Tennyson, Prologue of The Princess.
Winterblossom (Mr. Philip), “the man of taste,” on the managing committee at the Spa.--Sir W. Scott, St. Ronan’s Well (time, George III.).
Wintersen (The count), brother of Baron Steinfort, lord of the place, and greatly beloved.
The Countess Wintersen, wife of the above. She is a kind friend to Mrs. Haller, and confidante of her brother, the Baron Steinfort.--Benjamin Thompson, The Stranger (1797).
Winterton (Adam), the garrulous old steward of Sir Edward Mortimer, in whose service he had been for forty-nine years. He was fond of his little jokes, and not less so of his little nips, but he loved his master and almost idolized him.--G. Colman, The Iron Chest (1796).
Win-the-Fight (Joachin), the attorney employed by Major Bridgenorth, the roundhead.--Sir W. Scott, Peveril of the Peak (time, Charles II.).
Winthrop (Madam). One of the oddest chapters in a bona fide courtship is found in the diary of Judge Samuel Sewall, wherein he sets down in order the several stages of his wooing of Madame Winthrop. One extract must suffice.
“I think I repeated again that I would go home and bewail my rashness in making more haste than good speed. I would endeavor to contain myself and not go on to solicit her to do that which she could not consent to. Took leave of her. As came down the steps, she bid me have a care. Treated me courteously. Told her she had entered the fourth year of her widowhood. I had given her the newsletter before. I did not bid her draw off her glove as sometime I had done. Her dress was not so clean as sometime it had been. Jehovah jireh!”--Sewall Papers (173——).
Wisdom (Honor paid to).
Anacharsis went from Scythia to Athens to see Solon.--Ælian, De Varia Historia, v.