The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IIVolume 2 — LIVESReading editionChapter navigation46 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and IrelandLIVESPOETSGreat Britain and Ireland.Volume II.LIVESLIVESAnthony Brewer,Thomas May,John Taylour, Water-Poet,William Habington,Francis Goldsmith.John Cleveland,Dr. Barten Holyday,Thomas Nabbes.James Shirley,James Howel, Esq;Sir Richard FanshawAbraham CowleySir William Davenant.Henry King, Bishop of Chichester,Philip Massinger,Sir Robert Stapleton.Dr. Jasper Main.John Milton.Mrs. Katherine Philips,Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle,William Cavendish,Sir John Birkenhead.Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery,Richard HeadThomas Hobbs.Sir Aston Cokaine,Sir George WhartonAnne Killegrew.Nat. Lee.Samuel Butler,Edmund Waller Esq;John Ogilby,Wilmot, Earl of Rochester.George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.Matthew Smith, Esquire.Thomas Otway.John Oldham.(Dillon) (Wentworth) Earl of Roscommon,Previous chapter ←Volume 2 — LIVESNext chapter →Volume 2 — Anthony Brewer,All chapters and sections (46)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsThe Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and IrelandLIVESPOETSGreat Britain and Ireland.Sections2Volume 2 · Other sectionsLIVESLIVESAnthony Brewer,Thomas May,John Taylour, Water-Poet,William Habington,Francis Goldsmith.John Cleveland,Dr. Barten Holyday,Thomas Nabbes.James Shirley,James Howel, Esq;Sir Richard FanshawAbraham CowleySir William Davenant.Henry King, Bishop of Chichester,Philip Massinger,Sir Robert Stapleton.Dr. Jasper Main.John Milton.Mrs. Katherine Philips,Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle,William Cavendish,Sir John Birkenhead.Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery,Richard HeadThomas Hobbs.Sir Aston Cokaine,Sir George WhartonAnne Killegrew.Nat. Lee.Samuel Butler,Edmund Waller Esq;John Ogilby,Wilmot, Earl of Rochester.George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.Matthew Smith, Esquire.Thomas Otway.John Oldham.(Dillon) (Wentworth) Earl of Roscommon,OF THE← LIVESAnthony Brewer, →