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  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
  Tiresias,inGreekmythologyasoothsayeronwhomZeusconferredthegiftofprophecyincompensationfortheblindnesswithwhichAthenshadstruckhimTreatiseontheBathos,"TheArtofSinkinginPoetry,"aworkprojectedbyArbuthnot,Swift,andPope,andmainlywrittenbythelast—namedTreatyofthePyrenees,betweenFranceandSpain,1659
  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)
  EndofVolumeII
  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

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