SOAME See also:

• SOAME JENYNS (1704-1787)

JENYNS (1704-1787)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1704, and was educated at St 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's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge . In 1742 he was chosen M.P. for See also:

• CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Cambridgeshire, in which his See also:

• PROPERTY

property See also:

• LAY

lay, and he afterwards sat 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 See also:

• DUNWICH

Dunwich and the See also:

• TOWN

town of Cambridge . From 1755 to 1780 he was one of the commissioners of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . He died on the 18th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1787 . For the measure of See also:

• LITERARY

literary repute which he enjoyed during his See also:

• LIFE

life See also:

• JENYNS, SOAME (1704-1787)

Jenyns was indebted as much to his See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and social See also:

• STANDING

standing as to his accomplishments and talents, though both were considerable . His poetical See also:

• WORKS

works, the See also:

• ART

Art of Dancing (1727) and Miscellanies (1770), contain many passages graceful and lively though occasionally verging on See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence . The first of his See also:

• PROSE

prose works was his See also:

• FREE

Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil (1756) . This 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 was severely criticized on its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, especially by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel 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 the Literary See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine . John-son, in a slashing See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review—the best See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper of the See also:

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

kind he ever wrote—condemned the See also:

• BOOK

book as a slight and shallow See also:

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

attempt to solve one of the most difficult of moral problems . Jenyns, a See also:

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

gentle and amiable See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main, was extremely irritated by his failure . He put forth a second edition of his See also:

• WORK

work, prefaced by a vindication, and tried to take vengeance on Johnson after his See also:

• DEATH

death by a sarcastic See also:

• EPITAPH (Gr. it oa¢cos, sc. X/yos, from bri, upon, and ra¢os, a tomb)

epitaph.' In 1776 Jenyns published his View of the See also:

• INTERNAL

Internal See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

Evidence of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion . Though at one See also:

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

period of his life he had affected a kind of deistic See also:

• SCEPTICISM (o-Kesrroµai, I consider, reflect, hesitate, doubt)

scepticism, he had now returned to orthodoxy, and there seems no See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to doubt his sincerity, questioned 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, in defending See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity on the ground of its See also:

• TOTAL

total variance with the principles of human reason .

The work was deservedly praised in its 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 for its literary merits, but is so plainly the See also:

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

production of an See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur in See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology that as a scientific See also:

• TREATISE

treatise it is valueless . A collected edition of the works of Jenyns appeared in 1790, with a See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography by 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 Nalson See also:

• COLE, SIR HENRY (1808–1882)
• COLE, THOMAS (1801–1848)
• COLE, TIMOTHY (1852– )
• COLE, VICAT (1833–1893)

Cole . There are several references to him in See also:

• BOSWELL, JAMES (1740-1795)

Boswell's Johnson .