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:

• PHILIPS, AMBROSE (c. 1675-1749)
• JOHN PHILIPS (1676-1708)
• PHILIPS, KATHARINE (1631-1664)

PHILIPS (1676-1708)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet and See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, son of Dr 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:

• PHILIPS, AMBROSE (c. 1675-1749)
• PHILIPS, JOHN (1676-1708)
• PHILIPS, KATHARINE (1631-1664)

Philips, See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon of See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at his See also:

• FATHER

father's vicarage at See also:

• BAMPTON, JOHN (c. 169o-1751)

Bampton, See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire, on the 3oth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1676 . He was educated at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester and See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, 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 . He was a careful reader of See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil and of See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton . In 1701 his poem, The Splendid See also:

• SHILLING

Shilling, was published without his consent, and a second unauthorized version in 1705 induced him to See also:

• PRINT

print a correct edition in that See also:

• YEAR

year . The Splendid Shilling, which See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison in The Taller called " the finest See also:

• BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

burlesque poem in the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language," recites in Miltonic See also:

• BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

blank 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 the miseries consequent on the want of that piece of See also:

• MONEY

money . Its success introduced Philips to the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of See also:

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

Robert Harley and See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry 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, who commissioned him to write a Tory See also:

• COUNTER

counter-blast to See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Addison's See also:

• CAMPAIGN

Campaign . Philips was happier in burlesquing his favourite author than in genuine See also:

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

imitation of a heroic theme . His See also:

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

Marlborough is modelled on the warriors of See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer and Virgil; he rides precipitate over heaps of fallen horses, changing the See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle by his own right See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm . Cyder (1708) is modelled on the Georgics of Virgil . Cerealia, an Imitation of Milton (1706), although printed without his name, may safely be ascribed to him . In all his poems except See also:

• BLENHEIM (Ger. Blindheim)

Blenheim he found an opportunity to insert a eulogy of See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco . Philips died at See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1708/9 .

There is an inscription to his memory in See also:

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

Westminster See also:

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

Abbey . See The Whole See also:

• WORKS

Works of . . . John Philips . To which is prefixed his See also:

• LIFE

life, by Mr [G.j See also:

• SEWELL, WILLIAM (1804-1874)

Sewell (3rd ed., 172o); 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, Lives of the Poets; and Biographia Britannica .