Note 101 — Chapter IV · ADOLESCENCE—1844 TO 1847—ÆT. 13-16.

I can only compare him to the fraternal spirit that William Blake saw in vision “clapping its hands for joy” (Gilchrist’s Life of William Blake, vol. I. p. 59). In the talk of that period a butterfly was always a “flutterby;” and idiotisms such as “used to could ” and “be-you-have yourself!” were in common use.