Wilhelm Meister [Mice.ter], the hero and title of a philosophic novel by Goethe. This is considered to be the first true German novel. It consists of two parts published under two titles, viz., The Apprenticeship of Wilhelm Meister (1794-96), and The Travels of Wilhelm Meister (1821).
Wilkins (Peter), Robert Pultock, of Clement’s inn, author of The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750).
The tale is this: Peter Wilkins is a mariner, thrown on a desert shore. In time he furnishes himself from the wreck with many necessaries, and discovers that the country is frequented by a beautiful winged race called glumms and gawreys, whose wings when folded, serve them for dress, and when spread, are used for flight. Peter marries a gawrey, by name Youwarkee, and accompanies her to Nosmnbdsgrsutt, a land of semi-darkness, where he remains many years.
Peter Wilkins is a work of uncommon beauty.--Coleridge, Table Talk (1835).
Wilkinson (James), servant to Mr. Fairford, the lawyer.--Sir W. Scott, Redgauntlet (time, George III.).
Will (Belted), William, Lord Howard, warden of the western marches (1563-1640).
His Bilboa blade, by Marchmen felt,
Hung in a broad and studded belt;
Hence, in rude phrase, the Borderers still
Called noble Howard “Belted Will.”