- 1746 in literature
The year 1746 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
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Voltaire is elected to theFrench Academy .
* The oldest manuscript ofJean de Joinville 's "Life of Saint Louis" is rediscovered inBrussels .
*Élie Catherine Fréron founds the controversial journal, "Lettres de la comtesse de..."
*Spranger Barry makes his London stage debut in "Othello".New books
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John Arbuthnot - "Miscellanies" (posth.)
*John Collier as "Tim Bobbin" - "A View of the Lancashire Dialect"
*William Collins - "Odes"
* Thomas Cooke - "A Hymn to Liberty"
*Zachary Grey - "A Word or Two of Advice to William Warburton"
*James Hervey - "Meditations Among the Tombs"
*Soame Jenyns - "The Modern Fine Gentleman"
*Pierre Louis Maupertuis - "Astronomie nautique", volume 2
*Tobias Smollett - "Advice"
*John Upton - "Critical Observations on Shakespeare"
*Horace Walpole - "The Beauties"
*Joseph Warton - "Odes on Various Subjects"
*John Wesley
**"The Principles of a Methodist Father Explain'd"
**"Sermons on Several Occasions"Poetry
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Thomas Blacklock - "Poems"
*"See also1746 in poetry "Births
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January 12 -Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi , Swiss educational reformer (died1827 )
*March 27 -Michael Bruce , Scottish poet (died1767 )
*James Wyatt Deaths
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February 4 -Robert Blair (poet) , Scottish poet (born1699 )
*May 22 -Thomas Southerne , Irish dramatist (born1660 )
*December 6 - LadyGrizel Baillie , Scottish poet (born1665 )
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