Smectymnuus

Puritan Divine, born in London, and ed. at Cambridge, was one of the principal authors of a famous controversial work bearing the title Smectymnuus, made up of the initials of the various writers, and published in 1641 in reply to Bishop

A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature 1853

From the verses of his called Smectymnuus, we shall give the following specimen, in which the reader will see he did not much excel in numbers.

The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 1753

From the verses of his called Smectymnuus, we shall give the following specimen, in which the reader will see he did not much excel in numbers.

The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II Theophilus Cibber 1730

Episcopacy '(1642); on the other, the five Presbyterian ministers whose initials composed the monstrous name Smectymnuus, [71] issued their

The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various

Hall, bishop of Norwich, had published an Humble Remonstrance, in defence of episcopacy; to which, in 1641, five ministers [33], of whose names the first letters made the celebrated word Smectymnuus, gave their answer.

Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746

Hall, Bishop of Norwich, had published an Humble Remonstrance, in defence of Episcopacy; to which, in 1641, five ministers, of whose names the first letters made the celebrated word Smectymnuus, gave their answer.

Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley Samuel Johnson 1746

This provoked an answer by "Smectymnuus," the pseudonym of five puritan divines, the initials of whose names made up the word.

Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 George A. Stephen 1907

To tame the fervid wildness of youth to the strict regularities of study, is a sacrifice performed by the votary; but even MILTON appears to have felt this irksome period of life; for in the preface to "Smectymnuus" he says: -- "It is but justice not to defraud of due esteem the _wearisome labours_ and _studious watchings_ wherein I have spent and _tired out_ almost a whole youth."

Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Isaac Disraeli 1807

His apology for Smectymnuus is one of his pamphlets against Episcopacy, and receives its title from the initial letters of the names of five

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

And so he well might, and all his auditory besides, with his "teach each"'(An Apology for Smectymnuus).

Introduction. Grierson, Herbert J.C Herbert J.C. Grierson 1921