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ky3luck: where he was baptised on 26 April 1564. His date of birth is unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23 April, Saint George's Day.[15] This date, which can be traced to William Oldys and George Steevens,
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MulberryCoates: To deal with this in chronological order, the fish story is told in William Oldys’ biography of him
crankyuncle2: Born OTD 1696 William Oldys, English antiquarian and bibliographer (d. 1761)
Guy named Oldys who studied the oldies
Book_Addict: Happy birthday to English writer and poet William Oldys (July 14, 1696), author of the poem “On a Fly drinking out of his Cup” et al.
Brookston: Happy Birthday English antiquarian and bibliographer William Oldys (July 14, 1696–April 15, 1761)
elenabiraghi: which can be traced to William Oldys and George Steevens
MarinaAlves16: which can be traced to William Oldys and George Steevens
dvdpeters: William Oldys wrote of this day, “his Grace met there with the greatest misfortune that befell him in the whole course of his life.” The Archbishop fired a crossbow at a deer and the arrow struck Peter Hawkins in the arm.
dvdpeters: Peter Hawkins was a servant of the lord who owned the hunting park, and had been beating the bushes to flush out the deer, a common hunting practice of the time. Peter Hawkins had had been warned several times to get out of the way, according William Oldys.
dvdpeters: William Oldys comments that Peter Hawkins was out of the Archbishop’s sight. In 1952, Florence Higham’s biography of Lancelot Andrewes claims that the arrow glanced off a branch and hit Peter Hawkins in the arm. Like most accidents, it is hard to know exactly what happened.
Book_Addict: Happy birthday to English writer and poet William Oldys (July 14, 1696), author of the poem “On a Fly drinking out of his Cup” et al.
Brookston: Happy Birthday English antiquarian and bibliographer William Oldys (July 14, 1696–April 15, 1761)
CSBSJUHistory: Happy birthday, William Oldys, of whom I hadn’t heard prior, but apparently was a British antiquarian, and about whom I chose to tweet because how perfect is that surname?
tim_waterman: "On a Fly Drinking Out of his Cup" by William Oldys (1687-1781)
marwanalshishan: View original text (without footnotes)
1 Bennett: "Just alike, both mine and thine,"
2 Bennett: "Hasten"
Authorship
by William Oldys (1696 - 1761) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source
JennyCaronHall: William Oldys, mid-C18th: "One of Shakespeare's younger brothers lived to a good old age, some years after the restoration of Charles II... The curiosity at this time of the most noted actors to learn something from him of his brother…they held him in the highest veneration”
ontheNthday: On the 2,081,529th day, God created William Oldys.
Book_Addict: Happy birthday to English writer and poet William Oldys (July 14, 1696), author of the poem “On a Fly drinking out of his Cup” et al.
crankyuncle2: Born OTD 1696 William Oldys, English antiquarian and bibliographer (d. 1761)
Mr. Oldys studied the oldies.
orrtocom: William Oldys Quotes
Brookston: Happy Birthday English antiquarian, bibliographer, and poet William Oldys (July 14, 1696–April 15, 1761)
Book_Addict: Happy birthday to English writer and poet William Oldys (July 14, 1696), author of the poem “On a Fly drinking out of his Cup” et al.
AtomVendor: Busy curious thirsty fly
Drink with me and drink as I.
Freely welcome to my cup
Couldst thou sip and sip it up.
Make the most of life you may
Life is short and wears away.
- William Oldys (1696-1791)
onlyoucanchange: Busy,curious,thirsty fly,drink with me,n drink as i,freely welcome to my cup,couldst thou sip n sip it up,make the...
Book_Addict: Happy birthday to English writer and poet William Oldys (July 14, 1696), author of the poem "On a Fly drinking out of his Cup" et al.
aasiain: ON A FLY DRINKING OUT OF HIS CUP
William Oldys
