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Shakspeare At Charlecote Park.
Sir Thomas took his chair of state and ordered the culprits to his presence . The servants hurried to the cellar—but the birds were flown . How they effected their escape Yemaineth to this day a mystery ; though it cannot be disguised that heavy suspicion fell upon four of the maids . " — The story went that Shakspeare was a day or two afterwards passed on the London road . This tale was corroborated by John-a-Combes . For , many years afterwardstownsman of Stratford
, a , who had quitted his native place for the Indies just at the time that Warwickshire rang with the deeds of the deer-stealers , returned home , and amongst other gossip was heard to ask the thrifty money-getter , what became of that rare spark—Will Shakspeare ?—him who entered Sir Thomas ' s park at Charleeote !" " Marry , sir , " replied John— " the worst has become of him : for after that robbery , he went to London , where he turned stage actorj and writ plays , King Lear , Hamlet , Macbeth , Othello , and such things . "
Affecting Incident In The Life Of Dr. Johnson.
AFFECTING INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
( OBIGINAL . ) ON- a gloomy November evening , in the year 17— , a brilliant circle of all that was gay , witty , learned , or wealthy , in the aristocratic little city of Lichfield , had assembled round the hearth . of one of her most distinguished citizens . Johnson was an invited and expected guest , and none were so dull or so indifferent as not to watch with impatient interest for the moment of his arrivalDinner however passed
off—. , the hour of tea ( his beloved tea /) came and went ; and still He—the Cynosure of all eyes and thoughts in that assembly , appeared not . The evening at length was wearing late , and the expectant admirers had given up all hopes for that night of seeing the honoured head of " The Sage , " ( as Boswell delights to call him ) and were beginning to reconcile themselves to their disappointment as well as they might , when the object of all these regrets entered the room : not however with his usual selfconfident airnot his wont
- ;— ( as was ) like one girded for the intellectual combat , and conscious of the easy strength with which he could crush every opponent that ventured to impugn his superiority , or " rashly dared him to the unequal fight . " No ! his look was subdued ; and a grave and melancholy , but gentle expression sat upon his massive features . His dress was wet and disordered ; and his frame exhausted with fatigue and long abstinence . Anxious and affectionate curiosity was felt by all at his strange appearance , but none ventured to intrude
upon him with a question . The glittering little throng at length separated for the night , but Johnson lingered after every other guest had departed , and to the lady of the house ( from whose lips the writer of this brief notice received it verbatim ) he read the riddle thus , — " Madam ! " said he , " On this very day forty years ago , my poor father was ill—very ill—though he complained little . ' Sam , ' he said to me' drive the cart over to Walsall market for me to-dayand
, , supply my place at the book-stall , for I feel myself unequal to the labour , and it will not do to miss the market sale as usual . ' He spoke thus to me—to his son—living on the very bread of his labour ; and I , madam , ( base , undutiful , dog , that I was !) I refused—I refused ! " and the creator of the stoic Imlac burst into tears .
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Shakspeare At Charlecote Park.
Sir Thomas took his chair of state and ordered the culprits to his presence . The servants hurried to the cellar—but the birds were flown . How they effected their escape Yemaineth to this day a mystery ; though it cannot be disguised that heavy suspicion fell upon four of the maids . " — The story went that Shakspeare was a day or two afterwards passed on the London road . This tale was corroborated by John-a-Combes . For , many years afterwardstownsman of Stratford
, a , who had quitted his native place for the Indies just at the time that Warwickshire rang with the deeds of the deer-stealers , returned home , and amongst other gossip was heard to ask the thrifty money-getter , what became of that rare spark—Will Shakspeare ?—him who entered Sir Thomas ' s park at Charleeote !" " Marry , sir , " replied John— " the worst has become of him : for after that robbery , he went to London , where he turned stage actorj and writ plays , King Lear , Hamlet , Macbeth , Othello , and such things . "
Affecting Incident In The Life Of Dr. Johnson.
AFFECTING INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
( OBIGINAL . ) ON- a gloomy November evening , in the year 17— , a brilliant circle of all that was gay , witty , learned , or wealthy , in the aristocratic little city of Lichfield , had assembled round the hearth . of one of her most distinguished citizens . Johnson was an invited and expected guest , and none were so dull or so indifferent as not to watch with impatient interest for the moment of his arrivalDinner however passed
off—. , the hour of tea ( his beloved tea /) came and went ; and still He—the Cynosure of all eyes and thoughts in that assembly , appeared not . The evening at length was wearing late , and the expectant admirers had given up all hopes for that night of seeing the honoured head of " The Sage , " ( as Boswell delights to call him ) and were beginning to reconcile themselves to their disappointment as well as they might , when the object of all these regrets entered the room : not however with his usual selfconfident airnot his wont
- ;— ( as was ) like one girded for the intellectual combat , and conscious of the easy strength with which he could crush every opponent that ventured to impugn his superiority , or " rashly dared him to the unequal fight . " No ! his look was subdued ; and a grave and melancholy , but gentle expression sat upon his massive features . His dress was wet and disordered ; and his frame exhausted with fatigue and long abstinence . Anxious and affectionate curiosity was felt by all at his strange appearance , but none ventured to intrude
upon him with a question . The glittering little throng at length separated for the night , but Johnson lingered after every other guest had departed , and to the lady of the house ( from whose lips the writer of this brief notice received it verbatim ) he read the riddle thus , — " Madam ! " said he , " On this very day forty years ago , my poor father was ill—very ill—though he complained little . ' Sam , ' he said to me' drive the cart over to Walsall market for me to-dayand
, , supply my place at the book-stall , for I feel myself unequal to the labour , and it will not do to miss the market sale as usual . ' He spoke thus to me—to his son—living on the very bread of his labour ; and I , madam , ( base , undutiful , dog , that I was !) I refused—I refused ! " and the creator of the stoic Imlac burst into tears .