[161] Unfortunately, Jane appears to date her letters merely 'Southampton,' until she moved to Castle Square. [162] _Alphonsine_, by Madame de Genlis; _The Female Quixote_, published 1752, by Mrs. Charlotte Lennox, author of the phrase: 'A thought strikes me: let us swear an eternal friendship.' [163] Miss Hill supplies us with the line from _The Task_, 'The Winter Walk at Noon,' ll. 149-50:-- 'Laburnum rich In streaming gold; syringa, ivory pure.' [164] The Austens were about to become Lord Lansdowne's tenants in Castle Square. [165] Johnson to Boswell, July 4, 1774.--Birkbeck Hill's _Boswell_, ii. 279. [166] Mr. John Austen of Broadford, under whose will the property at Horsmonden came into the possession of the family of 'Uncle Frank' on the failure of his own direct heirs. See Chapter I. [167] _Letters from the Mountains: being the real Correspondence of a Lady, between 1773 and 1807_, by Mrs. Grant of Laggan. [168] Probably _An Account of the Manners and Customs of Italy, etc._ London, 1768-9. [169] _Memoir_, p. 77. [170] _Ibid._ p. 140. [171] _Brabourne_, vol. ii. p. 116. [172] The Henry Austens were then living at 16 Michael's Place, Brompton--a row of houses on the site of the present Egerton Mansions. [173] James having arrived by the coach before the others. [174] Son and daughter of James. [175] Mr. W. Fowle speaks of a visit to Steventon, when Jane read 'very sweetly' the first canto of _Marmion_. By that time she was no doubt a warm admirer of the poem. CHAPTER XIII FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO CHAWTON 1808-1809