Francis Tolson
{{Short description|British writer}}
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File:Francis Tolson. Hermathenæ (1740).jpg emblem from Francis Tolson's book Hermathenæ, Or Moral Emblems, and Ethnick Tales (1740)]]
Francis Tolson ({{fl.}} 1719 – 1745) was an English poet, dramatist, and the author of several works. He was the Vicar of Easton Maudit and Chaplain to the Rt. Hon.ble the Earl of Sussex.{{cite book| first=Mario| last=Praz| title=Studies in seventeenth-century imagery| url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=8887114870| page=515| date=2001| publisher=Edizione di Storia e Letteratura| isbn=8887114870}}
Works
- Octavius Prince of Syra: Or, a Lash for Levi. A Poem (1719)
- The Earl of Warwick: Or, British Exile. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane (1719)
- A Poem on His Majesty's Passing the South-Sea Bill (1720)
- Proposals for Printing, Hermathenæ: Or, One Hundred and Twenty Moral Emblems, and Ethnick Tales. with Notes (1739)
- Hermathenæ, Or Moral Emblems, and Ethnick Tales, with Explanatory Notes (1740)
References
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External links
- [https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2444140A/Francis_Tolson Open Library: Francis Tolson]
- [http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Francis+Tolson%22 Google Books: Francis Tolson]
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Category:18th-century English writers
Category:18th-century English male writers
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:18th-century English Anglican priests
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