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31Butler, Samuel — I born Dec. 4, 1835, Langar Rectory, Nottinghamshire, Eng. died June 18, 1902, London British novelist, essayist, and critic. Descended from distinguished clergymen, he grappled for many years with Christianity and evolution, first embracing,… …
32Edmund Curll — ( c. 1675 December 11, 1747) was an English bookseller and publisher. His name has become synonymous, through the attacks on him by Alexander Pope, with unscrupulous publication and publicity. Curll rose from poverty to wealth through his… …
33Beaumont, Sir John, 1st Baronet — ▪ English author born 1583, Grace Dieu?, Leicestershire, Eng. died April 1627, London? English poet whose work helped to establish the heroic couplet as a dominant verse form. His most important works are The Metamorphosis of Tobacco (1602) …
34Danish literature — Introduction the body of writings produced in the Danish and Latin languages. During Denmark s long union with Norway (1380–1814), the Danish language became the official language and the most widely used literary medium in the… …
35O Sacred Love of the Beloved Country — Ignacy Krasicki, Prince Bishop of Warmia, 1767 O Sacred Love of the Beloved Country (Polish title: Święta miłości kochanej ojczyzny ; also, Hymn do miłości ojczyzny, Hymn to Love of Country ) is a patriotic poem by the Polish Enlightenment author …
36William Tennant — (May 18, 1784 February 14, 1848), Scottish scholar and poet, was born at Anstruther, Fife.He was lame from childhood. His father sent him to the University of St Andrews, where he remained for two years, and on his return he became clerk to one… …
37Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux — Born 1 November 1636(1636 11 01) Paris, France Died 13 March 1711(1711 03 13) (aged  …
38Tymon Zaborowski — (1799–1828) was a Polish poet. At the beginning of his writing career he was influenced by classicism, then by Romanticism. He was also known as Wieszcz Miodoboru , the term adopted from one of his poem. BiographyTymon Zaborowski was born on… …
39Alexander Pope — Alexander Pope † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Alexander Pope Poet, son of Alexander Pope and his second wife, Edith Turner, b. in London, England, 22 May, 1688; d. at Twickenham, England, 30 May, 1744. His parents were both Catholics, and… …
40Teofilo Folengo — Teofilo Folengo † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Teofilo Folengo An Italian poet, better known by his pseudonyrn MERLIN COCCALO or COCAI; b. at Mantua in 1496; d. at the monastery of Santa Croce in Campese in 1544. He received some training… …
