Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 2, 2025
His ministerial life, which was passed at Athelstaneford, East Lothian, was brought to an end by the action of the Church Courts on his producing the play of Douglas. This drama, which had been rejected by Garrick, but brought out in Edin. in 1756, created an immense sensation, and made its appearance in London the following year.
B. was amiable, kind to young authors, and remarkable for a harmless, but rather ridiculous vanity and simplicity. Poet, b. at Edin., where his f. was a clergyman, became minister of Athelstaneford, Haddingtonshire. His sole work was The Grave, a poem in blank verse extending to 767 lines of very various merit, in some passages rising to great sublimity, and in others sinking to commonplace.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking