Edward Young

AY 's mother taught her to read, to think, and to question. Her brother taught her to write. Her family owned some books, notably Edward Young 's Night Thoughts, which she got to know almost by heart.

AY 's mother and elder brother both guided her early development towards bookishness. Their small store of books included Edward Young 's Night Thoughts, an importance influence on her poetry.

MJY claimed late in life to be the the only living relative of the respected poet and clergyman Edward Young (1683-1765)—whose only child, Frederick Young (1732-88), apparently never married. The poet, she says, was a...

The publisher J. F. Hughes went bankrupt this year. Writing to the RLF, Young emphasized the literary merits of her relation Edward Young rather than her own, calling him one of the brightest...

The dedication to Mrs Trant (presumably the same who also received a dedication from Charlotte Brooke ) mentions that she can boast of being allied toEdward Young . In 2007 the reprint firm of...

The epigraph is a quotation from Edward Young about merit in a low estate. This novel traces the tortuous path towards happy marriage of a young man (instead of a young woman) and presents relations...

MJY translated Lindorf and Caroline; or, The Danger of Credulity in March 1803, from the German allegedly of Karl Gottlieb Cramer , though more likely of Christiane Benedicte Eugenie Naubert . She dedicated it to...