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Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
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eda part of the exhibit of the United States bu-reau of education at the Paris Exposition of1900, and published a volume of miscellaneousessays, addresses, etc., entitled The Meaningof Education (1898). Butler, Samuel, English satirical poet: b.Strensham, Worcestershire, 12 Feb. 1612; d.London, 25 Sept. 1680. He passed some timein his youth at Cambridge, but never matri-culated at the university. He was afterwardclerk or steward to several country gentlemen,and latterly lived in London. He resided sometime with Sir Samuel Luke, a commander un-der Cromwell. In this situation Butler acquiredthe materials for his Hudibras by a study ofthose around him, and particularly of Sir Sam-uel himself, a caricature of whom constitutedthe celebrated knight Hudibras. The first edi-tion of Hudibras was published in 1663 andwas brought under the notice of the court bythe well-known Earl of Dorset. It immediatelybecame highly popular with the prevailing partyin Church and state, and served as a general
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NICHOLAS MURRAY BLTLKR, PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. BUTLER source of quotation; the king himself per-petually answering his courtiers out of *Hudi-bras.-* Celebrated as it rendered its author, itdid nothing toward extricating him from in-digence. ?Ie was buried in St. Pauls Church,Covent Garden, at the expense of his friend, Mr.Longueville, of the Temple, and a monumentwas, 40 years after, erected to his memory, inWestminster Abbey, by Alderman Barber, theprinter. ^Hudibras,* both in its style and mat-ter, is one of the most original and witty worksthat were ever written. As a work intended toridicule the Puritans its attraction was greatbut temporary, but as applicable to classes ofcharacter found in all ages, its satire will al-ways be relished. Butlers < Remains in Verseand Prose^ appeared in 1759. Butler, Samuel, English author and com-poser : b. Langar, 4 Dec. 1835; d. London, 19June 1902. He was educated at ShrewsburySchool and Cambridge University, and withHenry Festin
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Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors:
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive
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eda part of the exhibit of the United States bu-reau of education at the Paris Exposition of1900, and published a volume of miscellaneousessays, addresses, etc., entitled The Meaningof Education (1898). Butler, Samuel, English satirical poet: b.Strensham, Worcestershire, 12 Feb. 1612; d.London, 25 Sept. 1680. He passed some timein his youth at Cambridge, but never matri-culated at the university. He was afterwardclerk or steward to several country gentlemen,and latterly lived in London. He resided sometime with Sir Samuel Luke, a commander un-der Cromwell. In this situation Butler acquiredthe materials for his Hudibras by a study ofthose around him, and particularly of Sir Sam-uel himself, a caricature of whom constitutedthe celebrated knight Hudibras. The first edi-tion of Hudibras was published in 1663 andwas brought under the notice of the court bythe well-known Earl of Dorset. It immediatelybecame highly popular with the prevailing partyin Church and state, and served as a general
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NICHOLAS MURRAY BLTLKR, PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. BUTLER source of quotation; the king himself per-petually answering his courtiers out of *Hudi-bras.-* Celebrated as it rendered its author, itdid nothing toward extricating him from in-digence. ?Ie was buried in St. Pauls Church,Covent Garden, at the expense of his friend, Mr.Longueville, of the Temple, and a monumentwas, 40 years after, erected to his memory, inWestminster Abbey, by Alderman Barber, theprinter. ^Hudibras,* both in its style and mat-ter, is one of the most original and witty worksthat were ever written. As a work intended toridicule the Puritans its attraction was greatbut temporary, but as applicable to classes ofcharacter found in all ages, its satire will al-ways be relished. Butlers < Remains in Verseand Prose^ appeared in 1759. Butler, Samuel, English author and com-poser : b. Langar, 4 Dec. 1835; d. London, 19June 1902. He was educated at ShrewsburySchool and Cambridge University, and withHenry Festin
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