See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• SIR GEORGE ETHEREDGE [or ETHEREGE] (c. 1635-1691)

ETHEREDGE [or ETHEREGE] (c. 1635-1691)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1635, and belonged to an See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire See also:

• FAMILY

family . I-Ie is said to have been educated at See also:

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

Cambridge, but See also:

• DENNIS, JOHN (1657—1734)

Dennis assures us that " to his certain knowledge he understood neither See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek nor Latin." He travelled abroad See also:

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

early, and seems to have resided in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . It is possible that he witnessed in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris the performances of some of See also:

• MOLIERE (1622-1673)

Moliere's earliest comedies; and he seems, from an allusion in one of his plays, to have been personally acquainted with See also:

• BUSSY, ROGER DE RABUTIN, COMTE DE (1618–1693)

Bussy Rabutin . On his return to See also:

• LONDON

London he studied the 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 at one of the Inns of 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 . His tastes were those of a See also:

• FINE

fine 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, and he indulged freely in See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure . Sometime soon after the Restoration he composed his See also:

• COMEDY

comedy of The Comical Revenge or Love in a Tub, which introduced him to 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 Buckhurst, afterwards the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset . This was brought out at the See also:

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

Duke's See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre in 1664, and a few copies were printed in the same year . It is partly in rhymned heroic 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, like the See also:

• STILTED

stilted tragedies of the Howards and Killigrews, but it contains comic scenes that are exceedingly See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright and fresh . The sparring between See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 and the Widow introduced a See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of wit hitherto unknown upon the English See also:

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

stage . The success of this See also:

• PLAY

play was very See also:

• GREAT

great, but See also:

• ETHEREDGE [or ETHEREGE], SIR GEORGE (c. 1635-1691)

Etheredge waited four years before he repeated his experiment . Meanwhile he gained the highest reputation as a poetical beau, and moved in the circle of Sir 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 See also:

• SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES (c. 1639-1701)

Sedley, Lord See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester and the other See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble wits of the 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 . In 1668 he brought out She would if she could, a comedy in many respects admirable, full of See also:

• ACTION

action, wit and spirit, although to the last degree frivolous and immoral .

But in this play Etheredge first shows himself a new See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in literature; he has nothing of the rudeness of his predecessors or the grossness of his contemporaries . We move in an See also:

• AIRY, SIR GEORGE BIDDELL (1801-1892)

airy and fantastic See also:

• WORLD

world, where flirtation is the only serious business of See also:

• LIFE

life . At this 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 Etheredge was living a life no less frivolous and unprincipled than those of his Courtals and Freemans . He formed an See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with the famous actress Mrs See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• BARRY
• BARRY, ELIZABETH (1658—1713)
• BARRY, JAMES (1741—1806)
• BARRY, SIR CHARLES (1795-1860)
• BARRY, SIR REDMOND (1813-188o)
• BARRY, SPRANGER (1719-1777)

Barry; she See also:

• BORE

bore him a daughter, on whom he settled £6000, but who, unhappily, died in her youth . His See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and wit, the distinction and See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm of his See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners, won Etheredge the See also:

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

general See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of society, and his temperament is best known by the names his contemporaries gave him, of " See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

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

George " and " easy Etheredge." Rochester up-braided him for inattention to literature; and at last, after a silence of eight years, he came forward with one more play, unfortunately his last . The See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man of Mode or Sir Fopling Flutter, indisputably the best comedy of intrigue written in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England before the days of See also:

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

Congreve, was acted and printed in 1676, and enjoyed an unbounded success . Besides the merit of its See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot and wit, it. had the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal charm of being supposed to satirize, or at least to paint, persons well known in London . Sir Fopling Flutter was a portrait of Beau Hewit, the reigning exquisite of the See also:

• HOUR

hour; in Dorimant the poet See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew the earl of Rochester, and in Medley a portrait of himself; while even the drunken shoemaker was a real See also:

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

character, who made his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune from being thus brought into public See also:

• NOTICE

notice . After this brilliant success Etheredge retired from literature; his gallantries and his gambling in a few years deprived him of his fortune, and he looked about for a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich match . He was knighted before 168o, and gained the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand and the See also:

• MONEY

money of a rich widow . He was sent by Charles II. on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague, and 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 1685 was appointed See also:

• RESIDENT

resident See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister in the imperial See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German court at See also:

• REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg . He was very uncomfortable in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and after three and a See also:

• HALF

half years' See also:

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

residence See also:

• LEFT

left for Paris .

He had collected a library at Regensburg, some volumes of which are in the theological See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college there . His MS. despatches are preserved in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum, where they were discovered and described by Mr See also:

• GOSSE, EDMUND (1849– )
• GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY (1810–r888)

Gosse in 1881; they add very largely to our knowledge of Etheredge's career . He died in Paris, probably in 1691, for See also:

• NARCISSUS

Narcissus See also:

• LUTTRELL, HENRY (c. 1765–1851)

Luttrell notes in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1692 that " Sir George Etherege, the See also:

• LATE

late 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:

• 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' See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, died lately in Paris." Etheredge deserves to hold a more distinguished See also:

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

place in English literature than has generally been allotted to him . In a dull and heavy See also:

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

age, he inaugurated a See also:

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

period of genuine wit and sprightliness . He invented the comedy of intrigue, and led the way for the masterpieces of Congreve and See also:

• SHERIDAN
• SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)

Sheridan . Before his time the manner of See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben See also:

• JONSON

Jonson had prevailed in comedy, and traditional " humours " and typical eccentricities, instead of real characters, had crowded the comic stage . Etheredge paints with a See also:

• LIGHT

light, faint hand, but it is from nature, and his portraits of fops and See also:

• BEAUX, CECILIA (1863– )

beaux are simply unexcelled . No one knows better than he how to See also:

• PRESENT

present a See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young gentleman, a Dorimant, " an unconfinable rover after amorous adventures." His See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius is as light as See also:

• THISTLE

thistle-down; he is frivolous, without force of conviction, without principle; but his wit is very sparkling, and his style pure and singularly picturesque . No one approaches Etheredge in delicate touches of See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture and See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene; he makes the fine airs of London gentlemen and ladies live before our eyes even more vividly than Congreve does; but he has less insight and less See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy than Congreve . Had he been poor or ambitious, he might have been to England almost what Moliere was to France, but he was a rich man living at his ease, and he disdained to excel in literature . Etheredge was " a See also:

• FAIR

fair, slender, genteel man, but spoiled his countenance with drinking." His See also:

• CON

con-temporaries all agree in acknowledging that he was the soul of affability and sprightly See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good-nature . The life of Etheredge was first given in detail by See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund Gosse in Seventeenth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century Studies (1883) .

His See also:

• WORKS

works were edited by A . W . Verity, in 1888 . (E .