OLOF VON See also:

• OLOF VON DAMN (1708-1763)

DAMN (1708-1763)  , See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 29th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1708 in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Vinberg in Halland, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . He was nearly related to Rydelius, the philosophical 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 of See also:

• LUND
• LUND, TROELS FREDERIK (1840- )

Lund, and he was sent at a very See also:

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

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age to be instructed by him, See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus being one of his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-pupils . While studying at Lund, Dalin had visited See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1723, and in 1726 entered one of the public offices there . Under the patronage of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Ralamb he rapidly See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to preferment, and his skill and intelligence won him See also:

• GOLDEN

golden opinions . In 1733 he started the weekly Svenska See also:

• ARGUS

Argus, on the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison's Spectator, See also:

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

writing anonymously till 1736 . His next See also:

• WORK

work was Tankar ofver Critiquer (Thoughts about Critics, 1736) . With the avowed purpose of enlarging the See also:

• HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon of his cultivation and tastes, Dalin set off, in See also:

• COMPANY

company with his See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil, Baron RMamb's son, on a tour through See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in 1739—1740 . On his return the shifting of See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LIFE

life at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home caused him to write his famous satiric allegories of The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of the See also:

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

Horse and Aprilverk (1738), which were very popular and provoked countless imitations . His didactic epos of Svenska Frihelen (Swedish See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

Liberty) appeared in 1742 . Hitherto Addison and 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 had been his See also:

• MODELS

models; in this work he draws his See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration from See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson, whose poem of Liberty it emulated . On the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus Freduck in 1751 Dalin received the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to the See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, afterwards Gustavus III . He had enjoyed the confidence of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Louisa Ulrika, See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great of Germany, while she was crown princess, and she now made him secretary of the Swedish See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of literature, founded by her in 1753 .

His position at 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 involved him in the queen's political intrigues, and separated him to a vexatious degree from the studies in which he had hitherto been absorbed . He held the post of tutor to the crown prince until 1756, when he was arrested on suspicion of having taken See also:

• PART

part in the attempted coup d'etat of that year, and was tried for his life before the See also:

• DIET

diet . He was acquitted, but was forbidden on any pretence to show himself at court . This See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile, which lasted until 1761, Dalin spent in the preparation of the third See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his great See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical work, the Svea Bikes historic (See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Swedish See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom), which came down to the See also:

• DEATH

death 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 IX. in 1611 . The first two volumes appeared in 1746—1750; the third, in two parts, in 1760-1762 . Dalin had been ennobled in 1751, and made privy councillor in 1753; and now, in 1761, he once more took his See also:

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

place at court . During his exile, however, his spirit and his See also:

• HEALTH

health had been broken; in a See also:

• FIT

fit of panic he had destroyed some packets of his best unpublished See also:

• WORKS

works and this he constantly brooded over . On the 12th of August 1763 he died at his 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 in Drottningholm . In the year 1767 his writings in belles lettres were issued in six volumes, edited by J . C . Bokman, his See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother . Amid an enormous See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of occasional verses, anagrams, epigrams, impromptus and the like, his satires and serious poems were almost buried .

But some of these former, even, are found to be songs of remarkable See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and delicacy, and many display a love of natural scenery and a knowledge of its forms truly remarkable in that artificial age . His dramas also are of See also:

• INTEREST

interest, particularly his admirable See also:

• COMEDY

comedy of Den afvundsjuke (The Envious See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man, 1738); he also wrote a tragedy, Brynilda (1739), and a See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral in three scenes on 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 Adolphus Frederick's return from See also:

• FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa)

Finland . During the early part of his life he was universally admitted to be facile princess among the Swedish poets of his 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 . See also K . Warburg, " Olof von Dalin," in the Handlingar (vol . Iix., 1884) of the Swedish Academy . A selection of his works was edited by E . V . Lindblad (See also:

• OREBRO

Orebro, 1872) .