Settle, Elkanah — (1648 1724) Born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, he left Trinity College, Oxford, without graduating. The success of his rhymed verse tragedy, Cambyses, King of Persia (1666) acted at Lincoln s Inn Fields was used by Rochester (see Rochester, John … British and Irish poets
SETTLE, ELKANAH — a playwright who lives in the pages of Dryden s satire Absalom and Achitophel ; was an Oxford man and littérateur in London; enjoyed a brief season of popularity as author of Cambyses, and The Empress of Morocco ; degenerated into a city poet… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Elkanah Settle — (January 1, 1648 ndash; February 12, 1724), was an English poet and playwright.He was born at Dunstable, and entered Trinity College, Oxford, in 1666, but left without taking a degree. His first tragedy, Cambyses, King of Persia , was produced at … Wikipedia
Settle (disambiguation) — Settle is a town in Yorkshire, England.Settle may also refer to:* Settle (furniture), a wooden bench * SETTLE (algorithm), a constraint algorithm * Settling, a chemical process * Settler, a person who migrates to a new area and resides… … Wikipedia
Settle — steht für: Settle (North Yorkshire), Stadt in North Yorkshire, Vereinigtes Königreich Settle Junction, stillgelegter Bahnhof, Beginn der Bahnstrecke Settle Carlisle Settle ist der Nachname folgender Personen: Elkanah Settle (1648 1724),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… … Universalium
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