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View of the Divine Government.. 295
Cowley's Love of Retirement..
Dr. Thomas Burnett (1635-1715)..
Description of the Flood.

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Jasper Mayne (1604-1672).

A Puritanical Waiting-maid..

Davenant and Dryden

Dryden's Poetical Eulogy on Shaks-
peare..

Detached Passages from Dryden's
Plays.....

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Savage Freedom-Love and Beauty 245
Midnight Repose--Tears-Mankind 246
Picture of Life-Fear of Death..... 246
Scene between Mark Antony and
Ventidius..

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Scene from Venice Preserved' 253

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The Final Conflagration of the
Globe....

The Dry Bed of the Ocean..
Robert Boyle (1627-1691).

The Study of Natural Philosophy
favourable to Religion..

Public and Private Life,
Upon the Sight of Roses and Tulips 303
The Style of the Holy Scriptures.. 304

Parting-Picture of a Witch.. 261 John Ray (1628-1705)...

Morning.

Nathaniel Lee (1655-1692).

Killing a Boar..

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Extract from "Thyestes'..

Wishes for Obscurity-PassionsLove-Inconstancy of the Multitude-Warriors

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Thomas Shadwell (1640-1692) Sir
George Etherege-- (circa 1636-
1689)-W. Wycherley (1640-1715)
-Aphra Behn (1642-1689).. 266
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Dealer'.
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CYCLOPÆDIA

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ENGLISH LITERATURE.

THIRD PERIOD.

(1558-1625.)

ELIZABETH AND JAMES.
(Continued.)

RICHARD HOOKER.

ONE of the earliest, and also one of the most distinguished prose writers of this period, was RICHARD HOOKER, a learned and gifted theologian, born of poor but respectable parents, near Exeter, about the year 1553. At school he displayed so much aptitude for learning, and gentleness of disposition, that, having been recommended to Jewel, bishop of Salisbury, he was taken under the care of that prelate, who, after a satisfactory examination into his merits, sent him to Oxford, and contributed to his support. At the university, Hooker studied with great ardour and success, and became much respected for modesty, prudence, and piety. After Jewel's death, he was patronized by Sandys, bishop of London, who sent his son to Oxford to enjoy the benefit of Hooker's instructions. Another of his pupils at this time was George Cranmer, a grand-nephew of the famous archbishop of that name; and with both these young men he formed a close and enduring friendship. In 1579, his skill in the oriental languages led to his temporary appointment as deputy-professor of Hebrew; and two years later he entered into holy orders. Not long after this, he had the misfortune to be entrapped into a marriage, which proved a constant source of annoyance to him during life. The circumstances of this union, which place in a strong light the simple and unsuspecting nature of the man, were these: Having been appointed to preach at Paui's Cross in London, he put up at a house set apart for the reception of the preachers. On his arrival there from Oxford, he was wet and weary, but received so much kindness and attention from the hostess, that, according to his

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