Soame Jenyns
(1704–1787)

English writer and politician

Soame Jenyns

Works

  • A Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil: In Six Letters to ____ (1756) (external scan)
  • Miscellaneous pieces, in verse and prose (1770) (external scan)
  • View of the internal Evidence of the Christian Religion (1776) (external scan)
  • Disquisitions on several Subjects (1782) (external scan)
  • Thoughts on a Parliamentary Reform (1784) (external scan)

Poetry

  • The Art of Dancing: a Poem in three cantos (1727), (anon.) (external scan)
  • An Epistle to Lord Lovelace (1735)
  • Poems (1752)
chiefly reprinted from ‘Dodsley's Miscellany.’

Works about Jenyns

Works about his works

- This is an extract from a scathing review by Samuel Johnson in ‘Literary Magazine.’


Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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