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See also:DODSLEY, See also:ROBERT (1703-1764) , See also:English bookseller and See also:miscellaneous writer, was See also:born in 1703 near See also:Mansfield, See also:Nottinghamshire, where his See also:father was See also:master of the See also:free school. He is said to have been apprenticed to a See also:stocking-See also:weaver in Mansfield, from whom he ran away, taking service as a See also:footman. In 1729 Dodsley published his first See also:work, See also:Servitude; a Poem .. . written by a Footman, with a See also:preface and postscript ascribed to See also:Daniel See also:Defoe; and a collection of See also:short poems, A Muse in See also:Livery, or the Footman's See also:Miscellany, was published by subscription in 1732, Dodsley's patrons comprising many persons of high See also:rank. This was followed by a satirical See also:farce called The Toyshop (Covent See also:Garden, 1735), in which the toyman indulges in moral observations on his wares, a hint which was probably taken from 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:Randolph's Conceited Pedlar. The profits accruing from the See also:sale of his See also:works enabled Dodsley to establish himself with the help ofhis friends—Pope See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
lent him £xoo—as a bookseller at the " Tully's See also:Head " in See also:Pall Mall in 1735. His enterprise soon made him one of the foremost publishers of the See also:day. One of his first publications was Dr 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's See also:London, for which he gave ten guineas in 1738. He published many of Johnson's works, and he suggested and helped to See also:finance the English See also:Dictionary. See also:Pope also made over to Dodsley his See also:interest in his letters. In 1738 the publication of See also:Paul See also:Whitehead's See also:Manners, voted scandalous by the Lords, led to a short imprisonment. Dodsley published for See also:Edward See also:Young and See also:Mark See also:Akenside, and in 1751 brought out Thomas See also:- GRAY
- GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
- GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
- GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
- GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
- GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
- GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
- GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
- GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
- GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
- GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
- GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
- GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)
Gray's See also:Elegy. He also founded several See also:literary See also:periodicals: The Museum (1746-1767, 3 vols.); The See also:Preceptor containing a See also:general course of See also:education (1748, 2 vols.), with an introduction by Dr Johnson; The See also:World (1753-1756, 4 vols.); and The See also:Annual See also:Register, founded in 1758 with See also:Edmund See also:Burke as editor. To these various works, See also:Horace See also:Walpole, Akenside, Soame See also:Jenyns, See also:Lord See also:Lyttelton, Lord See also:Chesterfield, Burke and others were contributors. Dodsley is, however, best known as the editor of two collections: Select Collection of Old Plays (12 vols., 1744; 2nd edition with notes by See also:Isaac See also:Reed, 12 vols., 1780; 4th edition, by W. C. See also:Hazlitt, 1874-1876, 15 vols.); and A collection of Poems by Several Hands (1748, 3 vols.), which passed through many See also:editions. In 1737 his 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 and the See also:Miller of Mansfield, a " dramatic See also:tale " of King 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 II., was produced at See also:Drury See also:Lane, and received with much See also:applause; the sequel, See also:Sir See also:John See also:Cockle at See also:Court, a farce, appeared in 1738. In 1745 he published a collection of his dramatic works, and some poems which had been issued separately, in one See also:volume under the modest See also:title of Trifles. This was followed by The See also:Triumph of See also:Peace, a Masque occasioned by the Treaty of See also:Aix-la-Chapelle (1749); a fragment, entitled See also:Agriculture, of a See also:long tedious poem in See also:blank See also:verse on Public Virtue (1753); The See also:Blind See also:Beggar of Bethnal See also:Green (acted at Drury Lane 1739, printed 1741); and an See also:ode, Melpomene (1757) His tragedy of Cleone (1758) had a long run at Covent Garden, 2000 copies being sold on the day of publication, and it passed through four editions within the See also:year. Lord Chesterfield is, however, almost certainly the author of the See also:series of See also:mock See also:chronicles of which The See also:Chronicle of the See also:Kings of See also:England by " Nathan See also:ben Saddi " (1740) is the first, although they were included in the Trifles and " ben Saddi " was received as Dodsley's See also:pseudonym. The See also:Economy of Human See also:Life (175o), a collection of moral precepts frequently reprinted, is also by Lord Chesterfield. In 1759 Dodsley retired, leaving the conduct of the business to his See also:brother 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 (1724-1797), with whom he had been many years in See also:partnership. He published two more works, The Select Fables of See also:Aesop translated. by R. D. (1764) and the Works of 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:Shenstone (3 vols., 1764-1769). He died at See also:Durham while on a visit to his friend the Rev. See also:Joseph See also:Spence, on the 23rd of See also:September 1764.
See also Shadows of the Old Booksellers, by See also:Charles See also:Knight (1865), pp. 189-216; " At Tully's Head " in Eighteenth See also:Century Vignettes, 2nd series, by See also:Austin See also:Dobson (1894); E. Solly in The Bibliographer, v. (1884) pp. 57-61. Dodsley's poems are reprinted with a memoir in A. See also:Chalmers's Works of English Poets, vol. xv. (181o).
End of Article: DODSLEY, ROBERT (1703-1764)
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