See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

NICHOLAS See also:

• NICHOLAS AMHURST (1697-1742)

AMHURST (1697-1742)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet and See also:

• POLITICAL

political writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Marden, See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, on the 16th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1697 . He was educated at the See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant Taylors' School, and received an See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition (1716) to St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . In 1719 he was expelled from the university, ostensibly for his irregularities" of conduct, but in reality, according to his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, because of his whig principles, which were sufficiently evident in a congratulatory See also:

• EPISTLE

epistle to See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison, in See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Popery; or the See also:

• CONVOCATION
• CONVOCATION (Lat. convocatio, a calling together)

Convocation (1718), an attack on the opponents of See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• HOADLY, BENJAMIN (1676-1761)

Hoadly, and in The Protestant Session . . . by a member of the Constitution See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club at Oxford (1719), addressed to See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James, first See also:

• EARL

Earl See also:

• STANHOPE, EARLS
• STANHOPE, LADY HESTER LUCY (1776-1839)

Stanhope, and printed anonymously, but doubtless by See also:

• AMHURST, NICHOLAS (1697-1742)

Amhurst . He had satirized Oxford morals in Strephon's Revenge; a See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

Satire on the Oxford Toasts (1718), and he attacked from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the university and its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal members . An old Oxford See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom on public occasions permitted some persqn to deliver from the rostrum a humorous, satirical speech, full of university See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal . This orator was known as Terrae filius . In 1721 Amhurst produced a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of bi-weekly satirical papers under this name, which ran for seven months and incidentally provides much curious See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information . These publications were reprinted in 1726 in two volumes as Terrae Filius; or the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• HISTORY

history of the University of Oxford; in several essays . . . . He collected his poems in 1720, and wrote another university satire, Oculus Britanniae, in 1724 . On leaving Oxford for See also:

• LONDON

London he became a prominent pamphleteer on the opposition See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side .

On the 5th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1726 he issued the first number of the Craftsman, a weekly periodical, which he conducted under the See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym of See also:

• CALEB (Heb. keleb, " dog ")

Caleb D'Anvers . The See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper contributed largely to the final over-throw of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole's See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and reached a circulation of 1 o,000 copies . For this success Amhurst's editorship was not perhaps chiefly responsible . It was the See also:

• ORGAN

organ of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Boling-See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke and See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Pulteney, the latter of whom was a frequent and See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic contributor . In 1737 an imaginary See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter from See also:

• COLLEY, SIR GEORGE POMEROY (1835-1881)

Colley See also:

• CIBBER (or CIBERT), CAIUS GABRIEL (163o-1700)
• CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1757)

Cibber was inserted, in which he was made to suggest that many plays by See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare and the older dramatists contained passages which might be regarded as seditious . He therefore desired to be appointed See also:

• CENSOR (from Lat. censere, assess, estimate; in Gr. rt s ris)

censor of all plays brought on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . This was regarded as a " suspected " See also:

• LIBEL

libel, and a See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant was issued for the See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest of the printer . Amhurst surrendered himself instead, and suffered a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short imprisonment . On the overthrow of the government in 1742 the opposition leaders did nothing for the useful editor of the Craftsman, and this neglect is said to have hastened Amhurst's See also:

• DEATH

death, which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at See also:

• TWICKENHAM

Twickenham on the 27th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1742 .