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States, a port of entry, and capital of York county, on the 
south side of York river, which affords at this town the best 
harbour in Virginia. It is contracted here to the width of 
a mile, and is inclosed within very high banks, under which 
the largest vessels may ride with safety. It is a place of some 
trade. The shipping belonging to this port, in 1816, amount¬ 
ed to 945 tons. This town is famous for the capture of lord 
Cornwallis and his army by the Americans, on the 19th of 
October, 1781 ; 12 miles east-south-east of Williamsburg. 
Population 700. Lat. 37. 22. N. long. 76. 52. W. 
YO-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the first rank, in 
Hooquang, situated upon the great river Yang-tse-kiang, 
where it connects with the large lake of Tong-ting. The 
great trade which this situation secures to it, renders it one 
of the most populous cities in the empire. The neighbour¬ 
hood also is very fertile, particularly abounding in every 
species of fruit. Lat. 29. 23. N. long. 112. 35. E. 
YOU, pron. [eop, mh. Sax.; of ge, ye.'} The oblique 
case of ye. —Ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace 
of God, which is given me to you ward. Epk. —It is used 
in the nominative in common language, when the address is 
to persons; and though first introduced by corruption, is now 
established. In the following lines you and ye are used un¬ 
grammatically in the places of each other; but even this use 
is customary: 
What gain you by forbidding it to teaz e ye? 
It now can neither trouble ye, nor please ye. Dry den. 
It is the colloquial word for the second person singular, 
and is always used, except in solemn language. 
In vain you tell your parting lover, 
You wish fair winds may waft him over. Prior. 
It is used indefinitively, as the French on ; any one; who¬ 
soever.—We passed by what was one of those rivers of burn¬ 
ing matter: this looks, at a distance, like a new-plowed 
land ; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long 
heap of heavy disjointed clods. Addison.—You is used in 
the subsequent members of a sentence, as distinguished from 
ye. 
Stand forth, ye champions, who the gauntlet wield, 
Or you the swiftest racers of the field. Pope. 
YOU, a town of China, of the third rank, in Tche-kiang. 
YOUAN,atownof China, of the third rank, in Kiang-see. 
YOUB, El, a village of Algiers; 50 miles south-west of 
Tlemsan. 
YOUGANE, a river of Asiatic Russia, in the government 
of Tobolsk, which rises in the district of Narym, and after 
passing through a lake of the same name, falls into the Obi. 
YOUGHALL, a seaport town of Ireland, in the county 
of Cork, situated on the base of a lofty hill, near the mouth 
of the Pay, on the south side of the Blackwater river. 
There is a bar at the entrance of the harbour, which renders 
navigation troublesome, and sometimes dangerous; but when 
this obstacle is surmounted, it is safe, spacious, and con¬ 
venient. The town consists of a very large street, and 
suburbs. Its custom-house is large and convenient. The 
collegiate church is a very ancient Gothic structure: its nave 
is 132 feet long and 66 broad; it has a square tower on the 
north side, 32 feet high. There are two ruined chapels on 
each side of the chancel, containing some ancient tombs and 
monuments. This place was besieged in the year 1579, by 
the earl of Desmond, in his rebellion in the reign of Eliza¬ 
beth. In the civil wars it yielded to Cromwell’s usurpation, 
who embarked here for England, after his unparalleled suc¬ 
cesses in Ireland; but in the year 1648 the corporation pro¬ 
claimed Charles II. king of England, &c. In 1224 a monas¬ 
tery for Franciscans was founded here, by Maurice Fitz¬ 
gerald, lord justice of Ireland. In 1268 a friary for Domi- 
nicans was founded on the north side of the town, of which 
structure few fragments now remain. Youghall sends one 
member to the imperial parliament. It was incorporated by 
king Edward IV. and invested with great privileges, which 
were confirmed and augmented by succeeding monarchs; 
notwithstanding which it would probably have sunk into 
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decay, if the first and great earl of Cork, to whom the pro¬ 
vince of Munster in general, and this county in particular, 
owe so many obligations, had not interposed, preserved, and 
restored it. Here the first potatoe is said to have been plant¬ 
ed in Ireland; 31 miles south-west of Waterford, and 25 
east of Cork. 
YOULGRAVE, a parish of England, in Derbyshire. Po¬ 
pulation 852. 
YOULHORPE, a hamlet of England, in Yorkshire; 5 
miles north-west of Pocklington. 
YOUNG, adj. [long, yeong, Sax.; jong, Dutch; ung, 
Su. Goth, and Icel. jugga, (i. e. junga,) M. Goth.] Being 
in the first part of life; not old: used of animal life. 
There’s not the smallest orb which thou behold’st. 
But in his motion like an angel sings. 
Still quiring to the young-e y’d cherubims. Shakspeare. 
Ignorant; weak.—Come, elder brother, thou art too young 
in this. Shakspeare.— -It is sometimes applied to vegetable 
life.—There be trees that bear best when they begin to be 
old, as almonds; the cause is, for that all trees that bear must 
have an oily fruit, and young trees have a more watery juice, 
and less concocted. Bacon. 
YOUNG, s. The offspring of animals collectively. 
The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, 
That it had its head bit off by its young. Shakspeare. 
YOUNG (Edward), a celebrated poet and clergyman of 
the established church, was born at his father’s living of 
Upham, in Hampshire, in 1684, and removed from Win¬ 
chester school to New College, in the university of Oxford, 
in 1703, and afterwards to Corpus Christi college. In 1708 
he obtained a law-fellowship at All Souls by the patronage 
of archbishop Tenison, and at this time poetry was the chief 
object of his pursuit. His first performance in this depart¬ 
ment was “ An Epistle to Lord Lansdown,” one of the 
twelve peers created at the same time in 1712; and this was 
followed in the next year by his “ Last Day,” to which he 
prefixed a dedication to queen Anne, extolling the peace of 
Utrecht. From this circumstance he was regarded as a 
court-writer with a fixed stipend, under which character 
Swift alludes to him in his “ Rhapsody on Poetry:” 
“ Where Y-must torture his invention 
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.” 
His next production was “ The Force of Religion, or 
Vanquished Love,” founded on the story of lady Jane Grey; 
and in 1714 he inscribed a poem on the death of the queen 
and the accession of George I. to Addison, who was then 
secretary to the lords justices. In 1719 he became tutor to 
the eldest son of the earl of Exeter; but soon abandoning 
that connection by the solicitations of the duke of Wharton, 
he graduated doctor of civil laws in this year, and wrote his 
tragedy of “ Busiris, King of Egypt,” which was dedicated 
to the duke of Newcastle, and favourably received; and in 
the same year he dedicated, in a very complimentary strain 
to lord chancellor Parker, his poetical “ Paraphrase on Part 
of the Book of Job.” In the year 1721 his tragedy, “ The 
Revenge,” was exhibited with great applause, and dedicated 
to the duke of Wharton, whom he avows as his peculiar 
patron, and from whom he received some pecuniary favours. 
His satires, entitled “ The Love of Fame, or the’Universal 
Passion,” were separately published, from 1725 to 1728, and 
as they became popular, he derived from them considerable 
profit. In 1726 he addressed his poem, entitled “ The In¬ 
stalment,” to Sir Robert Walpole, on his receiving the honour 
of the Garter; and he availed himself, on the accession of 
king George II., of his recommending an attention to the 
navy, to compose two odes, one inscribed “ To the King, 
Pater Patriae,” introducing another under the title of “ Ocean.” 
Having attained his 44th year, he took orders, and in 1728 
was nominated one of the royal chaplains; and this change 
of his views and pursuits induced him to withdraw from the 
stage his tragedy of “ The Brothers,” which was under re¬ 
hearsal. His next publications were adapted to his new pro¬ 
fession ; and among these were his “ True Estimate of 
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