WILLIAM KING.-1663–1712.

Born in London-Educated at Westminster and Oxford - Made Gazetteer

Buried in Westminster Abbey — Works and Character

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THOMAS SPRAT.--1636–1713.

Born at Tallaton in Devonshire - Educated at Oxford — His Poem on Crom-

well's death Made Chaplain to Villiers, Duke of Buckingham - His friend.

ship with Cowley – Made Vicar of St. Margaret's, Westminster, Dean of

Westminster, and Bishop of Rochester - Story of his preaching – Burial

in Westminster Abbey – Works and Character

73

EARL OF HALIFAX-1661-1715.

Born at Horton in Northamptonshire – Educated at Westminster and Cam-

bridge -- His Poem on Charles II.'s death - Joins with Prior in The

Country Mouse and City Mouse' -- Introduced to William III.- His several

Offices — Made Chancellor of the Exchequer and Earl of Halifax — His Pa-

tronage of Poets -- Burial in Westminster Abbey.

81

THOMAS PARNELL.-1679–1718.

Born at Dublin — Educated at Trinity College, Dublin - Made Archdeacon of

Clogher — Marries – Loses his Wife — Introduced to Swift and Pope 89

SAMUEL GARTH,—1670 ?-1718-19.

Of a Yorkshire Family -- Educated at Cambridge - Admitted a Fellow of the

College of Physicians — Publishes “The Dispensary,' a poem Sides with

the Whigs — His Popularity - Knighted by George I. – His • Ovid'-

Burial at Harrow.on-the-Hill — Works and Character

97

NICHOLAS ROWE.-1673-1718.

Born at Little Barford in Bedfordshire – Educated at Westminster -- Entered

at the Middle Temple — His first Tragedy, "The Ambitious Stepmother'-

His other Tragedies - Made Poet Laureate - Translates Lucan --- Buried in

Westminster Abbey - Works and Character

105

JOSEPH ADDISON.–1672–1719.

Born at Milston in Wiltshire - Educated at the Charter-house and Oxford

Is praised by Dryden — Early Friendship for Steele — Intended for the

Church - Encouraged by Somers and Montague – Travels in Italy - Inter-

view with Boileau -- Publishes his Travels Letter in Verse from Italy -

Writes • The Campaign,' a Poem -- 'Rosamond,' an Opera — Made Secretary

to Lord Wharton – “The Tatler '--'The Spectator '—* The Whig Examiner'

- Origin of Newspapers —*Cato,' a Tragedy • The Drummer,' a Comedy

- The Freeholder'- Made Secretary of State - Marries the Countess of

Warwick Resigns his Secretaryship Alleged Quarrel with Steele

Death and Burial in Westminster Abbey - Works and Character 119

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JOHN HUGHES.—1677—1719-20.

Born at Marlborough in Wiltshire - Educated at a private school — Early

appearance as a Poet – Addison's opinion of his Talent - Writes "The

Siege of Damascus,' a Tragedy - Death and Character

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JOHN SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE,

1649-1720-21,

Birth and self-education – Summoned to Parliament - Serves at Sea against

the Dutch - Made Colonel of the Grenadiers and K.G. - His Conduct at the

Revolution — Favours Lord Oxford's Administration -- His three Wives -

Death and Burial in Westminster Abbey - Works and Character 191

MATTHEW PRIOR.-1664-1721.

Born at Wimborne in Dorsetshire Educated at Westminster and Cambridge

- Patronized by the Earl of Dorset — Joins Montague in a satire on The

Hind and Panther' - Made Secretary to the English Embassy at the Hague,

and a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William III. – Made Secretary to

the Embassy at the Treaty of Ryswick, Under Secretary of State, and a

Commissioner of Trade - Collects his Poems His future Advancement

stopped by the meanness of his birth and the Accession of the House of

Hanover — His intimacy with Harley, Earl of Oxford — Is taken into

Custody and examined before the Privy Council - Released — Retires on

his Cambridge Fellowship — Publishes his Poems by Subscription — His

Deafness — Burial in Westminster Abbey – Works and Character 201

WILLIAM CONGREVE,-1670–1728-9.

Born at Bardsey in Yorkshire - Educated at Kilkenny and Dublin - Entered

of the Middle Temple - Early appearance as a Poet – His first Dramatic

labour Obtains the patronage of Halifax — Writes · The Double Dealer,'

'Love for Love,' and 'The Mourning Bride -His Controversy with Collier

- His last Play, and high poetical reputation – His Government Situations

-- Death and Burial in Westminster Abbey – Works and Character 231

SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE.-1658 ?-1729.

Born at Corsham in Wiltshire - Educated at Westminster and Oxford -

Becomes a Fellow of the College of Physicians -- His first work an Heroic

Poem — Prince Arthur'-'King Arthur'-Attacked by Dennis — His

Satire against Wit,' and quarrel with Dryden -His other Poems-His reli-

gious life
Burial at Boxted in Essex - Works and Character

249

ELIJAH FENTON.-1683–1730.

Born at Shelton in Staffordshire - Educated at Cambridge, but leaves without

taking a degree --- Becomes a Nonjuror — Secretary to the Earl of Orrery,

and Tutor to his Son Acquires the Friendship of Southerne and Pope -

Publishes his Poems - Assists Pope in the Odyssey - His benevolence of

heart and indolent habits — Death and Burial at Easthampstead, Berks —

Works and Character

273

JOHN GAY.-1688-1732.

Born at Barnstaple in Devonshire - Apprenticed to a Silkmercer - Secretary

to the Duchess of Monmouth — Publishes "The Shepherd's Week' — Ac-

quires the friendship of Pope - Court Disappointments — Intimacy with Mrs.

Howard and the Duchess of Queensberry Writes • The Beggar's Opera'—

Its great success His next Play prohibited — His · Fables' – Burial and

Monument in Westminster Abbey-Works and Character . Page 283

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GEORGE GRANVILLE, LORD LANSDOWN.–1665–1734–5.

Birth - Educated at Cambridge - Is commended by Waller – His Dramatic

Pieces -- His Mira' - Made Secretary of War and a Peer — Encourages

Pope — Burial in St. Clement's Danes — Works and Character. 301

THOMAS YALDEN.-1671-1736.

Born and Educated at Oxford -- His earliest Poetry - Made Preacher at Bride-

well — Taken into Custody about Atterbury's Plot - Death and Burial

in Bridewell Precinct - Character and Works

311

THOMAS TICKELL.-1686-1740.

Born at Bridekirk in Cumberland — Educated at Oxford — Marries — Acquires

the friendship of Addison His first Poems — His translation of the

First Book of the “Iliad' - Made Under Secretary – Addison leaves him

the charge of publishing his Works – His Elegy on Addison - Made Secre-

tary to the Lords Justices — Death at Bath – Works and Character 319

JAMES HAMMOND,—1710-1742.

Birth Educated at Westminster School – Equerry to Frederick, Prince of

Wales — His Elegies — Death and Character

329

WILLIAM SOMERVILE.-1692-1742.

Boru at Edston in Warwickshire - Educated at Winchester and Oxford -

His Chace' and other Poems — Death and Burial at Wotton in Warwick.

shire – Works and Character

335

RICHARD SAVAGE.-1697-8-1743.

The natural son of Earl Rivers, by the Countess of Macclesfield — Cruelty of

his Mother - His Father's Death - His Godmother's Death

His early

Misfortunes — Lady Mason's kindness — Is placed with a Shoemaker

Becomes an Author by Profession — Sir Richard Steele interests himself in

his behalf - His two Comedies - Mrs. Oldfield's kindness — His Tragedy of

“Sir Thomas Overbury' – Aaron Hill's kindness — Publishes a Miscellany

Is tried for Killing Mr. James Sinclair -- Obtains a Pardon - Received

into Lord Tyrconnel's family — Publishes “The Wanderer,' a Poem - His

Poem of "The Bastard' - Assumes the Office of Volunteer Laureat-

Obtains a Pension from Queen Caroline - Loses his Pension Fruitless

endeavours of Pope and others to serve him — His irregular life — Retires

to Swansea - Death in a Prison at Bristol - Burial in the Churchyard of

St. Peter's, Bristol -- Works and Character

341

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LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.

JOHN POMFRET.

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