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Sidney

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Sid·ney  (sdn), Sir Philip 1554-1586.
English poet, politician, and soldier. His works include the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella and the collection of pastoral idylls Arcadia, both published posthumously.
Sidney, Sydney [ˈsɪdnɪ]
n
1. (Biographies / Sidney, Algernon (1622-1683) M, English, POLITICS: politician) Algernon. 1622-83, English Whig politician, beheaded for his supposed part in the Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II and the future James II: author of Discourses Concerning Government (1689)
2. (Biographies / Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-1586) M, English, WRITING: poet, MISC: courtier, MILITARY: soldier) Sir Philip. 1554-86, English poet, courtier, and soldier. His works include the pastoral romance Arcadia (1590), the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella (1591), and The Defence of Poesie (1595), one of the earliest works of literary criticism in English
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Noun1.SidneySidney - English poet (1554-1586)            
Sir Philip Sidney


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" He dedicated them to Sir Philip Sidney as "the president of noblesse and of chivalrie.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
I tried other essayists, other critics, whom the machinist had in his library, but it was useless; neither Sidney Smith nor Thomas Carlyle could console me; I sighed for more Macaulay and evermore Macaulay.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Sidney Porkenham, were ready to burst with jealousy and despair.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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