EDWARD YOUNG
\ˈɛdwəd jˈʌŋ], \ˈɛdwəd jˈʌŋ], \ˈɛ_d_w_ə_d j_ˈʌ_ŋ]\
Definitions of EDWARD YOUNG
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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An English poet; born at Upham, Hampshire, 1683; died at Welwyn, April 5, 1765. After graduating at Oxford, he entered the Church. His masterpiece is "Night Thoughts" (1742-46), a gloomy but fine poem in blank verse. He also wrote tragedies, among them "Busiris" (1719), and "The Revenge" (1721); as well as a collection of satires called "The Love of Fame" (1725-28).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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