Character Sketch
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- THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D.
- VOLUME III
- NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER
- MDCCCXCII
- PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED ON THE HESS PRESS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- VOLUME III.
- PHOTOGRAVURES AND ETCHINGS.
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES.
- CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION, AND THE DRAMA.
- Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince
- =Monmouth=, the surname of Henry V. of E
- I. Bickerstaff, _The Padlock_ (1768).
- C. Marlowe, _Dr. Faustus_ (1590).
- III. Goes to Pylos, to consult old Nestor, and
- VI. Where Nausicāa, the king’s daughter, finds him asleep, and
- VII. Takes him to the court of her father, Alcinöos, who
- VIII. Entertains him hospitably.
- XI. He tells the king how he descended into Hadês;
- XIV. And is lodged in the house of Eumœos, a faithful old domestic.
- XV. Telemachus, having returned to Ithaca, is lodged in the same house,
- XVI. And becomes known to his father.
- XVII. Odysseus goes to his palace, is recognized by his dog, Argos; but
- XVIII. The beggar Iros insults him, and Odysseus breaks his jaw-bone.
- XXII. He falls on the suitors hip and thigh;
- XXIII. Is recognized by his wife.
- XXIV. Visits his old father, Laertês; and the poem ends.
- 1 _Henry VI._ act i. sc. 2 (1589).
- I see my Oreäd coming down.
- The best known alliterative poem in Engl
- =Parricide= (_The Beautiful_), Beatrice
- Shakespeare, 1 _Henry VI._ act iii. sc. 2 (1589)[TN-80]
- Le cour du roi Pétaud, où chacun est maitre.--_French Proverb._
- 5. The Pharaoh who protected Hadad (1 _Kings_ xi. 19).
- 4. Pharaoh Necho, who warred against Josiah (2 _Kings_ xxiii. 29, etc.).
- 1. Cheops, or Suphis I., who built the great pyramid (dynasty iv.).
- 2. Cephrenês, or Suphis II., his brother, who built the second pyramid.
- 7. Phuōris or Thuōris, who sent aid to Priam in the siege of Troy.
- 9. Osorthon IV. (or Osorkon), the Egyptian Herculês (dynasty xxiii.).
- E. C. B.
- The following note contains the chief points of interest:--
- I. 174.
- Swift, _Elegy, etc._
- Dick, be a little rantipolish,[TN-116]
- 1. _La Marseillaise_, both words and music by Rouget de Lisle (1792).
- 2. _La France a l’Horreur du Servage_, by Casimir Delavigne (1843).
- 3. _Le Champ de Bataille_, by Emile Debreaux (about 1830).
- St. David slept for seven years. (See ORMANDINE.)[TN-128]
- The _Rosemonde_ of Alfieri is quite another person. (See ROSEMOND.)
- 5. Theagĕnês, a native of Thasos, was noted for his swiftness of foot.
- SCHOLARS, St. Katherine. (See “Learned Men.”)
- SPORTSMEN, St. Hubert. (See “Huntsmen.”)
- STATUARIES, St. Veronica. (See above, “P
- =Scotch Guards=, in the service of the F
- 1 _Henry VI._ Alluded to by Nash in _Pierce Penniless_, 1592.
- 2 _Henry VI._ Original title, _First Part of the Contention_, 1594.
- Longfellow, _Drinking Song._
- Transcriber’s Note
- Inconsistent spelling
- Inconsistent hyphenation
- Other inconsistencies