north (n.)

north (adv.)

The Ariosto of the North.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto iv. Stanza 40.

Ask where's the North? At York 't is on the Tweed;

In Scotland at the Orcades; and there,

At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Man. Epistle ii. Line 222.

Fair weather cometh out of the north.

Old Testament: Job xxxvii. 22.

Leaves have their time to fall,

And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath,

And stars to set; but all,

Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!

John Keble (1792-1866): The Hour of Death.

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.

Henry Clay (1777-1852): Speech, 1848.

From north to south, from east to west.

Du Bartas (1544-1590): First Week, Second Day.

Were you with these, my prince, you 'd soon forget

The pale, unripened beauties of the north.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719): Cato. Act i. Sc. 4.

Leaves have their time to fall,

And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath,

And stars to set; but all,

Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!

John Keble (1792-1866): The Hour of Death.