. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... the room of Lord HoldernessIn the following year Bute became firstlord of the treasury. Under his auspices, IM niT a treaty, \\liicl) fli.«;i(iiiinto(l llip hniifs ofllio n:ition, \v:is miirliidid with Ii;inrpand Hr, Hunt) after, apparciitlsretired fnuii piiMir but^irifxn; luit lie isl)elicvod In liaM- long iiirtucnrcd tlie inca-iirex of (he iiviiiarcn. He rlicd in 175» pri\atr Vitr, l?iilc was an amial)lcand worlliv man, and a Inver of b«tanv ho wax parti
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... the room of Lord HoldernessIn the following year Bute became firstlord of the treasury. Under his auspices, IM niT a treaty, \\liicl) fli.«;i(iiiinto(l llip hniifs ofllio n:ition, \v:is miirliidid with Ii;inrpand Hr, Hunt) after, apparciitlsretired fnuii piiMir but^irifxn; luit lie isl)elicvod In liaM- long iiirtucnrcd tlie inca-iirex of (he iiviiiarcn. He rlicd in 175» pri\atr Vitr, l?iilc was an amial)lcand worlliv man, and a Inver of b«tanv ho wax particniarly partial, andhad an oxtrni-iM knowlodgo of it. JJUTLP^K, (, an Knglish di-xiiie, iHirn in 1559, at Ilii^li \Vycoinl)e,Hurkii, \\,i9 ednratnd at Oxford, and, abontIfiOO, licranio vicar of Lawrence Wotton,Ilaiils, wliere he died in 1617. Of iiiswork?, the chief are, the Feminine Mon-archy, or a Treatise on Bees, a curiousand clever production; and tlic Principlesr)f Mnsic, which has been highly praisedby Dr. Hurney, a jtid^ whose competenceto decide on such a subjcMt admits of BUTLER, Samuel, the wittiest ofEnglish poets, was born in 1612, and wasthe son of a farmer at Strenshani, in Wor-cestershire. The first ))art of his educa-tion he obtained at Worcester school; Initwhether he completed it at Oxford orCambridafe is a point in dispute, thoughthe weight of evidence and opinion is infavour of the latter university, .\fter heleft college, he was successively clerk toa justice of peace named Jeffi-eys, and aninmate in the families of the countess ofKent, and of Sir Samuel Luke, a Bed-f irdshire gentleman, who was a commanderunder Cromwell. While he was in this,last situation he is believed to have writtenhis Tfudibias, the hero of which is Sir.^aniuel Luke The first part of iHudibras was in 1663, and im-|mediatelv became popular. Lord Dorset!called Ihc attention of the court to it, butthe author benefited little by this circuni-j.
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