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 See also:

• WILLIAM BROOME (1689-1745)

BROOME (1689-1745)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and poet, the son of a See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Haslington, See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire, where he was baptized on the 3rd of May 1689 . He was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton, where he became See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of the school, and at 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:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . He collaborated with John Ozell 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 Oldisworth in a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation (1712) of the Iliad from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French version of Madame See also:

• DACIER

Dacier, and he contributed in the same See also:

• YEAR

year some verses to See also:

• LINTOT, BARNABY BERNARD (1675-1736)

Lintot's See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany . He was introduced to See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope, who was at that 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 engaged on his translation of the Iliad . Pope asked See also:

• BROOME, WILLIAM (1689-1745)

Broome to make a See also:

• DIGEST

digest for him of the notes of See also:

• EUSTATHIUS
• EUSTATHIUS, or EUMATHIUS

Eustathius, the 12th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century annotator of See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer . This task Broome executed to Pope's entire See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction, refusing any See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment . He was See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of Sturston, See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, and his prosperity was further assured by his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage in 1716 with a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich widow, Mrs See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

Clarke . When Pope undertook the translation of the Odyssey, he engaged See also:

• ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

Elijah See also:

• FENTON
• FENTON, EDWARD (d. 1603)
• FENTON, ELIJAH (1683-1730)
• FENTON, LAVINIA (1708-1760)
• FENTON, SIR GEOFFREY (c. 1539-1608)

Fenton and Broome to assist him . Broome's facility in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse had gained for him at college the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of " the poet," and he adapted his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style very closely to Pope's .. He translated the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th,16th, 18th and 23rd books, and practically provided all the notes . He was a vain, talkative See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and did not fail to make known his real See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the translation, of which Pope had given a very misleading See also:

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

account in the " proposals " issued to subscribers . He casually mentioned Broome as his coadjutor, as though his assistance was of an entirely subsidiary See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character .

His See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over Broome was so strong that the latter was induced to write a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note at the end of the translation minimizing his own share and implicating Fenton, who, moreover, had not wished his name to appear, in the deception . " If my performance," he said, " has merit either in these [the notes] or in any See also:

• PART

part of the translation, namely the 6th, 11th and 18th books, it is but just to attribute it to the See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and care of Mr Pope, by whose See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand every See also:

• SHEET

sheet was corrected." For the Odyssey Pope received £4500, of which Broome, who had provided a third of the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text and the notes, received £570 . He had hoped to secure fame from his connexion with Pope, and when he found that Pope had no intention of praising him he complained bitterly of being under-paid . Pope thought that Broome's garrulity had caused the reports which were being circulated to his disadvantage, and ungenerously made satirical allusions to him in the Dunciad 1 and the See also:

• BATHOS (Gr. 3hOos)

Bathos . After these insults Broome's See also:

• PATIENCE

patience gave way, and there is a See also:

• GAP

gap in his See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with Pope, but in 1730 the intercourse was renewed on friendly terms . In 1728 the degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the university of Cambridge, and he was presented to the rectory of Pulham, Norfolk, and subsequently by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles, 1st See also:

• EARL

Earl See also:

• CORNWALLIS, CHARLES CORNWALLIS
• CORNWALLIS, SIR WILLIAM (1744-1819)

Cornwallis, who had been his friend at Cambridge, to two livings, Oakley Magna in See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, and See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

Eye in See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk . He died at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1745 . Broome was also the author of some See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from See also:

• ANACREON

Anacreon printed in the See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, and of Poems on Several Occasions (1727) . His poems are included in See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson's and other collections of the See also:

• BRITISH

British poets . His connexion with Pope is exhaustively discussed in Elwin and See also:

• COURTHOPE, WILLIAM JOHN (1842— )

Courthope's edition of Pope's See also:

• WORKS

Works (viii. pp . 30-186), where the correspondence between the two is reproduced . See also:

• BROOM

BROOM-See also:

• RAPE
• RAPE (from Lat. rapere, to seize)
• RAPE (Lat. rapum or rapa, turnip)

RAPE, known botanically as Orobanche, a genus of See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown leafless herbs growing attached to the roots of other See also:

• PLANTS

plants from which they derive their nourishment .

The usually stout See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem bears brownish scales, and ends in a spike of yellow, reddish-brown or purplish See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, with a gaping two-lipped corolla . Several See also:

• SPECIES

species occur in the British Isles; the largest, Orobanche See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major, is parasitic on roots of shrubby leguminous plants, and has a stout stem 1 to 2 ft. high .