THE PUPIL OF LITERATURE

 1. Jeremy Taylor (1613- 1667) was a clergy during the victory of the parliament over the king. He is also known as the ' Shakespeare of Divines ' and is often considered one of the most prolific prose writers in English Literature. Lesser Festival is observed in his honor on August 13. 2. The Liberty of Prophesying (1646) by Jeremy Taylor is an appeal for toleration. John Locke's Letters Concerning Toleration(1689) has been written on the same line.  3. Letters Concerning Toleration (1689) has been addressed to Philip Van Limborch, Locke's close friend. In the letter, he has spoken of his fear of Catholicism undermining the Protestant faith. He has also appealed for religious toleration. 4. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding( 1689 )  has been one of the most influential works by John Locke(1632-1704). A prominent figure in the Age of Enlightenment , he is also known as the        ' Father of Liberalism .'  5. The Age of Enlightenment ...

1. Published in March 1722, Daniel Defoe wrote The Journal of the Plague Year . It chronicles an individual's account of the 1665 bubonic plague later called the Great Plague of London.  2. The Journal of the Plague year was published under the initials H.F. It is speculated that the account is based on the journal of Defoe's uncle Henry Foe. 3. Octasyllable is a line with 8 syllables. Its first appearance can be traced to the 10th-century French legend of an old saint titled Vie de Saint Leger .  4. Octasyllabic couplet consists of two lines of the same rhyme and meter. It may be iambic or trochaic teterameter lines. ( PAPER 2, Q7,2004 ) 5. Il Penseroso or The Serious Man was first seen in the quarto of verses published in the 1645-46 called  The Poems of Mr. John Milton , both in English and Latin.  6. Il Penseroso was written in couplets of  iambic tetrameter like L' Allegro , its companion piece. The poem invokes the goddess Melancholy . 7. On His Blin...