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John Lyly

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Noun1.John Lyly - English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606)


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In a 1928 essay titled "Euphues Redivivus," Aldous Huxley compared Ros's style to that of John Lyly.
1) JOHN LYLY, EUPHUES: THE ANATOMY OF WIT 31 (1579), reprinted in JOHN LYLY, EUPHUES 153 (Edward Arber ed.
The Gray's Inn's Prince of Purpoole in 1594-95 was Henry Helme or Helmes, whose frenetic activities are described at length in Gesta Grayorum; in addition, Helmes admitted some dozen individuals, including John Lyly the poet-playwright and John Spenser the current Lord Mayor of London, to membership in Gray's Inn, as recorded in the Admissions Register; his namesake Henry Yelverton authorized similar admissions in 1617-18.
 
 
 
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