See also:

• JEREMY, EPISTLE OF

JEREMY See also:

• COLLIER, ARTHUR (1680-1732)
• JEREMY COLLIER (1650-1726)
• COLLIER, JOHN PAYNE (1789–1883)

COLLIER (1650-1726)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English nonjuring divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• STOW, JOHN (c. 1525-1605)

Stow-with-Quy, See also:

• CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Cambridgeshire, on the 23rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1650 . He was educated at See also:

• IPSWICH

Ipswich See also:

• FREE

free school, over which his See also:

• FATHER

father presided, and at See also:

• CAIUS
• CAIUS [Anglice KEES, KEYS, etc.], JOHN (1510-1573)

Caius See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1693 and M.A. in 1676 . He acted for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short 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 as a private See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain, but was appointed in 1679 to the small rectory of Ampton, near See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury St See also:

• EDMUNDS, GEORGE FRANKLIN (1828– )

Edmunds, and in 1685 he was made lecturer of See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray's See also:

• INN

Inn . At the Revolution he was committed to Newgate for See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing in favour of 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 II. a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract entitled The See also:

• DESERTION

Desertion discuss'd in a 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 to a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

Country 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 (1688), in See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to 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:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet's See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King 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's position . He was released after some months of imprisonment, without trial, by the intervention of his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . In the two following years he continued to harass the 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 by his publications: and in 1692 he was again in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison under suspicion of treasonable 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 James . His scruples forbade him to acknowledge the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court by accepting See also:

• BAIL

bail, but he was soon released . But in 1696 for his boldness in granting See also:

• ABSOLUTION (Lat. absolutio from absolvo, loosen, acquit)

absolution on the See also:

• SCAFFOLD
• SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING (from the O. Fr. escafaut, originally escafalt, modern echafaud, a corruption of the Italian or Spanish calafalco, a platform, especially a canopy over a bier, a catafalque; this word is composed of O. Span. altar, O. Ital. catare, t

scaffold to See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 Friend and Sir William Parkyns, who had attempted the assassination of William, he was obliged to flee, and for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life continued under See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of See also:

• OUTLAWRY

outlawry, When the See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm had blown over he returned to See also:

• LONDON

London, and employed his leisure in See also:

• WORKS

works which were less See also:

• POLITICAL

political in their See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone . In 1697 appeared the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his Essays on Several Moral Subjects, to which a second was added in 1705, and a third in 1709 . The first See also:

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

series contained six essays, the most notable being that " On the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of a Chaplain," which throws much See also:

• LIGHT

light on the position of a large See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy at that time . See also:

• COLLIER, ARTHUR (1680-1732)
• COLLIER, JEREMY (1650-1726)
• COLLIER, JOHN PAYNE (1789–1883)

Collier deprecated the extent of the authority assumed by the See also:

• PATRON

patron and the servility of the poorer clergy . In 1698 Collier produced his famous Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English See also:

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

Stage .

. . . He dealt with the immodesty of the contemporary stage, supporting his contentions by a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long series of references attesting the See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative decency of Latin and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama; with the profane See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language indulged in by the players; the abuse of the clergy See also:

• COMMON

common in the drama; the encouragement of See also:

• VICE

vice by representing the vicious characters as admirable and successful; and finally he supported his See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general position by the See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis of particular plays, See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden's Amphit,See also:

• YON (1822-1847)

yon, See also:

• VANBRUGH, SIR JOHN (1664-1726)

Vanbrugh's Relapse and D'Urfey's See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Quixote . The See also:

• BOOK

Book abounds in hypercriticism, particularly in the imputation of See also:

• PROFANITY

profanity; and in a useless display of learning, neither intrinsically valuable nor conducive to the See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument . He had no See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic appreciation of the subject he discussed, and he mistook cause for effect in asserting that the decline in public morality was due to the flagrant indecency of the stage . Yet, in the words of See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay, who gives an admirable See also:

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

account of the discussion in his See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on the comic dramatists of the Restoration, " when all deductions have been made, See also:

• GREAT

great merit must be allowed to the See also:

• WORK

work." Dryden acknowledged, in the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to his Fables, the See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of Collier's strictures, though he protested against the manner of the onslaught;' but See also:

• CONGREVE, RICHARD (1818-1899)
• CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM
• CONGREVE, WILLIAM (167o-1729)

Congreve made an angry reply; Vanbrugh and others followed . Collier was prepared to meet any number of antagonists, and defended himself in numerous tracts . The Short View was followed by a Defence (1699), a Second Defence (1700), and Mr Collier's Dissuasive from the Playhouse, in a Letter to a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

Person of Quality (1703), and a Further Vindication (1708) . The fight lasted in all some ten years; but Collier had right on his See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, and triumphed; his position was, moreover, strengthened by the fact that he was known as a See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy and high churchman, and that his attack could not, therefore, be assigned to Puritan rancour against the stage . From 1701 to 17 21 Collier was employed on his Great See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical, See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, founded on, and partly translated from, See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis Moreri's Dictionnaire historique, and in the compilation and issue of the two volumes See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio of his own Ecclesiastical See also:

• HISTORY

History of Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain from the first planting of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity to the end of the reign of 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 II . ' ' He is too much given to See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-See also:

• PLAY

play in his raillery, and comes to See also:

• BATTLE

battle like a See also:

• DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)

dictator from the plough . I will not say, ' the zeal of See also:

• GOD

God's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house has eaten him up ' ; but I am sure it has devoured some See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and civility " (Dryden, Works, ed . See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, xi .

239) . (1708-1714) . The latter work was attacked by Burnet and others, but the author showed himself as keen a controversialist as ever . Many attempts were made to shake his fidelity to the lost cause of the Stuarts, but he continued indomitable to the end . In 1712 See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• HICKES, GEORGE (1642-1715)

Hickes was the only survivor of the nonjuring bishops, and in the next See also:

• YEAR

year Collier was consecrated . He had a 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 an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt made towards See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with the Greek See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . He had a long correspondence with the Eastern authorities, his last letters on the subject being written in 1725 . Collier preferred the version of the Book of Common See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

Prayer issued in 1549, and regretted that certain practices and petitions there enjoined were omitted in later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . His first tract on the subject, Reasons for Restoring some Prayers (1717), was followed by others . In 1718 was published a new Communion Office taken partly from See also:

• PRIMITIVE

Primitive Liturgies and partly from the first English Reformed Common Prayer Book, . . . which em-bodied the changes desired by Collier . The controversy that ensued made a split in the nonjuring communion .

His last work was a volume of See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical Discourses, published in 1725 . He died on the 26th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1726 .