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See also:DENHAM, See also:SIR See also:JOHN (1615—1669) , See also:English poet, only son of Sir John Denham (1559–1639), See also:lord See also:chief See also:baron of the See also:exchequer in See also:Ireland, was See also:born in See also:Dublin in 1615. In 1617 his See also:father became baron of the exchequer in See also:England, and removed to See also:London with his See also:family. In Michaelmas See also:term 1631 the future poet was entered as a See also:gentleman commoner at Trinity See also:College, 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 removed in 1634 to See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn, where he was, says John See also:Aubrey, a See also:good student, but not suspected of being a wit. The reputation he had gained at Oxford of being the " See also:dream-ingest See also:young See also:fellow " gave way to a scandalous reputation for gambling. In 1634 he married See also:Ann See also:Cotton, and seems to have lived with his. father at See also:Egham, See also:Surrey. In 1636 he wrote his See also:paraphrase of the second See also:book of the Aeneid (published in 1656 as The Destruction of See also:Troy, with an excellent See also:verse See also:essay on the See also:art of See also:translation). About the same 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 he wrote a See also:prose See also:tract against gambling, The See also:Anatomy of See also:Play (printed 1651), designed to assure his father of his repentance, but as soon as he came into his See also:fortune he squandered it at play. It was a surprise to every-one when in' 1642 he suddenly, as See also:Edmund See also:Waller said, " See also:broke out like the Irish See also:rebellion, three See also:score thousand strong, when no one was aware, nor in the least expected it," by See also:publishing The Sophy, a tragedy in five acts, the subject of which was See also:drawn from Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Herbert's travels. At the beginning of the See also:Civil See also:War Denham was high See also:sheriff for Surrey, and was appointed See also:governor of See also:Farnham See also:Castle. He showed no military ability, and speedily surrendered the castle to the See also:parliament. He was sent
as a prisoner to London, but was soon permitted to join the 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 at Oxford.
In 1642 appeared See also:- COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
Cooper's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, a poem describing the See also:Thames scenery See also:round his See also:home at Egham. The first edition was See also:anonymous: subsequent See also:editions show numerous alterations, and the poem did not assume its final See also:form until 1655. This famous piece, which was See also:Pope's See also:model for his See also:Windsor See also:Forest, was not new in theme or manner, but the praise which it received was well merited by its ease and See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
grace. Moreover Denham expressed his commonplaces with See also:great dignity and skill. He followed the See also:taste of the time in his frequent use of See also:antithesis and See also:metaphor, but these devices seem to arise out of the See also:matter, and are not of the nature of See also:mere See also:external See also:ornament. At Oxford he wrote many squibs against the roundheads. One of the few serious
pieces belonging to this See also:period is the See also:short poem " On the See also:Earl of See also:Strafford's Trial and See also:Death."
From this time Denham was much in See also:Charles I.'s confidence. He was entrusted with the See also:charge of forwarding letters to and from the king when-he was in the custody of the parliament, a
See also:duty which he discharged successfully with See also:Abraham See also:Cowley, but in 1648 he was suspected by the See also:Parliamentary authorities, and thought it wiser to See also:cross the Channel. He helped in the removal of the young See also:duke of See also:York to See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, and for some time he served See also:Queen Henrietta Maria in See also:Paris, being entrusted by her with despatches for Holland. In 165o he was sent to See also:Poland in See also:company with Lord Crofts to obtain See also:money for Charles II. They succeeded in raising £1o,000. After two years spent at the exiled See also:court in Holland, Denham returned to London and being quite without resources, he was for some time the See also:guest of the earl of See also:Pembroke at See also:Wilton. In 1655 an 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 was given that Denham should restrict himself to some See also:place of See also:residence to be selected by himself at a distance of not less than 20 M. from London; subsequently he obtained from the See also:Protector a See also:licence to live at See also:Bury St See also:Edmunds, and in 1658 a See also:passport to travel abroad with the earl of Pembroke. At the Restoration Denham's services were rewarded by the 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 of surveyor-See also:general of See also:works. His qualifications as an architect were probably slight, but it is safe to regard as grossly exaggerated the accusations of incompetence and peculation made by See also:Samuel See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler in his brutal " See also:Panegyric upon Sir John Denham's Recovery from his Madness." He eventually secured the services of See also:Christopher See also:Wren as See also:deputy-surveyor. In 166o he was also made a See also:knight of the See also:Bath.
In 1665 he married for the second time. His wife, See also:Margaret, daughter of Sir 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 See also:Brooke, was, according to the See also:comte de See also:Gramont, a beautiful girl of eighteen. She soon became known as the See also:mistress of the duke of York, and the See also:scandal, according to See also:common See also:report, shattered the poet's See also:reason. While Denham was recovering, his wife died, poisoned, it was said, by a See also:cup of See also:chocolate. Some suspected the duchess of York of the See also:crime, but the Comte de Gramont says that the general See also:opinion was that Denham himself was guilty. No sign of See also:poison, however, was found in the examination after See also:Lady Denham's death. Denham survived her for two years, dying at his See also:house near See also:Whitehall in See also:March 1669. He was buried on the 23rd in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey. In the last years of his See also:life he wrote the See also:bitter See also:political satires on the shamefulconduct of the Dutch War entitled " Directions to a Painter," and " Fresh Directions," continuing Edmund Waller's " Instructions to a Painter." The printer of these poems, with which were printed one by See also:Andrew Marvell, was sentenced to stand in the See also:pillory. In 1667 Denham wrote his beautiful See also:elegy on Abraham Cowley.
Denham's poems include, beside those already given, a verse paraphrase of See also:Cicero's See also:Cato See also:major, and a metrical version of the See also:Psalms. As a writer of didactic verse, he was perhaps too highly praised by his immediate successors. See also:Dryden called Cooper's Hill " the exact See also:standard of good See also:writing," and Pope in his Windsor Forest called him " majestic Denham." His collected poems with a dedicatory See also:epistle to Charles II. appeared in 1668. Other editions followed, and they are reprinted in See also:Chalmers' (181o) and other collections of the English poets. His political satires were printed with some of See also:Rochester's and Marvell's in Bibliotheca curiosa, vol. i. (See also:Edinburgh, 1885).
End of Article: DENHAM, SIR JOHN (1615—1669)
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