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See also:SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724) , See also:English poet and playwright, was See also:born at See also:Dunstable on the 1st of See also:January 1648. He entered 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, in 1666, but See also:left the university without taking a degree. His first tragedy, See also:Cambyses, 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 of See also:Persia, was produced at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn See also:Fields in 1667. The success of this See also:play led the See also:earl of See also:Rochester to encourage the new writer as a See also:rival to See also:Dryden. Through his See also:influence Settle's Empress of See also:Morocco (1671) was twice acted at See also:Whitehall, and proved a See also:signal success on the See also:stage. It is said by See also:Dennis to have been " the first play that was ever sold in See also:England for two shillings, and the first play that was ever printed with cuts." These illustrations represent scenes in the See also:theatre, and make the See also:book very valuable. The play was printed with a See also:preface to the earl of See also:Norwich, in which Settle described with scorn the effusive dedications of other dramatic poets.
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