See also:RICHARD See also:CORBET (1582—1635)
, See also:English See also:bishop and poet, was See also:born in 1582, the son of a nurseryman at See also:Ewell, See also:Surrey
.
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, to which he proceeded from See also:Westminster school in 1597, he was noted as a wit
.
On taking orders he continued to display this See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent from the See also:pulpit, and 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 I., in See also:consideration of his " See also:fine See also:fancy and See also:preaching," made him one of the royal chaplains
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In 162o he became See also:vicar of Stewkley, See also:Berkshire, and in the same See also:year was made See also:dean of See also:Christchurch, Oxford
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In 1628 he was made bishop of Oxford, and in 1632 translated thence to the see of See also:Norwich
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See also:Corbet was the author of many poems, for the most See also:part of a lively, satirical See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, his most serious See also:production being the Fairies' Farewell
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His verses were first collected and published in 1647
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His conviviality was famous, and many stories are told of his youthful merry-making in See also:London taverns in See also:company with See also:Ben See also:Jonson, who always remained his See also:close friend, and other dramatists
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He died at Norwich on the 28th of See also:July 1635
.
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