1755 in literature
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| List of years in literature (table) |
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| ... 1745 . 1746 . 1747 . 1748 . 1749 . 1750 . 1751 ... 1752 1753 1754 -1755- 1756 1757 1758 ... 1759 . 1760 . 1761 . 1762 . 1763 . 1764 . 1765 ... In poetry: 1752 1753 1754 -1755- 1756 1757 1758 |
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This is a list of literature-related events in 1755.
Contents |
Events
- April 15 - Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published by the group of London booksellers who commissioned it in June 1746.[1]
- Milton's Paradise Lost is translated into French prose by Louis Racine.
New Books
- Mémoires de Madame de Maintenon
- Thomas Amory - Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain
- Theophilus Cibber - An Epistle to David Garrick
- Philip Doddridge - Hymns Founded on Various Texts
- Henry Fielding - The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
- James Hervey - Theron and Aspasio
- Benjamin Hoadly - Twenty Sermons
- Francis Hutcheson - A System of Moral Philosophy
- Samuel Johnson - A Dictionary of the English Language
- Étienne-Gabriel Morelly - Code de la nature, ou de véritable esprit de ses lois
- Frederic Louis Norden - Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie
- Charles Wesley - An Epistle to John Wesley
- Edward Young - The Centaur not Fabulous
Poetry
- John Byrom - Epistle in Defence of Rhyme
- George Colman, the Elder and Bonnell Thornton - Poems by Eminent Laides
- John Gilbert Cooper - The Tomb of Shakespear
- David Dalrymple[] - Edom of Gordon
- Stephen Duck - Caesar's Camp
Fiction
- Charlotte Charke - The History of Mr. Henry Dumont and Miss Charlotte Evelyn
- Eliza Haywood as "Exploralibus" - The Invisible Spy
- Samuel Richardson - A Collection of ... Sentiments
- John Shebbeare - Letters on the English Nation
- Tobias Smollett - The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote
Drama
- John Brown - Barbarosa
- John Cleland - Titus Vespasian
- Thomas Francklin - The Orphan of China
- David Garrick - The Fairies (opera)
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Miss Sara Sampson
- David Mallet - Britannia
Births
- February 21 - Anne Grant, poet (died 1838)
- December 31 - Thomas Grenville, politician and book collector (died 1846)
- date unknown
- Archibald Bell, lawyer and miscellaneous writer (died 1854)
- George Dyer, poet and classicist (died 1841)
Deaths
- February 10 - Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French satirist (born 1689)
- March - Jane Collier, novelist (born c.1715)
- April 6 - Richard Rawlinson, clergyman and book collector (born 1690)
- September 9 - Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German Lutheran church historian (born 1693)
- December 29 - Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, French children's writer (born c.1695)
- date unknown - Antoni Serra Serra, Spanish religious writer (born 1708)
References
- ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1750-1800". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
