See also:SOMERVILE, 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 (1675-1742) , See also:English poet, eldest son of a See also:country See also:gentleman, was See also:born at Edstone, See also:Worcestershire, on the 2nd of See also:September 1675. He was educated at See also:Winchester See also:College and at New 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. After his See also:father's See also:death in 1705 he lived on his See also:estate, devoting himself especially to See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:sports, which supplied the subjects of his best-known poems. His publications were The Two Springs (1725), a See also:fable; Occasional Poems. . . (1727); The See also:Chase (1735) Hobbinol, or the Rural See also:Games (1740), a See also:burlesque poem; and Field Sports (1742), a poem on hawking. Somervile died on the 19th of See also:July 1742.
His Chase passed through many See also:editions. It was illustrated by See also:Bewick (1796), by See also:Stothard (1800), and by See also:Hugh See also:Thomson (1896), with a See also:preface by R. F. See also:Sharp.
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