Значение слова GRAINGER в Литературной энциклопедии

JAMES (1721-1766).-Poet, of a Cumberland family, studied medicine at Edin., was an army surgeon, and on the peace settled in practice in London, where he became the friend of Dr. Johnson, Shenstone, and other men of letters. His first poem, _Solitude_, appeared in 1755. He subsequently went to the West Indies (St. Kit's), where he made a rich marriage, and _pub._ his chief poem, _The Sugar-Cane_ (1764).