“This makes us easy in the midst of them, fond to shew them, fond to improve in them, and to be esteemed for them.”
About Thomas Parnell
11 September 1679–24 October 1718
Thomas Parnell, born in Dublin on 11 September 1679 and dead at Chester, England, on 24 October 1718, occupies a distinctive position in the literary culture of the early eighteenth century. He was an Anglo-Irish clergyman, poet, translator, essayist, and valued member of the brilliant circle that included Jonathan…