Yorkshire Tragedy (The), author unknown (1604), was at one time printed with the name of Shakespeare.
Young America. J. G. Holland says: “What we call Young America is made up of about equal parts of irreverence, conceit, and that popular moral quality familiarly known as brass.”
Young Chevalier (The), Charles Edward Stuart, grandson of James II. He was the second pretender (1720-1788).
Young England, a set of young aristocrats, who tried to revive the courtly manners of the Chesterfield school. They wore white waistcoats, patronized the pet poor, looked down upon shopkeepers, and were imitators of the period of Louis XIV. Disraeli has immortalized their ways and manners.
Young Germany, a literary school, headed by Heinrich Heine [Hi.ny], whose aim was to liberate politics, religion, and manners from the old conventional trammels.
Young Ireland, followers of Daniel O’Connell in politics, but wholly opposed to his abstention from war and insurrection in vindication of “their country’s rights.”
Young Italy, certain Italian refugees, who associated themselves with the French republican party, called the Carbonnerie Democratique. The society was first organized at Marseilles by Mazzini, and its chief object was to diffuse republican principles.
Young Roscius, William Henry West Betty. When only 12 years old he made £34,000 in fifty-six nights. He appeared in 1803, and very wisely retired from the stage in 1807 (1791-1874).
Young-and-Handsome, a beautiful fairy, who fell in love with Alidōrus, “the lovely shepherd.” Mordicant, an ugly fairy, also loved him, and confined him in a dungeon. Zephyrus loved Young-and-Handsome, but when he found no reciprocity he asked the fairy how he could best please her. “By liberating the lovely shepherd,” she replied. “Fairies, you know, have no power over fairies, but you, being a god, have full power over the whole race.” Zephyrus complied with this request, and restored Alidorus to the Castle of Flowers, when Young-and-Handsome bestowed on him perpetual youth, and married him.--Comtesse D’Aunoy, Fairy Tales (“Young-and-Handsome,” 1682).
Youwarkee, the name of the gawrey that Peter Wilkins married. She introduced the seaman to Nosmnbdsgrsutt, the land of flying men and women.--R. Pultock, Peter Wilkins (1750).