love which you and your brother have shown to one who, though I say it, to my shame, was not worthy thereof."

Words to look up: jointure, plebiscitum, bilboes. Major domo means someone running the household (chief cook and bottle washer). John Bull is a general term for England and the English people. "Satia te sanguine, quod sitisti" refers, as the chapter says, to the murder of Cyrus by Queen Tomyrus of Scythia. Words to look up: jocund, ordnance, burghers, rector, pedagogue, murrain, ochidore, profligacy. "Gloriana" refers to Queen Elizabeth. "Per diem" is Latin for "per day." "Is this hedgebantling to be fathered on you, Mr. Frank?" means, Are you responsible for this awful drivel? "Swan of Avon" refers to Shakespeare. Euphuism means affected (artificial) elegance, particularly in literary style; references to "euphuists" will come up several times in this book. Kingsley dedicated the novel to Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, and Bishop George Selwyn, whom he saw as modern representatives of the heroic values of the privateers who were active during the Elizabethan era. Information Sheet: Charles Kingsley". Cheshire West and Chester. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 . Retrieved 19 April 2010. The edition we have spells Sir Walter Raleigh's name as Ralegh. Since Raleigh is the more usual spelling, and it is used in other editions, that's what I will use in these notes.Obscure words: "Dor" is not clear, but I think it means a conundrum, riddle, or paradox. "Patararo" is defined in a later chapter as a "brass swivel" or "swivel-gun." Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms.

Words to look up: expedient, reprobate, profligate, malapert, mutch (an item of clothing). "The say" is "the sea." "Crammed up the rubrics" means gave themselves a crash course. "The old man of the seven hills" is the Pope. Charles Kingsley's American Notes: Letters from a Lecture Tour, 1874, edited by Robert Bernard Martin in 1958, and published by Princeton University Press) Note on the title "Don": Students unfamiliar with Spanish may wonder why so many characters have the same first name! "Don" is a title of nobility and respect, used in front of a man's first name. Narration and Discussion: Write a newspaper account of the battle, or "interview" one of the participants and get his story. Chapter 32. How Amyas Threw his Sword into the Sea

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Michie, Elsie B. (1976). "The Simianization of the Irish". Outside the Pale: Cultural Exclusion, Gender Difference, and the Victorian Woman Writer (Reading Women Writing). Cornell University Press. pp. 49. ISBN 978-0801480850. The novel's virulent anti-Catholicism, as well as its racially insensitive depictions of the South Americans, has made the novel less appealing to a modern audience, although it is still regarded by some as Kingsley's "liveliest, and most interesting novel." [6] Adaptations [ edit ] 1920 edition illustrated with paintings by N.C. Wyeth.