An Essay on Criticism. Part I • Paragraph 134
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[Line 693: Erasmus.--A Dutchman (1467-1536), and at one time a Roman Catholic priest, who acted as tutor to Alexander Stuart, a natural son of James IV. of Scotland as professor of Greek for a short time at Oxford, and was the most learned man of his time. His best known work is his _Colloquia_, which contains satirical onslaughts on monks, cloister life, festivals, pilgrimages etc.]