See also:

• EARL

EARL 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 MONTAGUE See also:

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

HALIFAX (1661–1715)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English statesman and poet, See also:

• FOURTH

fourth son of the Hon . See also:

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

George Montague, fifth son of the first See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HORTON, CHRISTIANA (c. 1696–c. 1756)
• HORTON, ROBERT FORMAN (18J5– )
• HORTON, SAMUEL DANA (1844–1895)

Horton, See also:

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Northamptonshire, on the 16th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1661 . In his fourteenth See also:

• YEAR

year he was sent to See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster school, where he was chosen 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's See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar in 1677, and distinguished himself in the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of extempore epigrams made according to See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom upon theses appointed for king's scholars at the 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 of See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election . In 1679 he entered Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, where he acquired a solid knowledge of the See also:

• CLASSICS

classics and surpassed all his contemporaries at the university in See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic and See also:

• ETHICS
• ETHICS, SHAFTESBURY, HOBBES

ethics . See also:

• LAT

Lat terly, however, he preferred to the abstractions of See also:

• DESCARTES, RENE (1596-1650)

Descartes the See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

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

Isaac See also:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

Newton; and he was one of the small See also:

• BAND

band of students who assisted Newton in forming the Philosophical Society of Cambridge . But it was his facility in 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-See also:

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

writing, and neither his scholarship nor his practical ability, that first opened up to him the way to See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . His See also:

• CLEVER

clever but absurdly panegyrical poem on 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 II. secured for him the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of the earl of See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset, who invited him to See also:

• TOWN

town and introduced him to the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal wits of the time; and in 1687 his See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint authorship with See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

Prior of the Find and See also:

• PANTHER

Panther transversed to 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:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

Country See also:

• MOUSE

Mouse and the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City Mouse, a See also:

• PARODY (Gr. s-apybia, literally a song sung beside, a comic parallel)

parody of See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden's See also:

• POLITICAL

political poem, not only increased his See also:

• LITERARY

literary reputation but directly helped him to political See also:

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

influence . In 1689, through the patronage of the earl of Dorset, he enteredparliament as member for See also:

• MALDON

Maldon, and sat in the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which resolved that See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William and See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary should be declared king and 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 of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . About this time he married the countess-See also:

• DOWAGER (from the Old Fr. douagiere, mod. douairiere)

dowager of Manchester, and it would appear, according to 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, that it was still his intention to take orders; but after the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation he See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased a clerkship to the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . On being introduced by Earl Dorset to King William, after the publication of his poetical See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle occasioned by his See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's Victory in See also:

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

Ireland, he was ordered to receive an immediate See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £500 per annum, until an opportunity should See also:

• PRESENT

present itself of " making a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of him." In 1691 he was chosen chairman of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the 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 of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons appointed to confer with a committee of the Lords in regard to the See also:

• BILL

bill for regulating trials in cases of high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason; and he displayed in these conferences such tact and debating See also:

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

power that he was made one of the commissioners of the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury and called to the privy council . But his success as a politician was less due to his oratorical gifts than to his skill in See also:

• FINANCE

finance, and in this respect he soon began to See also:

• MANIFEST (Lat. manifestus, clear, open to view)

manifest such brilliant talents as completely eclipsed the painstaking abilities of See also:

• GODOLPHIN, SIDNEY GODOLPHIN, EARL

Godolphin . Indeed it may be affirmed that no other statesman has initiated schemes which have See also:

• LEFT

left a more permanent See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark on the See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial See also:

• HISTORY

history of England .

Although perhaps it was inevitable that England should sooner or later adopt the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental custom of lightening the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation in times of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war by contracting a See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt, the, actual introduction of the expedient was due to Montague, who on the 15th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1692 proposed to raise a million of See also:

• MONEY

money by way of See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan . Previous to this the Scotsman William See also:

• PATERSON
• PATERSON, ROBERT (1715-1801)
• PATERSON, WILLIAM (1658-1719)

Paterson (q.v.) had submitted to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government his See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of a national See also:

• BANK

bank, and when in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1694 the prolonged contest with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France had rendered another large loan absolutely necessary, Montague introduced a bill for the See also:

• INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation of the Bank of England . The bill after some opposition passed the House of Lords in May, and immediately after the See also:

• PROROGATION

prorogation of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament Montague was rewarded by the chancellorship of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer . In 1695 he was triumphantly returned for the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Westminster to the new parliament, and succeeded in passing his celebrated measure to remedy the depreciation which had taken See also:

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

place in the currency on See also:

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

account of dishonest manipulations . To provide for the expense of recoinage, Montague, instead of reviving the old tax of See also:

• HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

hearth money, introduced the window tax, and the difficulties caused by the temporary See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of a metallic currency were avoided by the issue for the first time of exchequer bills . His other expedients for See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting the emergencies of the financial crisis were equally successful, and the rapid restoration of public See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit secured him a commanding influence both in the House of Commons and at the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of the treasury; but although Godolphin resigned See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1696, the king hesitated for some time between Montague and Sir See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox as his successor, and it was not till 1697 that the former was appointed first 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 . In 1697 he was accused by .Charles Duncombe, and in 1698 by a See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

Col . See also:

• GRANVILLE
• GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE
• GRANVILLE, JOHN CARTERET, EARL (1690-1763)

Granville, of See also:

• FRAUD (Lat. fraus, deceit)

fraud, but both charges See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke down, and Duncombe was shown to have been guilty of extreme dishonesty himself . In 1698 and 1699 he acted as one of the council of regency during the king's absence from England . With the See also:

• ACCUMULATION (from Lat. accumulare, to heap up)

accumulation of his political successes his vanity,. and arrogance became, however, so offensive that latterly they utterly lost him the influence he had acquired by his administrative ability and his masterly eloquence; and when his power began to be on the wane he set the See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal to his political overthrow by conferring the lucrative See also:

• SINECURE (Lat. sine cura, without care)

sinecure office of auditor of the exchequer on his See also:

• BROTHER

brother in See also:

• TRUST

trust for himself should he be compelled to retire from power . This See also:

• ACTION

action earned him the offensive See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of " Filcher," and for some time afterwards, in attempting to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead the House of Commons, he had to submit to See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant mortifications, often verging on See also:

• PERSONAL

personal insults . After the return of the king in 1699 he resigned his offices in the government and succeeded his brother in the auditorship .

On the See also:

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

accession of the Tories to power he was removed in 1701 to the House of Lords by the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of 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 . In the same year he was impeached for malpractices along with Lord See also:

• SOMERS, JOHN SOMERS (or SOMMERS), BARON (1651–1716)

Somers and the earls of See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland and 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, but all the charges were dismissed by the Lords; and in 1703 a second See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to impeach him was still more unsuccessful . He continued out of office during the reign of Queen See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, but in 1706 he was named one of the commissioners to negotiate the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland; and after the passing of the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

Settlement in favour of the house of See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, he was appointed 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 the elector's 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 to convey the insignia of 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 of the garter to George I . On the death of Anne (1714) he was appointed one of the council of regency until the arrival of the king from Hanover; and after the coronation he received the office of first lord of the treasury in the new See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, being at the same time created earl of Halifax and See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount See also:

• SUNBURY

Sunbury . He died on the 19th of May 1715 and left no issue . He was buried in the vault of the See also:

• ALBEMARLE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Albemarle See also:

• FAMILY

family in Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . His See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew George (d . 1739) succeeded to the See also:

• BARONY

barony, and was created Viscount Sunbury and earl of Halifax in 1715 . Montague's association with Prior in the See also:

• TRAVESTY (Fr. travestie, from travestir, to disguise, se travestir, to change one's clothes; Lat. trans, across, and vestire, to clothe)

travesty of Dryden's See also:

• HIND

Hind and Panther has no doubt largely aided in preserving his literary reputation; but he is perhaps indebted for it chiefly to his subsequent influential position and to the fulsome flattery of the men of letters who enjoyed his friendship, and who, in return for his liberal donations and the splendid banqueting which they occasionally enjoyed at his See also:

• VILLA

villa cm the See also:

• THAMES

Thames, " fed him," as 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 says, " all 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 See also:

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

long with dedications." See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift says he gave them nothing but " See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good words, and good dinners." That, however, his beneficence to needy 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, if sometimes attributable to an itching See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear for adulation, was at others prompted by a sincere appreciation of intellectual merit, is sufficiently attested by the manner in which he procured from Godolphin a commissionership for See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison, and also by his See also:

• LIFE

life-long intimacy with Newton, for whom he obtained the mastership of the See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint . The small fragments of See also:

• POETRY

poetry which he left behind him, and which were almost solely the composition of his See also:

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

early years, display a certain facility and vigour of diction, but their thought and See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy are never more than See also:

• COMMONPLACE

commonplace, and not unfrequently in striving to be eloquent and impressive he is only grotesquely and extravagantly absurd . In administrative talent he was the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior of all his contemporaries, and his only See also:

• RIVAL

rival in See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary eloquence was Somers; but the skill with which he managed See also:

• MEASURES

measures was superior to his tact in dealing with men, and the effect of his brilliant financial successes on his reputation was gradually almost nullified by the affected arrogance of his manner and by the eccentricities of his sensitive vanity . So eager latterly was his thirst for fame and power that perhaps See also:

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

Marlborough did not exaggerate when he said that "he had no other principle but his ambition, so that he would put all in See also:

• DISTRACTION (from Lat. distrakere, to pull asunder)

distraction rather than not gain his point." Among the numerous notices of Halifax by contemporaries may be mentioned the eulogistic reference which concludes Addison's account of the " greatest of English poets "; the dedications by See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

Steel to the second See also:

• VOLUME

volume of the Spectator and to the fourth of the 7'atler; Pope's laudatory mention of him in the See also:

• EPILOGUE

epilogue to his Satires and in the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to the Iliad, and his portrait of him as " Full-blown Bufo " in the Epistle to See also:

• ARBUTHNOT, ALEXANDER (1538-1583)
• ARBUTHNOT, JOHN (1667-1735)

Arbuthnot .

Various allusions to him are to be found in Swift's See also:

• WORKS

works and in Marlborough's Letters . See also See also:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet's History of his Own Times; The Parliamentary History; See also:

• HOWELL, JAMES (c. 1594-1666)

Howell's See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Trials; Johnson's Lives of the Poets; and See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay's History of England . His See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Works were published at See also:

• LONDON

London in 1704; his Life and Miscellaneous Works in 1715; and his Poetical Works, to which also his " Life " is attached, in 1716 . His poems were reprinted in the 9th volume of Johnson's English Poets .