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1. Chaucer, b. 1328, d. 1400, ag. 72, 14 vols. 2. Spenfer, b. ab. 1553, d. 1598, ág. 45, 8 do. 3. Donne, b. ab. 1573, d. 1631, ag. 58,3 do." 4. Waller, b. 1605, d. 1687, äg. 82, z do. 5. Milton, b. 1608, d. 1674, ag. 66, 4 do." 6. Butler, b. 1612, d. 1680, ag. 68, 3 do. 7. Denham, b. 1615, d. 1668, ag. 53, I do. 8. Cowley, b. 1618, d. 1667, ag. 49, 4 do. 9. Dryden, b. 1631, d. 1701, ag. 70, 3 do. 10. Rofcommon, b. bef. 1640, U. r684, ag. ab. 48, I do. 43 11. Buckingham, b. 1649, d. 1721, ag! 72, I do." '12. King, b. ab. 1663, d. 1912, ag. 49, z do." tar 13. Prior, b. 1664, d. 1721, ag. 57, 3 do. 14. Lanfdown, b. ab. 1667, dị 1735, ag. 68, I do. 15. Pomfret, b.ab. 1667, d. 1702 or 1703, ag. 36, 1do. -16. Swift, b.. 1667, d. 1745, ag. 78, 4 do. 17. Congreve, b. ab. 1671, d. 1729, ag. 58, I do. 18. Addijon, b. 1672, d. 1719, ag. 47, 1 do. 19. Rowe, b. 1673, d. 1718, ag. 47, I do. /* 20. Watts, b. 164, d. 1748, ag. 74, 7 do. S21. Philips, John v. 1676, d. 1708, ag. 32, Į i do. 22. Smith, d. 1710, 23. Parnell, b. 1676, d. 1718, ag. 42, 2 do. 24. Garth, d. 1719, 1 do.

25. Hughes, b. 1667, d. 1720, ag. 43, 2 do.
26. Fenton,
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27. Tickell, b. 1686, d. 1740, ag. 54, I do.
28. Somerville, - d. 1742, 2 do.

29. Pope, b. 1688, d.
30. Gay, b. 1688, d.
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33. Savage, b. 1698, d. 1743, ag. 45, 2 do.
34. Pitt, b. 1699, d. 1748, ag. 49, 1 do.
35. Thomson, b. 1700, d. 1748, ag. 48, 2 do.
36. Philips, Ambrofe ——- d. 1749, I do.
37. Dyer, b. 1700, d. 1757, ag. 57, 1 do.
38. Weft, Gilbert- d. 1756, I do.

39. Lyttelton, b. 1709, d. 1773, ag. 64, I do.
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47. We, Richard b. 1716, d. 1742, ag. 26,
48. Akenfide, b. 1721, d. 1770, ag. 49, 2 do.
49. Cunningham, b. ab. 1728, I do.

50. Churchill,

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GEOFFREY CHAUCER.

GEOFFREY CHAUCER,the Father of our Englishpoets, and the first great improver and reformer of our language, flourished in the 14th century, and as he justly obtained the highest admiration amongst his contemporaries, fo his memory has ever fince been highly honoured. One would imagine from this that every historical circumstance relating to him, or at least those of the greatest moment, fhould be well preserved, and be perfectly clear, which however is so far from being the cafe that nothing can hitherto be certainly deter1 mined concerning his descent, or so much as who was his father. Leland fays that he was of a noble stock, Pitts that he was the fon of a knight, Speght that his father was a vintner, Hearne that he was a merchant, and the fifth and laft opinion, which is the best, is, that nothing can be faid with any tolerable affurance of his family at all, but that there is somewhat more probability of his being the fon of a gentleman rather than of a tradesman*.

Rather than of a tradesman.] It is a point well agreed amongst our ancient authors that the French firname of this family, which was variously written, as for inftance Chaucier, Chaucierris,Chauffer, Chaufir, c. fignified a thoemaker; but notwithstanding this it is very well known that the founder of this family in England was a Norman chief that came over with William the Conquerour, as appears by the roll of Battle-Abbey; and in succeeding times there were feveral perfons of note

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