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In 1740, he collaborated with Mallet on the masque Alfred which was first performed at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Thomson's words for " Rule, Britannia! ", written as part of that masque and set to music by Thomas Arne , became one of the best-known British patriotic songs – quite distinct from the masque which ...
Sarah Dixon, Poems on Several Occasions, Canterbury: J. Abree [1]; John Dyer, The Ruins of Rome [2]; Richard Glover, An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber [2]; Christopher Pitt, The Aeneid of Virgil (Books 1-4 first published 1736; see also An Essay on Vergil's Aeneid 1728, Works of Virgil 1753) [2]
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
April 23 – Thomas Tickell, English poet and man of letters (born 1685) May 15 – Ephraim Chambers, English writer and encyclopedist (born c. 1680) June 1 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (born 1657) June 5 – Johann Georg Abicht, German theologian (born 1672) July 20 – Joseph Sparke, English antiquary and editor (born 1683)
1740 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1740th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 740th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1740, the ...
A plate from the 1742 deluxe edition of Richardson's Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded showing Mr. B intercepting Pamela's first letter home to her mother. Pamela Andrews is a pious, virtuous fifteen-year-old, the daughter of impoverished labourers, who works for Lady B as a maid in her Bedfordshire estate.
The original, from 1740, was given as a gift to the King. [3] The painting fell into oblivion ten years after the death of Louis XV, but was rediscovered in 1845. [ 4 ] Another version was kept by the artist throughout his life, and eventually ended up in the Musée du Louvre , through the large bequest of Louis La Caze in 1869.