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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Prior, Matthew
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English poet and diplomatist, born near Wimborne, East Dorset; studied at Cambridge; became Fellow of Trinity College; was ambassador to France; involved himself in an intrigue, was imprisoned, and on his release lived in retirement; he is remembered as a poet; wrote in 1687 a parody of Dryden's "Hind and Panther," entitled "The Story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse," and afterwards, "Solomon on the Vanity of the World," "Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind," after Butler, as well as tales, lyrics, and epigrams; Professor Saintsbury calls him "the king of 'verse of society'" (1664-1721).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Prior, Matthew'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/prior-matthew.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Prior, Matthew'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/prior-matthew.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
