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 See also:

• JOHN CONINGTON (1825—1869)

CONINGTON (1825—1869)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1825 at See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston in See also:

• LINCOLNSHIRE

Lincolnshire . He knew his letters when fourteen months old, and could read well at three and a See also:

• HALF

half . He was educated at See also:

• BEVERLEY
• BEVERLEY, WILLIAM ROXBY (1814?-1889)

Beverley See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar school, at See also:

• RUGBY

Rugby and at 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, where, after matriculating at University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, he came into See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at Magdalen, where he had been nominated to a demyship . He was See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland and See also:

• HERTFORD
• HERTFORD, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Hertford scholar in 1844; in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1846 he was elected to a scholarship at University College, and in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December of the same See also:

• YEAR

year he obtained a first class in See also:

• CLASSICS

classics; in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1848 he became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of University . He also obtained the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor's See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize for Latin 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 (1847), English 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 (1848) and Latin essay (1849) . He successfully applied for the See also:

• ELDON, JOHN SCOTT

Eldon See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law scholar-See also:

• SHIP

ship in 1849, and proceeded to See also:

• LONDON

London to keep his terms at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn . The legal profession, however, proved distasteful, and after six months he resigned the scholarship and returned to Oxford . During his brief residence in London he formed a connexion with the See also:

• MORNING

Morning See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, which was maintained for some 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 . He showed no See also:

• SPECIAL

special aptitude for journalism, but a See also:

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

series of articles on university reform (1849—1850) is noteworthy as the first public expression of his views on a subject that always interested him . In 1854 his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, as first occupant, to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of Latin literature, founded by Corpus Christi College, gave him a congenial position . From this time he confined himself with characteristic conscientiousness almost exclusively to Latin literature . The only important exception was the See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the last twelve books of the Iliad in the Spenserian See also:

• STANZA (Low Lat. stantia, Ital. stantia or stanza)

stanza in completion of the See also:

• WORK

work of P .

S . See also:

• WORSLEY
• WORSLEY, PHILIP STANHOPE (1835-1866)

Worsley, and this was undertaken in fulfilment of a promise made to his dying friend . In 1852 he began, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Prof . Goldwin See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition of See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil with a commentary, of which the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume appeared in 1858, the second in 1864, and the .third soon after his See also:

• DEATH

death . Prof . Goldwin Smith was compelled to withdraw from the work at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

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

stage, and in the last volume his See also:

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

place was taken by H . See also:

• NETTLESHIP, HENRY (1839-1893)
• NETTLESHIP, RICHARD LEWIS (1846-1892)

Nettleship . In 1866 See also:

• CONINGTON, JOHN (1825—1869)

Conington published his most famous work, the translation of the Aeneid of Virgil into the octosyliabic See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre of 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 . The version of See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden is the work of a stronger artist; but for fidelity of rendering, for happy use of the principle of See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation so as to preserve the See also:

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

general effect of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original, and for beauty as an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent poem, Conington's version is See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior . That the measure chosen does not reproduce the majestic sweep of the Virgilian verse is a See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault in the conception and not in the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of the task . Conington died at Boston on the 23rd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1869 . His edition of See also:

• PERSIUS

Persius with a commentary and a spirited See also:

• PROSE

prose translation was published posthumously in 1872 .

In the same year appeared his See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Writings, edited by J . A . See also:

• SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)
• SYMONDS, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1818-1887)

Symonds, with a memoir by See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor H . J . S . Smith (see also H . A . J . See also:

• MUNRO, HUGH ANDREW JOHNSTONE (1819-1885)
• MUNRO, MUNRO
• MUNRO, SIR HECTOR (1726-1805)
• MUNRO, SIR THOMAS (1761-1827)

Munro in See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of See also:

• PHILOLOGY

Philology, ii., 1869) . Among his other See also:

• EDITIONS

editions are See also:

• AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus, See also:

• AGAMEMNON

Agamemnon (1848), Choephori (1857); English verse See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, Odes and Carmen Saeculare (1863), Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica (1869) .