James Bramston

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James Bramston
Bornc. 1694
Died22 December 1743 (aged c. 50)
NationalityEnglish
Occupationsatirist

James Bramston (circa 1694 - 1743), satirist, educated at Westminster School and at the University of Oxford, took orders and was later Vicar of Harting. His poems are The Art of Politics (1729), in imitation of Horace, and The Man of Taste (1733), in imitation of Alexander Pope. He also parodied Phillips's Splendid Shilling in The Crooked Sixpence. His verses have some liveliness.

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainCousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.