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  2. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit - Wikipedia

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    Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit / ˈ j uː f j uː iː z /, a didactic romance written by John Lyly, was entered in the Stationers' Register 2 December 1578 and published that same year. It was followed by Euphues and his England , registered on 25 July 1579, but not published until Spring of 1580.

  3. Euphuism - Wikipedia

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    "Euphues" (εὐφυής) is the Greek for "graceful, witty". John Lyly published the works Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and his England (1580). Both works illustrated the intellectual fashions and favourite themes of Renaissance society— in a highly artificial and mannered style.

  4. John Lyly - Wikipedia

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    John Lyly was born in Kent, England, c. 1553–4, the eldest son of Peter Lyly and his wife, Jane Burgh (or Brough), of Burgh Hall in the North Riding of Yorkshire.He was probably born either in Rochester, where his father is recorded as a notary public in 1550, or in Canterbury, where his father was the Registrar for the Archbishop, Matthew Parker, and where the births of his siblings are ...

  5. List of claimed first novels in English - Wikipedia

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    John Lyly, Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and his England (1580) [3] Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (a.k.a. Arcadia) (1581)

  6. Thomas Lodge - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare was inspired to write As You Like It by Lodge's work Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacy, Found After His Death In His Cell At Silexedra. During the Canaries expedition (circa 1586), [19] to beguile the tedium of his voyage, he composed his prose tale of Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacy, Found After His Death In His Cell At Silexedra, (1590).

  7. Roger Ascham - Wikipedia

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    His character Euphues was referred to in Thomas Lodge's Rosalynde, which was the source book for William Shakespeare's As You Like It. Euphues was also referred to by John Lily in his literary work. Ascham School, in Sydney, Australia, is named after Roger Ascham. [19] Roger Ascham Primary School in Walthamstow, London is named after Roger Ascham.

  8. There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip - Wikipedia

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    The version "many thinges fall betweene the cup and the lip" appears in 1580 in John Lyly's Euphues and His England. [12] In Ben Jonson's play, A Tale of a Tub (1633) the Latin proverb is partly mentioned, then explained: "But thus you see th' old Adage verified, / Multa cadunt inter—you can guess the reſt. / Many things fall between the Cup ...

  9. 1570s in England - Wikipedia

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    Humphrey Gilbert produces his proposal for The erection of an achademy in London for educacion of her Maiestes wardes, and others the youth of nobility and gentlemen . 1574. 18 August – Treaty of Bristol settles commercial disputes with Spain. [5] The Queen grants freedom to any remaining villeins on crown lands, ending serfdom in England. [13]