WINTHROP 
 
 
   Winter. (See SEASONS.) 
 
   Winterbourne, travelling American 
who makes a "study" of Daisy Miller.- 
Henry James, Jr., Daisy Miller (1878). 
 
.Wter King (The), Frederick V., the 
rival of Ferdinand II. of Germany. He 
married Elizabeth., daughter of James I. 
of England, and was king of Bohemia for 
just one winter, the end of 1619 and the 
beginning of 1620 (1596-1632y. (See SNOW 
KiNG.) 
 
  Winter Queen (The), Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of James I. of England, and wife of 
Frederick V. "The Winter King." (See 
SNOW QUEEN.) 
 
  Winter's Tale (The), by Shakespeare 
(1604). Leont6s, king of Sicily, invites his 
friend Polixenes to visit him. During 
this visit the king becomes jealous of him, 
and commands Camillo to poison him; 
but Camillo only warns Polixen&s of the 
danger, and flees with him to Bohemia. 
When Leont~s hears thereof, his rage is 
unbounded; and he casts his queen, Her- 
mi'on6, into prison, where she gives birth 
to a daughter, which Leontes gives direc- 
tion shall be placed on a desert shore 
to perish. In the mean time, he is told 
that HermionA, the queen, is dead. The 
vessel containing the infant daughter being 
storm-driven to Bohemia, the child is left 
there, and is brought up by a shepherd, 
who calls it Perdita. One day, in a hunt, 
Prince Florizel sees Perdita and falls in 
love with her; but Polixen6s, his father, 
tells her that she and the shepherd shall 
be put to death if she encourages the 
foolish suit. Florizel and Perdita now 
flee to Sicily, and being introduced to 
Leontks, it is soon discovered that Perdita 
is his lost daughter. Polixen&s tracks his 
 
 
son to Sicily, and being told of the dis- 
covery, gladly consents to the union lie 
had before forbidden. Pauli'na now in- 
vites the royal party to inspect a statue of 
Hermion6 in her house, and the statue 
turns out to be the living queen, 
   The plot of this drama is borrowed 
from the tale of Pandosto, or The Triumph 
of Time, by Robert Greene (1583). 
    We should have him back 
  Who told the Winter's Tale to do it for us. 
        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 
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