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Live or die, sink or swim.“Edward I” (1584?),—Peele.

Live or die, sink or swim.

“Edward I” (1584?),—Peele.

George Peele, a famous English dramatist, was born in 1553 (?), and died in 1597 (?). He wrote: “The Arraignment of Paris,” “The Chronicle History of Edward I,” “The Battle of Alcazar,” “The Old Wives’ Tales,” “David and Bethsabe,” “Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes.”

Calvin was incomparably the wisest man that ever the French Church enjoyed.—Richard Hooker.

Calvin was incomparably the wisest man that ever the French Church enjoyed.

—Richard Hooker.

Richard Hooker, one of the greatest glories of the English Church, was born in Exeter, in 1553, and died in 1600. Among his famous works may be mentioned: “Ecclesiastical Polity,” “The Nature and Majesty of Law,” “Scripture and the Law of Nature,” “Defence of Reason,” etc.

Goe to bed with the Lambe, and rise with the Larke.“Euphues and his England,”—John Lyly.

Goe to bed with the Lambe, and rise with the Larke.

“Euphues and his England,”—John Lyly.

John Lyly, a renowned English dramatist, was born in 1554, and died in London, 1606. He is known principally by his two books, “Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit,” and “Euphues and His England.”

He that loves a rosy cheek,Or a coral lip admires,Or from star-like eyes doth seekFuel to maintain his fires,—As old Time makes these decay,So his flames must waste away.“Disdain Returned,”—Thomas Carew.

He that loves a rosy cheek,Or a coral lip admires,Or from star-like eyes doth seekFuel to maintain his fires,—As old Time makes these decay,So his flames must waste away.

“Disdain Returned,”—Thomas Carew.

Thomas Carew, a noted English poet, lived about 1598-1639. He wrote numerous poems, mostly songs and odes. He also wrote a masque, “Cœlum Britannicum.”

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.“All Fools,” Act V, Sc. I,—George Chapman.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

“All Fools,” Act V, Sc. I,—George Chapman.

George Chapman, a renowned English dramatist, and translator of Homer, was born in Hitchin, Hertford, 1559, and died at London, May 12, 1634. Among his comedies and tragedies are: “All Fools but the Fool,” “May Day,” “Bussy d’Amboise,” and “The Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron.” His version of Homer is renowned.

Though men determine, the gods do dispose; and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.“Perimedes the Blacksmith” (1588),—Greene.

Though men determine, the gods do dispose; and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.

“Perimedes the Blacksmith” (1588),—Greene.

Robert Greene, a celebrated English dramatist, was born in Norwich, about 1560, and died in London, September 3, 1592. He wrote: “History of Orlando Furioso,” “Comical History of Alphonsus, King of Aragon,” “Honorable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay,” “The Scottish Historie of James IV,” etc.; also two noted tracts, “Never Too Late,” and “Greene’s Groat’s Worth of Wit Bought with a Million of Repentance.”

Come let us kiss and part,—Nay I have done, you get no more of me;And I am glad, yea, glad with all my heartThat thus so clearly I myself can free.Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows,And when we meet at any time again,Be it not seen, on either of our brows,That we one jot of former love retain.“Come Let Us Kiss and Part,”—M. Drayton.

“Come Let Us Kiss and Part,”—M. Drayton.

Michael Drayton, a noted English poet, was born near Atherstone in Warwickshire, in 1563, and died in 1631. He wrote: “The Shepherd’s Garland,” “Poly Olbion,” his most famous work, “Sir John Oldcastle” a drama, and “Poems Lyrick and Pastorall,” including the famous “Ballad of Agincourt.”

Who ever loved that loved not at first sight.“Hero and Leander,”—Christopher Marlowe.

Who ever loved that loved not at first sight.

“Hero and Leander,”—Christopher Marlowe.

Christopher Marlowe, a renowned English poet and dramatist, was born at Canterbury, about 1564, and was killed at Deptford, June 1, 1593. He wrote: “Tamburlaine,” “The Jew of Malta,” “Life and Death of Dr. Faustus,” and “Edward II,” his most famous work.

Do not be troubled by Saint Bernard’s saying that hell is full of good intentions and wills.“Spiritual Letters,” Letter xii,—Francis De Sales.

Do not be troubled by Saint Bernard’s saying that hell is full of good intentions and wills.

“Spiritual Letters,” Letter xii,—Francis De Sales.

Saint Francis de Sales, a famous French ecclesiastic and devotional writer, was born in 1567, and died in 1622. He wrote: “Introduction to the Devout Life,” “A Treatise on the Love of God,” etc. He founded the Order of the Visitation.

The world’s a stage on which all parts are played.“A Game of Chess,” Act. V, Sc. i,—Thomas Middleton.

The world’s a stage on which all parts are played.

“A Game of Chess,” Act. V, Sc. i,—Thomas Middleton.

Thomas Middleton, a noted English dramatist, was born about 1570, and died in 1627. He produced, “A Game of Chess,” and with William Rowley, “A Fair Quarrel,” “The Changeling,” “The Spanish Gipsy,” etc.

To add to golden numbers golden numbers.“Patient Grissell,”—Thomas Dekker.

To add to golden numbers golden numbers.

“Patient Grissell,”—Thomas Dekker.

Thomas Dekker, a famous English dramatist, was born in London, about 1570, and died after 1637. Among his plays are: “The Shoemaker’s Holiday,” and “Old Fortunatus.” He also wrote: “The Wonderful Year,” “The Bachelor’s Banquet,” etc.

I loved thee once, I’ll love no more,Thine be the grief as is the blame;Thou art not what thou wast before,What reason I should be the same?He that can love unloved again,Hath better store of love than brain:God send me love my debts to pay,While unthrifts fool their love away.“Woman’s Inconstancy,” St. I,—Sir R. Ayton.

“Woman’s Inconstancy,” St. I,—Sir R. Ayton.

Sir Robert Ayton, a notable Scottish poet, was born in his father’s castle of Kinaldie in 1570, and died in Londonin February, 1638. Ayton is supposed to have been the author of “Auld Lang Syne,” which was remodeled by Burns.

Drink to me only with thine eyes,And I will pledge with mine;Or leave a kiss but in the cup,And I’ll not look for wine.“The Forest: To Celia,”—Ben Jonson.

Drink to me only with thine eyes,And I will pledge with mine;Or leave a kiss but in the cup,And I’ll not look for wine.

“The Forest: To Celia,”—Ben Jonson.

Ben Jonson, a celebrated English dramatist, was born in London, in 1572 or 1573, and died August 6, 1637. He wrote two famous comedies, “Every Man in His Humour,” and “Every Man Out of His Humour,” and numerous poems.

Reason is our soul’s left hand, Faith her right.“To the Countess of Bedford,” St. 7,—John Donne.

Reason is our soul’s left hand, Faith her right.

“To the Countess of Bedford,” St. 7,—John Donne.

John Donne, a famous English poet and clergyman, was born in London, in 1573, and died March 31, 1631. His famous “Satires” won for him great fame. A collection of his sermons were published in 1897.

As it fell upon a dayIn the merry month of May,Sitting in a pleasant shadeWhich a grove of myrtles made.Address to the Nightingale,—Richard Barnfield.

As it fell upon a dayIn the merry month of May,Sitting in a pleasant shadeWhich a grove of myrtles made.

Address to the Nightingale,—Richard Barnfield.

Richard Barnfield, a noted English poet, was baptized at Norbury, Staffordshire, June 13, 1574, and died in 1627. He wrote: “The Affectionate Shepherd,” “Cynthia, with Certain Sonnets,” “The Encomion of Lady Pecunia,” “The Passionate Pilgrim,” etc.

Seven cities warred for Homer being dead,Who living had no roofe to shrowd his head.“Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells,”—Thomas Heywood.

Seven cities warred for Homer being dead,Who living had no roofe to shrowd his head.

“Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells,”—Thomas Heywood.

Thomas Heywood, a famous English dramatic poet, was born in Lincolnshire (?), about 1575, and died in London (?), 1650 (?). Of all his poetry and prose his fame rests upon “A Woman Killed with Kindness,” “The Wise Woman of Hogsdon,” “Love’s Mistress,” etc.

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.“A Very Woman,” Act V, Sc. 4,—Philip Massinger.

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.

“A Very Woman,” Act V, Sc. 4,—Philip Massinger.

Philip Massinger, a celebrated English dramatist, was born at Salisbury, in 1583, and died at the Bankside, Southwark, March, 1640. Among his famous plays are: “The Duke of Milan,” “The Fatal Dowry,” “A New Way to Pay Old Debts,” “A City Madam,” “A Very Woman,” etc.

It is always goodWhen a man has two irons in the fire.“The Faithful Friends,” Act I, Sc. 2,—Francis Beaumont.

It is always goodWhen a man has two irons in the fire.

“The Faithful Friends,” Act I, Sc. 2,—Francis Beaumont.

Francis Beaumont, a renowned English dramatist, was born in 1584, at Grace-Dieu, Leicestershire, and died in London, March 6, 1616. He has always been associated with John Fletcher, and together they wrote many famous plays, among them: “The Coxcomb,” “King and No King,” “The Faithful Friends,” “Philaster,” “The Maid’s Tragedy,” “The Knight of the Burning Pestle,” and “The Scornful Lady.”

Diamond cut diamond.“The Lover’s Melancholy,” Act I, Sc. I,—John Ford.

Diamond cut diamond.

“The Lover’s Melancholy,” Act I, Sc. I,—John Ford.

John Ford, a famous English dramatist, was baptized at Islington in Devon, April 17, 1586, and died about 1640.His best plays are: “The Lover’s Melancholy,” “The Broken Heart,” and “Love’s Sacrifice.”

Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.“Emblems,” Book II, Emblem 2,—Francis Quarles.

Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.

“Emblems,” Book II, Emblem 2,—Francis Quarles.

Francis Quarles, a celebrated English sacred poet, was born in Rumford, Essex, in 1592, and died September, 1644. His most famous works were: “Emblems, Divine and Moral,” “Argalus and Parthenia,” and the “Enchiridion.”

Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates are secretaries of Nature.“Letters,” Book ii, Letter xi,—Howell.

Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates are secretaries of Nature.

“Letters,” Book ii, Letter xi,—Howell.

James Howell, a noted British author, was born at Abernaut, in Carmarthenshire, in 1594, and died in November, 1666. Of all his works, his “Letters,” the “Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ” (four volumes issued in 1645, 1647, 1650 and 1655) are best known, and his elaborate allegories are forgotten.

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.“The Sophy,” A Tragedy,—Sir John Denham.

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

“The Sophy,” A Tragedy,—Sir John Denham.

Sir John Denham, a noted English poet, was born in Dublin, 1615, and died in London (?), March 15 (?), 1669. He translated the “Æneid,” and produced “The Sophy,” a tragedy, and “Cooper’s Hill,” a famous poem.

I have ever thought,Nature doth nothing so great for great men,As when she’s pleas’d to make them lords of truth.Integrity of life is fame’s best friend,Which nobly, beyond death shall crown the end.The Duchess of Malfi, Act V, Sc. 5,—John Webster.

The Duchess of Malfi, Act V, Sc. 5,—John Webster.

John Webster, a famous English dramatist, was born near the end of the sixteenth century. Some of his dramasare: “The White Devil, or Vittoria Corombona,” “The Duchess of Malfi,” “Appius and Virginia,” and “The Devil’s Law Case.”

My mind to me a kingdom is;Such present joys therein I find,That it excels all other blissThat earth affords or grows by kind;Though much I want which most would have,Yet still my mind forbids to crave.—Edward Dyer.

—Edward Dyer.

Sir Edward Dyer, a noted English courtier and poet, was born at Sharpham Park, Somersetshire, and died in 1607. He had a great reputation as a poet among his contemporaries, but very little of his work has survived. “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is,” is universally accepted as his.

The assembled souls of all that men held wise.“Gondibert,” Book II, Canto v. Stanza 37,—Sir William Davenant.

The assembled souls of all that men held wise.

“Gondibert,” Book II, Canto v. Stanza 37,—Sir William Davenant.

Sir William Davenant, a celebrated English poet, was born at Oxford, in 1606, and died April 7, 1668. He wrote numerous poems and plays, and succeeded Ben Jonson as poet laureate of England. Besides his poetical works, he wrote an epic, “Gondibert,” and an opera, “The Siege of Rhodes.”

’Tis expectation makes a blessing dear;Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were.“Against Fruition,”—Sir J. Suckling.

’Tis expectation makes a blessing dear;Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were.

“Against Fruition,”—Sir J. Suckling.

Sir John Suckling, a noted English poet, was born at Whitton, Middlesex, in 1608, and died in Paris, about 1642. He is noted for his love poems. A complete edition of his works appeared in 1874.

When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war!—Nathaniel Lee.

When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war!

—Nathaniel Lee.

Nathaniel Lee, a celebrated English dramatist, was born in 1653 (?), and died in 1692. Among his plays are: “Nero, Emperor of Rome,” “Theodosius,” “The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great,” etc.

He that imposes an oath makes it,Not he that for convenience takes it;Then, how can any man be saidTo break an oath he never made!“Hudibras,” Part II, Canto II, Line 377,—Samuel Butler.

He that imposes an oath makes it,Not he that for convenience takes it;Then, how can any man be saidTo break an oath he never made!

“Hudibras,” Part II, Canto II, Line 377,—Samuel Butler.

Samuel Butler, a famous English satirist, was born in Strensham, Worcestershire, 1612, and died in London, September 25, 1680. His most important works are: “Ode to Duval,” “Characters,” “The Elephant in the Moon,” and “Hudibras,” which won for him world-wide fame.

Whoe’er she be,That not impossible she,That shall command my heart and me.“Wishes to his Supposed Mistress,”—Richard Crashaw.

Whoe’er she be,That not impossible she,That shall command my heart and me.

“Wishes to his Supposed Mistress,”—Richard Crashaw.

Richard Crashaw, a noted English poet, was born in London, about 1613, and died in 1650. His poems were collected by an anonymous friend and published under the titles of “Steps to the Temple,” “Sacred Poems,” and “The Delights of the Muses.”

I could not love thee, dear, so much,Lov’d I not honour more.“To Lucasta, on going to the Wars,”—Richard Lovelace.

I could not love thee, dear, so much,Lov’d I not honour more.

“To Lucasta, on going to the Wars,”—Richard Lovelace.

Richard Lovelace, a famous English poet and dramatist, was born in Woolwich, Kent, in 1618, and died in 1658. He wrote: “The Scholar,” a comedy, “The Soldier,” a tragedy, and “Lucasta,” a volume of poems.

A mighty pain to love it is,And ’tis a pain that pain to miss;But of all pains, the greatest painIt is to love, but love in vain.—Abraham Cowley.

A mighty pain to love it is,And ’tis a pain that pain to miss;But of all pains, the greatest painIt is to love, but love in vain.

—Abraham Cowley.

Abraham Cowley, a noted English poet and essayist, was born in London, 1618, and died at Chertsey, Surrey, July 28, 1667. He wrote: “The Mistress,” “Poems,” and numerous Virgilian elegies, essays, and love-songs.

Dear, beauteous death, the jewel of the just!Shining nowhere but in the dark;What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust,Could man outlook that mark!“They Are All Gone,”—Henry Vaughan.

Dear, beauteous death, the jewel of the just!Shining nowhere but in the dark;What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust,Could man outlook that mark!

“They Are All Gone,”—Henry Vaughan.

Henry Vaughan, a celebrated British poet, known as “The Silurist,” was born in Newton, Brecknockshire, Wales, in 1621, and died in April, 1695. His works are: “Olor Iscanus: Select Poems,” “The Bleeding Heart,” “Ejaculations,” “The Mount of Olives; or Solitary Devotions,” and “Thalia Rediviva.”

God helps those who help themselves.“Discourses on Government,” Ch. II, Pt. xxiii,—Algernon Sidney.

God helps those who help themselves.

“Discourses on Government,” Ch. II, Pt. xxiii,—Algernon Sidney.

Algernon Sidney, a noted English republican patriot, was born at Penshurst, Kent, in 1622 (?), and died in London, December 7, 1683. His “Discourses on Government” appeared in 1698.

Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.“Letters,” 202,—Mme. de Sévigné.

Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.

“Letters,” 202,—Mme. de Sévigné.

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné, a celebrated French letter-writer, was born at Paris, in 1626, and died at the Castle of Grignan, in Dauphiné, April 18, 1696. The best edition of her “Letters” appeared in 1818-19.

Let free, impartial men from Dryden learnMysterious secrets, of a high concern,And weighty truths, solid convincing sense,Explain’d by unaffected eloquence.“On Mr. Dryden’s Religio Laici,”—Earl of Roscommon.

Let free, impartial men from Dryden learnMysterious secrets, of a high concern,And weighty truths, solid convincing sense,Explain’d by unaffected eloquence.

“On Mr. Dryden’s Religio Laici,”—Earl of Roscommon.

Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, a noted Irish poet, was born in 1630, and died January 21, 1685. His reputation as a didactic writer and critic rests on his blank verse translation of Horace’s “Ars Poetica,” and “Essays on Translated Verse.”

Great families of yesterday we show,And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who.“The True-Born Englishman,” Part I, Line I,—Daniel Defoe.

Great families of yesterday we show,And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who.

“The True-Born Englishman,” Part I, Line I,—Daniel Defoe.

Daniel Defoe, the famous author of “Robinson Crusoe,” was born in St. Giles Parish, Cripplegate, in 1660 or 1661, and died near London, in 1731. Among his works are: “The Storm,” “Apparition of Mrs. Veal,” “Robinson Crusoe,” “Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,” “King of Pirates,” “Duncan Campbell,” “Mr. Campbell’s Pacquet,” “Memoirs of a Cavalier,” “Captain Singleton,” “Moll Flanders,” “The Highland Rogue,” “Colonel Jacque,” “Cartouche,” “John Sheppard,” “Account of Jonathan Wild,” etc.

To die is landing on some silent shoreWhere billows never break, nor tempests roar;Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, ’tis o’er.“The Dispensary,” Canto iii, Line 225,—Samuel Garth.

To die is landing on some silent shoreWhere billows never break, nor tempests roar;Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, ’tis o’er.

“The Dispensary,” Canto iii, Line 225,—Samuel Garth.

Sir Samuel Garth, a renowned English physician and poet, was born in Yorkshire (?), in 1661 (or at Bolam, Durham, 1660), and died in London (?), January 18, 1719. His famous poem “The Dispensary,” won for him great fame. He also translated “Ovid,” and wrote numerous epigrams.

Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her was a liberal education.Tatler, No. 49,—Richard Steele.

Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her was a liberal education.

Tatler, No. 49,—Richard Steele.

Sir Richard Steele, a celebrated British author and dramatist, was born in Dublin, in 1672, and died at Llangunnor, Wales, September 1, 1729. He wrote: “The Tender Husband,” “The Christian Hero,” “The Lying Lover,” etc. However, his fame rests chiefly upon his connection with theTatlerand theSpectator.

Remote from man, with God he passed the days;Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.“The Hermit,” Line 5,—Thomas Parnell.

Remote from man, with God he passed the days;Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.

“The Hermit,” Line 5,—Thomas Parnell.

Thomas Parnell, a noted Irish poet, was born in Dublin, in 1679, and died in 1718. His best known poem is “The Hermit”; his other noted poetical works include: “The Hymn to Contentment,” “The Night Piece on Death,” and “The Fairy Tale.”

Procrastination is the thief of time.“Night Thoughts,” Night I, Line 393,—Edward Young.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

“Night Thoughts,” Night I, Line 393,—Edward Young.

Edward Young, an illustrious English poet, was born at Upham, Hampshire, in 1684, and died at Welwyn, April 12, 1765. Among his works are: “The Revenge,” “Busiris,” “The Love of Fame,” and his masterpiece, “Night Thoughts.”

Friendship is the balm as well as the seasoning of life.—Richardson.

Friendship is the balm as well as the seasoning of life.

—Richardson.

Samuel Richardson, a renowned English novelist was born in Derbyshire, in 1689, and died July 4, 1761. All of his books are in the form of letters. His best known works are: “Clarissa Harlowe,” “Pamela,” a continuation of it in 1741, followed by “Sir Charles Grandison.” His“Correspondence” was published in 1804 by Anna Lætitia Barbauld.

If the heart of a man is depress’d with cares,The mist is dispell’d when a woman appears.“The Beggar’s Opera,” Act II, Sc. I,—John Gay.

If the heart of a man is depress’d with cares,The mist is dispell’d when a woman appears.

“The Beggar’s Opera,” Act II, Sc. I,—John Gay.

John Gay, a famous English poet, was born near Barnstable, Devonshire, in 1685, and died at London, December 4, 1732. He wrote: “The Fables,” “The Shepherd’s Week,” “Rural Sports,” “Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London,” “The Wife of Bath,” etc. Also “The Beggar’s Opera.”

Heed the still, small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.—Mme. du Deffand.

Heed the still, small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

—Mme. du Deffand.

Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du Deffand(Madame du Deffand), a celebrated French wit and letter-writer, was born in Burgundy, in 1697, and died at Paris, September 24, 1780. Her correspondence with Horace Walpole was published in 1780; with d’Alembert, and other renowned Frenchmen, in 1809; with Voltaire, in 1810, and with the Duchess de Choiseul and others in 1859.

One kind kiss before we part,Drop a tear and bid adieu;Though we sever, my fond heartTill we meet shall pant for you.“The Parting Kiss,”—Robert Dodsley.

One kind kiss before we part,Drop a tear and bid adieu;Though we sever, my fond heartTill we meet shall pant for you.

“The Parting Kiss,”—Robert Dodsley.

Robert Dodsley, a noted English poet, was born at Mansfield, Notts, in 1703, and died in 1764. He published “The Muse in Livery,” (a volume of verse), and some notable plays, among them: “The Toy Shop,” “The King and the Miller of Mansfield,” and “Sir John Cockle at Court.”

Alas! by some degree of woeWe every bliss must gain;The heart can ne’er a transport knowThat never feels a pain.“Song,”—Lord George Lyttelton.

Alas! by some degree of woeWe every bliss must gain;The heart can ne’er a transport knowThat never feels a pain.

“Song,”—Lord George Lyttelton.

Lord George Lyttleton, a distinguished English statesman and man of letters, was born at Hagley, Worcestershire, in 1709, and died, August 22, 1773. His best known prose works are: “The Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul,” and “History of Henry II.”

Of right and wrong he taughtTruths as refined as ever Athens heard;And (strange to tell!) He practised what he preached.“The Art of Preserving Health,” Book IV, Line 301,—John Armstrong.

Of right and wrong he taughtTruths as refined as ever Athens heard;And (strange to tell!) He practised what he preached.

“The Art of Preserving Health,” Book IV, Line 301,—John Armstrong.

John Armstrong, a celebrated English physician and poet, was born about 1709, and died September 7, 1779. He is best known by his famous poem, “The Art of Preserving Health.”

Whoe’er has travell’d life’s dull round,Where’er his stages may have been,May sigh to think he still has foundThe warmest welcome at an inn.“Written on a Window of an Inn,”—William Shenstone.

Whoe’er has travell’d life’s dull round,Where’er his stages may have been,May sigh to think he still has foundThe warmest welcome at an inn.

“Written on a Window of an Inn,”—William Shenstone.

William Shenstone, a celebrated English poet, was born at the Leasowes, near Halesowen, Shropshire, in 1714, and died there, February 11, 1763. His best known poems are: “The Pastoral Ballad,” “Written in an Inn at Henley,” and “The Schoolmistress.” His “Essays on Men and Manners,” “Letters,” and “Works” were collected and published after his death.

Born in a cellar, and living in a garret.“The Author,” Act II,—Samuel Foote.

Born in a cellar, and living in a garret.

“The Author,” Act II,—Samuel Foote.

Samuel Foote, a noted English wag, impersonator and comic playwright, was baptized January 27, 1720, at Truroin Cornwall, and died at Dover, October 21, 1777. Of his popular plays the most notable are: “The Minor,” “The Liar,” and “The Mayor of Garratt.”

Facts are stubborn things.Translation of “Gil Bias,”—Smollett.

Facts are stubborn things.

Translation of “Gil Bias,”—Smollett.

Tobias George Smollett, a renowned British novelist, was born at Dalquhurn, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, in 1721, and died at Monte Novo, near Leghorn, Italy, October 21, 1771. A few of his numerous works are: “The Regicide,” “The Adventures of Roderick Random,” “Advice,” “The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle,” “The Reprisals,” “The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom,” “The Expedition of Humphry Clinker,” “Travels,” “Reproof,” and “Compendium of Voyages and Travels.”

There’s nae sorrow there, John,There’s neither cauld nor care, JohnThe day is aye fair,In the land o’ the leal.“The Land o’ the Leal,”—Lady Nairne.

There’s nae sorrow there, John,There’s neither cauld nor care, JohnThe day is aye fair,In the land o’ the leal.

“The Land o’ the Leal,”—Lady Nairne.

Lady Nairne(Carolina Oliphant), a famous Scotch poet, was born at Gask, Perthshire, in 1766, and died there, 1845. She wrote: “The Land o’ the Leal,” “Caller Herrin’,” and “The Laird o’ Cockpen.”

Too late I stayed,—forgive the crime!Unheeded flew the hours;How noiseless falls the foot of timeThat only treads on flowers.“Lines to Lady A. Hamilton,”—William Robert Spencer.

Too late I stayed,—forgive the crime!Unheeded flew the hours;How noiseless falls the foot of timeThat only treads on flowers.

“Lines to Lady A. Hamilton,”—William Robert Spencer.

William Robert Spencer, a noted English poet and wit, was born in 1770, and died in 1834. Among his best known pieces, which were published in a collection of his poems in 1811, were “Beth Gelert,” and “Too Late I Stayed.”

Abide with me from morn till eve,For without Thee I cannot live;Abide with me when night is nigh,For without Thee I dare not die.“Evening,”—John Keble.

Abide with me from morn till eve,For without Thee I cannot live;Abide with me when night is nigh,For without Thee I dare not die.

“Evening,”—John Keble.

John Keble, a celebrated English religious poet, was born at Fairford, Gloucestershire, in 1792, and died at Bournemouth, Hampshire, in 1866. His fame rests on the renowned work, “The Christian Year,” which he published anonymously in 1872.

Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.“Rory O’More,”—Samuel Lover.

Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.

“Rory O’More,”—Samuel Lover.

Samuel Lover, a famous Irish novelist and song-writer, was born at Dublin, in 1797, and died July 6, 1868. He wrote: “Legends and Stories of Ireland,” “Songs and Ballads,” including, “The Low-Backed Car,” “Widow Machree,” “The Angel’s Whisper,” and “The Four-Leaved Shamrock.” Also: “Handy Andy, an Irish Tale,” “Treasure Trove,” “Rory O’More, a National Romance,” “Metrical Tales and Other Poems,” and edited a collection of “The Lyrics of Ireland.”

On this I ponderWhere’er I wander,And thus grow fonder,Sweet Cork of thee,—With thy bells of Shandon,That sound so grand onThe pleasant watersOf the River Lee.“The Bells of Shandon,”—Father Prout (Francis O’Mahony).

On this I ponderWhere’er I wander,And thus grow fonder,Sweet Cork of thee,—With thy bells of Shandon,That sound so grand onThe pleasant watersOf the River Lee.

“The Bells of Shandon,”—Father Prout (Francis O’Mahony).

Francis O’Mahony(“Father Prout”), a noted Irish journalist and poet, was born in Cork, about 1804, and died in Paris, in 1866. He published “Reliques of Father Prout,” “Facts and Figures from Italy,” etc.

I’m very lonely now, MaryFor the poor make no new friends;But oh, they love the better stillThe few our Father sends.“Lament of the Irish Emigrant,”—Lady Dufferin.

I’m very lonely now, MaryFor the poor make no new friends;But oh, they love the better stillThe few our Father sends.

“Lament of the Irish Emigrant,”—Lady Dufferin.

Helena Selina(Sheridan)Lady Dufferin, a noted English poet, was born in 1807, and died June 13, 1867. Her songs and lyrics were collected into a volume, and edited by her son.

For death and life, in ceaseless strife,Beat wild on this world’s shore,And all our calm is in that balmNot lost but gone before.“Not Lost but Gone Before,”—Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton.

For death and life, in ceaseless strife,Beat wild on this world’s shore,And all our calm is in that balmNot lost but gone before.

“Not Lost but Gone Before,”—Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton.

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton(Hon. Mrs. Norton), a distinguished English author, was born in London, in 1808, and died in 1877. She wrote a pamphlet on “English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century,” “The Dream and Other Poems,” “A Voice from the Factories,” “Aunt Carry’s Ballads,” “Lives of the Sheridans,” etc.

[1]Jupiter laughs at the perjuries of lovers.

[2]Let everyone engage in the business with which he is best acquainted.

[3]The wounds of civil war are deeply felt.

[4]Man is not allowed to know what will happen to-morrow.

[5]What law can bind lovers? Love is their supreme law.

[6]Of two evils, the least should be chosen.

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