Ramus,PeterFrench,philosopherandhumanist;attackedAristotleandScholasticism;massacredontheeveofSt,Bartholomew,1572
Rehearsal,The,aburlesquebasedonBeaumont’sKnightoftheBurningPestle,producedin1671byGeorgeClifford,DukeofBuckingham,andSamuelButlerRelapse,acomedybySirJohnVanbrugh(d。1726),whoalsoachievedsomedistinctionasasoldierandanarchitectRichardRoe,nominaldefendantinejectmentsuits。CP。the"M。OrN。"ofthePrayer—BookRichelieu……Torcy,RichelieuandMazarinwerecardinalsandstatesmenintheseventeenthcentury,whosepowerexceededthatoftheking;ColbertLouvis,andTorcywereinfluentialandablemenofthesametime,butdependentupontheroyalpleasureRobertson,William,wroteHistoryofScotland,HistoryoftheReignofCharlesV。,etc。AfriendofHume’s(1721—93)
RochelleandAuvergne,head—quartersoftheHuguenotsRowe,Nicholas,dramatistandpoetlaureate(1715),editorofamonumentaleditionofShakespeareRymer,Thomas,Historiographer—royal,andthecompilerOfFoedera——acollectionofhistoricaldocumentsconcerningtherelationsofEnglandandforeignpowers(1639—1714)
Ryswick,PeaceOf,bythistreaty(in1697)LouisXIV。recognisedWilliamasKingofEngland,andyieldedcertaintownstoSpainandtheEmpireSALVATORROSA,aNeapolitanauthorandartist(1615—73);"theinitiatorofromanticlandscape,"
Satirist……Age,small,libellous,andshort—livedweeklypapersintheyear1838
Saxe,ledtheinvadingAustrianarmyintoBohemia,andafterwardbecameamarshaloftheFrencharmy,defeatingtheDukeofCumberlandatFontenoy,1745
Scamander,ariverofTroas,inAsiaMinorScapin,thetitle—characterofoneofMoliere’scomedies;aknavishvaletwhofoolshismasterScott,Michael,atwelfth—centurysagewhogainedalargereputationasawizardandmagicianScriblerusClubaliterarycoterie,foundedin1714,whichhadonlyashortlife,butproducedSwift’sGulliverScroggs,Chief—justicein1678——theyearofTitusOatesandthe"PopishPlot。"AworthysuccessortoJeffreysScudert,Georgede,Frenchpoetandnovelist(1601—67)
Scudery,Madeleine,awomanofgoodqualities,butasanovelistexceedinglytedious(1607—1701)
Scythians,i。e。Russians。Scythiaproperisthesteppe—landbetweentheCarpathianMountainsandtheriverDoninSouth—EastRussiaSeged(seeTheRambler,Nos。204,205)
Shafton,SirPiercie(seeScott’sTheMonastery)
Shaw,prize—fighterofimmensestrengthandsize,whoenlistedintheLifeGuards,andwaskilledatWaterlooSieyes,Abbe,oneoftheleadersoftheRevolution,whoretiredondiscoveringthathiscolleagueswereusinghimfortheirownend(d。1836)
Simond,M。(thereferenceistohisJournalofaTourandResidenceinGreatBritainduringtheyears1810and1811,PP。
48—50)
Simonides,livedatAthensandSyracuse,andbesidesbeingaphilosopher,wasoneofGreece’smostfamouslyricpoets(556—467
B。C。),Smalridge,George,oneofQueenAnne’schaplains,andagoodpreacher;becameBishopofBristolin1714(d。1719)
Sobiesky,John,KingofPoland,whodefendedhiscountryagainstRussiansandTurks。In1683hefoughtaTurkisharmywhichwasbesiegingVienna,andsodeliveredthatcitySolis,Antoniode,dramatistandhistorian(ConquestofMexico)
(1610—86)
Somers,thecounselfortheSevenBishops,1688。Hefilledmanyhighlegaloffices,andfrom1708to1710wasPresidentoftheCouncilSouthcote,Joanna,aMethodist"prophetess"who,sufferingfromreligiousmania,gaveherselfouttobethewomanofRevelationch。xii。,andsoldpassportstoheavenwhichshecalled"seals"
(1750—1814)
Spectator(thereferenceistoNo。7)
Spinola,Spanishmarquisandgeneralwhoservedhiscountrywithallhisgeniusfornaught(1571—1630)
SquireSullen(seeFarquhar’sTheBeauxStratagem)
SquireWestern,thegenialfox—huntingSquireofFielding’sTomJonesStatius,aLatinpoet(61—96A。D。),authoroftheThebais,wholivedattheCourtofDomitianSteenkirk,aneckclothofblacksilk,saidtohavebeenfirstwornatthebattleofSteenkirk,1692
Stepney,George,asmartbutsomewhatlicentiousminorpoetwhotranslatedJuvenal(1663—1707)
Sternholds,metricaltranslatorsofthePsalms,socalledfromThomasSternhold,whoseversionof1562heldthefieldfor200
yearsStJames’s,theLondonresidenceoftheGeorges;LeicesterSquare,theresidenceofthePrincesofWalesStowell,Lord,Advocate—General,judgeoftheHighCourtofAdmiralty,etc。,etc。,thegreatestEnglishauthorityonInternationalLaw(1745—1836)
Strahan,Dr。,vicarofIslingtonandfriendofJohnson,whosePrayersandMeditationsheeditedStreathamPark,thehomeoftheThrales。AtSt。John’sGateinClerkenwell,theGentleman’sMagazinewaslongprintedSimon,Ducde,ambassadortoSpainandthewriterofamusingandValuablememoirs。AnuncompromisingaristocratSwedengainedWesternPomeraniaSwerga,theHinduOlympusanthesummitofMountMeruTAMERLANE,thegreatAsiaticconqueror(1336—1405),whoseempirereachedfromtheLevanttotheGangesTanais,theriverDoninEasternRussiaTate,Nahum,succeededShadwellin1690aspoet—laureate;mainlyrememberedbyhiscollaborationwithNicholasBradyinametricalversionofthePsalmsTelemachus,thesonofUlysses,whosesearchforhisfatherwasonlysuccessfulwhenhereturnedhome。Fenelon,thegreatFrenchdivine(1651—1715),wroteofhisadventuresThales,flourishedc。600B。C。,andheldthatwaterwastheprimalanduniversalprinciple,Thalia,themuseofComedyandoneofthethreeGracesTheobalds,aHertfordshirehamletwhereJamesI。hadabeautifulresidence,originallybuiltbyBurleighThiebault,ProfessorofGrammaratFrederic’smilitaryschoolThirlby,Styan,FellowofJesusCollegesCambridge。HeeditedJustinMartyr’sWorksandcontributedtoTheobald’sShakespearewithacumenandingenuity(c。1692—1753)
Thraso,abraggartcaptaininTerence’sEunuchThreeBishoprics,thoseofLorraine,Metz,andVerduntakenfromtheGermansbyHenryII。ofFrancein1554andrecoveredin1871
ThunderingLegion,theRomanlegionwhichovercameMarcomanniin179A。D。,theirextremethirsthavingbeenrelievedbyathunderstormsentinanswertotheprayersofChristiansoldiersinitsranksThurtell,John,anotoriousboxerandgambler(b。1794)whowashangedatHertfordonJan。9,1824,forthebrutalmurderofWilliamWeare,oneofhisbooncompanionsTickell,Thomas,apolitician,minorpoet,andoccasionalcontributortotheSpectatorandtheGuardian(1686—1740)
Tillotson,JohnRobert。TrainedasaPuritan,heconformedtotheEpiscopalChurchattheRestorationandultimatelybecameArchbishopofCanterburyamanoftolerantandmoderateviewslikeBaxterandBurnet,andunlikeCollierTilly,JohannTserklaes,Countof,thegreatCatholicgeneraloftheThirtyYearsWar;mortallywoundedatRainin1632
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Trissotin,simperingliterarydabblerinMoliere’sLesFemmesSavantesTurgot,aFrenchstatesman727—81)whoheldthedoctrinesofthephilosophepartyandwasfornearlytwoyearsmanagerofthenationalfinancesunderLouisXVI。
TwoSicilies,thekingdomsofSicilyandNaplesTyers,Tom,authorofaBiographicalSketchofDoctorJohnson。ItwasaremarkofJohnson’sthatTyersdescribedhimthebestVAUCLUSE,avillageinS。E。France,twentymilesfromAvignonwherePetrarchlivedforsixteenyearsVerres,theRomangovernorofSicily(73—71B。C。),forplunderingwhichislandhewasbroughttotrialandprosecutedbyCiceroVico,JohnBaptist,ProfessorofRhetoricatNaplesandauthorofPrinciplesofaNewScience,aworkonthephilosophyofhistory(d。1744)
VictorAmadeusofSavoy,soldierandstatesman(1655—1732)Hissons—in—lawwerePhilipV。andtheDukeofBurgundyVida,anItalianLatinpoet(c。1480—1566)
VidaetSannazar,eminentmodernLatinpoetsoftheearlysixteenthcenturyVillars,Louis,Ducde,Frenchmarshal,defeatedatRamilliesandMalplaquet(d。1734),VinegarBible,publishedatOxfordin;1717;inittheheadlineofLukexx。reads"vinegar,"anerrorfor"vineyard,"
VisionofTheodore,setJohnson’sMiscellaneousWorks(forthe"GenealogyofWit,"seeSpecial",NO。35;forthe"ContestbetweenRestandLabour,"Rambler,No。33)
Vitruvius,contemporarywithJuliusCaesarandauthorofafamousworkonArchitectureVossius,Gerard,DutchphilologistandfriendofGrotius;thehistorianofPelagianism(1577—1649)
WARBURTON,William,BishopofGloucester,friendofPope,andauthoroftheDivineLegationofMosesandothertheologicalandlegalworks(1698—1779)
Wild,Jonathan,adetectivewhoturnedvillainandwasexecutedforburglaryin1725;theheroofoneofFielding’sstoriesWilliams,ArchbishopofYork(andopponentofLaud)inthetimeofCharlesI。;Vernon,ArchbishopofYork,1807。ThetenureoftheSeeofYorkseemstobetheonlyparallelWilliams,SirCharlesHanbury,AmbassadortoBerlin(1746—49)。
HissatiresagainstWalpole’sopponentsareeasyandhumorous(d。
1759)
Will’s。SeeButton’sWindham,Rt。Hon。William,SecretaryofWarunderPittandagainin1806。InhisDiaryisanaccountofJohnson’slastdays(1750—
1810)
Windsor,poorKnightsof,abodyofmilitarypensionerswhoresidewithintheprecinctsofWindsorCastleWitwould,SirWilful。SetCongreve’sTheWayoftheWorldWronghead,SirFrancis,VanbrughandCibber’sTheProvokedHusbandXIMENES,Cardinal,statesman,andregent(1436—1517)
ZADIG,thetitle—characterofanovelbyVoltaire,dealingwiththefatalisticaspectofhumanlifeZephon,thecherubsentwithIthurielbyGabrieltofindoutthewhereaboutsofSatanafterhisflightfromhellZimriinDryden’sAbsalomandAchitophelstandsforthesecondDukeofBuckingham(fortheoriginalsee3Kingsxvi。9)
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TheMiscellaneousWritingsandSpeeches—VolumeIII
byLordMacaulayCONTRIBUTIONSTOTHEENCYCLOPAEDIABRITANNICA
AND
MISCELLANEOUSPOEMS,INSCRIPTIONS,ETC。
CONTENTS。
CONTRIBUTIONSTOTHEENCYCLOPAEDIABRITANNICA。
FrancisAtterbury。(December1853)
JohnBunyan。(May1854)
OliverGoldsmith。(February1856)
SamuelJohnson。(December1856)
WilliamPitt。(January1859)
MISCELLANEOUSPOEMS,INSCRIPTIONS,ETC。
EpitaphonHenryMartyn。(1812)
LinestotheMemoryofPitt。(1813)
ARadicalWarSong。(1820)
TheBattleofMoncontour。(1824)
TheBattleofNaseby,byObadiahBind—their—kings—in—chains—and—
their—nobles—with—links—of—iron,SerjeantinIreton’sRegiment。
(1824)
SermoninaChurchyard。(1825)
TranslationofaPoembyArnault。(1826)
DiesIrae。(1826)
TheMarriageofTirzahandAhirad。(1827)
TheCountryClergyman’sTriptoCambridge。AnElectionBallad。
(1827)
Song。(1827)
PoliticalGeorgics。(March1828)
TheDeliveranceofVienna。(1828)
TheLastBuccaneer。(1839)
EpitaphonaJacobite。(1845)
LinesWritteninAugust,1847。
TranslationfromPlautus。(1850)
ParaphraseofaPassageintheChronicleoftheMonkofStGall。
(1856)
InscriptionontheStatueofLordWm。Bentinck,atCalcutta。
(1835)
EpitaphonSirBenjaminHeathMalkin,atCalcutta。(1837)
EpitaphonLordMetcalfe。(1847)
FRANCISATTERBURY。
(December1853。)
FrancisAtterbury,amanwhoholdsaconspicuousplaceinthepolitical,ecclesiastical,andliteraryhistoryofEngland,wasbornintheyear1662,atMiddletoninBuckinghamshire,aparishofwhichhisfatherwasrector。FranciswaseducatedatWestminsterSchool,andcarriedthencetoChristchurchastockoflearningwhich,thoughreallyscanty,hethroughlifeexhibitedwithsuchjudiciousostentationthatsuperficialobserversbelievedhisattainmentstobeimmense。AtOxford,hisparts,histaste,andhisbold,contemptuous,andimperiousspirit,soonmadehimconspicuous。Herehepublishedattwenty,hisfirstwork,atranslationofthenoblepoemofAbsalomandAchitophelintoLatinverse。NeitherthestylenortheversificationoftheyoungscholarwasthatoftheAugustanage。InEnglishcompositionhesucceededmuchbetter。In1687hedistinguishedhimselfamongmanyablemenwhowroteindefenceoftheChurchofEngland,thenpersecutedbyJamesII。,andcalumniatedbyapostateswhohadforlucrequittedhercommunion。AmongtheseapostatesnonewasmoreactiveormalignantthanObadiahWalker,whowasmasterofUniversityCollege,andwhohadsetupthere,undertheroyalpatronage,apressforprintingtractsagainsttheestablishedreligion。Inoneofthesetracts,writtenapparentlybyWalkerhimself,manyaspersionswerethrownonMartinLuther。AtterburyundertooktodefendthegreatSaxonReformer,andperformedthattaskinamannersingularlycharacteristic。WhoeverexamineshisreplytoWalkerwillbestruckbythecontrastbetweenthefeeblenessofthosepartswhichareargumentativeanddefensive,andthevigourofthosepartswhicharerhetoricalandaggressive。ThePapistsweresomuchgalledbythesarcasmsandinvectivesoftheyoungpolemicthattheyraisedacryoftreason,andaccusedhimofhaving,byimplication,calledKingJamesaJudas。
AftertheRevolution,Atterbury,thoughbredinthedoctrinesofnon—resistanceandpassiveobedience,readilysworefealtytothenewgovernment。Innolongtimehetookholyorders。HeoccasionallypreachedinLondonwithaneloquencewhichraisedhisreputation,andsoonhadthehonourofbeingappointedoneoftheroyalchaplains。ButheordinarilyresidedatOxford,wherehetookanactivepartinacademicalbusiness,directedtheclassicalstudiesoftheundergraduatesofhiscollege,andwasthechiefadviserandassistantofDeanAldrich,adivinenowchieflyrememberedbyhiscatches,butrenownedamonghiscontemporariesasascholar,aTory,andahigh—churchman。Itwasthepractice,notaveryjudiciouspractice,ofAldrichtoemploythemostpromisingyouthsofhiscollegeineditingGreekandLatinbooks。Amongthestudiousandwell—disposedladswhowere,unfortunatelyforthemselves,inducedtobecometeachersofphilologywhentheyshouldhaveb...完整阅读请扫描二维码下载丁香书院APP免费看: