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 DENNIS (1657—1734)

DENNIS (1657—1734)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English critic and dramatist, the son of a saddler, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1657 . He was educated at See also:

• HARROW

Harrow School and 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, where he took his B.A. degree in 1679 . In the next See also:

• YEAR

year he was fined and dismissed from his college for having wounded a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-student with a See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword . He was, however, received at Trinity See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, where he took his M.A. degree in 1683 . After travelling in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, he settled in London, where he became acquainted with See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden, See also:

• WYCHERLEY, WILLIAM (c. 1640-1716)

Wycherley and others; and being made temporarily See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent by inheriting a small See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, he devoted himself to literature . The See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MARLBOROUGH
• MARLBOROUGH, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF (1650-1722)

Marlborough procured him a See also:

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

place as one of the 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's waiters in the customs with a See also:

• SALARY

salary of 120 a year . This he afterwards disposed of for a small sum, retaining, at the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax, a yearly See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge upon it for a See also:

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

long See also:

• TERM

term of years . Neither the poems nor the plays of See also:

• DENNIS, JOHN (1657—1734)

Dennis are of any See also:

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

account, although one of his tragedies, a violent attack on the See also:

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

French in See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony with popular See also:

• PREJUDICE (Lat. praejudicium)

prejudice, entitled See also:

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

Liberty Asserted, was produced with See also:

• GREAT

great success at See also:

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

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields in 1704 . His sense of his own importance approached See also:

• MANIA

mania, and he is said to have desired the duke of Marlborough to have a See also:

• SPECIAL

special clause inserted in the treaty of See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht to secure him from French vengeance . Marlborough pointed out that although he had been a still greater enemy of the French nation, he had no fear for his own See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security . This See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale and others of a similar nature may well be exaggerations prompted by his enemies, but the infirmities of See also:

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

character and See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper indicated in them were real . Dennis is best remembered as a critic, and See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac D'See also:

• ISRAELI, ISAAC BEN SOLOMON (9th—loth centuries)

Israeli, who took a by no means favourable view of Dennis, said that some of his criticisms attain classical See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank .

The earlier ones, which have nothing of the rancour that afterwards gained him the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of " Furius," are the best . They are Remarks . . . (1696), on See also:

• BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825-1900)
• BLACKMORE, SIR RICHARD (c. 1650-1729)

Blackmore's epic of See also:

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

Prince See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur; Letters upon Several Occasions written by and between Mr Dryden, Mr Wycherley, Mr Moyle, Mr See also:

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

Congreve and Mr Dennis, published by Mr Dennis (1696); two See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets in reply to See also:

• JEREMY, EPISTLE OF

Jeremy See also:

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

Collier's See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short View; The See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

Advancement and See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation of See also:

• MODERN

Modern See also:

• POETRY

Poetry (1701), perhaps his most important See also:

• WORK

work ; The Grounds of See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

Criticism in Poetry (1704), in which he argued that the ancients owed their superiority over the moderns in poetry to their religious attitude; an 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 upon Publick Spirit . . . (r711), in which he inveighs against luxury, and servile See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign fashions and customs; and Essay on the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

Genius and Writings of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare in three Letters (1712) . Dennis had been offended by a humorous See also:

• QUOTATION

quotation made from his See also:

• WORKS

works by See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison, and published in 1713 Remarks upon See also:

• CATO, DIONYSIUS
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (234—149 B.c.)
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (95-46 B.c.)
• CATO, PUBLIUS VALERIUS

Cato . Much of this criticism was acute and sensible, and it is quoted at considerable length by 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 in his See also:

• LIFE

Life of Addison, but there is no doubt that Dennis was actuated by See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of Addison's success . 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 replied in The Narrative of Dr See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• NORRIS
• NORRIS, FRANK (1870—1902)
• NORRIS, HENRY NORRIS
• NORRIS, JOHN (1657-1711)
• NORRIS, SIR JOHN (c. 1547-1597)
• NORRIS, WILLIAM EDWARD (1847– )

Norris, concerning the See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange and deplorable frenzy of 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 Dennis ... (1713) . This pamphlet was full of personal abuse, exposing Dennis's foibles, but offering no See also:

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

defence of Cato . Addison repudiated any connivance in this attack, and in-directly notified Dennis that when he did See also:

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

answer his objections, it would be without personalities .

Pope had already assailed Dennis in 1711 in the Essay on Criticism, as Appius . Dennis retorted by Reflections, See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

Critical and Satirical ... , a scurrilous See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production in which he taunted Pope with his deformity, saying among other things that he was " as stupid and as venomous as a hunch-backed See also:

• TOAD

toad." He also wrote in 171 ! Remarks upon Mr Pope's See also:

• TRANSLATION

Translation of See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer ... and A True Character of Mr Pope . He accordingly figures in the Dunciad, and in a scathing See also:

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

note in the edition of 1729 (bk. i . 1 . 1o6) Pope quotes his more outrageous attacks, and adds an insulting See also:

• EPIGRAM

epigram attributed to See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

Savage, but now generally ascribed to Pope . More pamphlets followed, but Dennis's See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day was over . He outlived his See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity from the customs, and his last years were spent in great poverty . 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:

• ATTERBURY, FRANCIS (1662-1732)

Atterbury sent him See also:

• MONEY

money, and he received a small sum annually from See also:

• SIR

Sir Robert . See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole . A benefit performance was organized at the Haymarket (See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 18, 1733) on his behalf .

Pope wrote for the occasion an See also:

• ILL

ill-natured See also:

• PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

prologue which See also:

• CIBBER (or CIBERT), CAIUS GABRIEL (163o-1700)
• CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1757)

Cibber recited . Dennis died within three See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks of this performance, on the 6th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1734 . His other works include several plays, for one of which, Appius and See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia (1709), he invented a new See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• THUNDER

thunder . He wrote a curious Essay on the Operas after the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian Manner (1706), maintaining that See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera was the outgrowth of effeminate See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners, and should, as such, be suppressed . His Works were published in 1702, Select Works . . (2 vols.) in 1718, and See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Tracts, the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume only of which appeared, in 1727 . For accounts of Dennis see Cibber's Lives of the Poets, vol. iv.; Isaac D'Israeli's essays on Pope and Addison in the Quarrels of Authors, and " On the See also:

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

Influence of a See also:

• BAD, BCD

Bad Temper in Criticism " in Calamities of Authors; and numerous references in Pope's Works .