Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . d absolute certainty. As I trod the sounding pavement, there wassomething intense and thrilling in the idea, that, in very truth, the remains ofShakspere were mouldering beneath my feet. It was a long time before Icould prevail upon myself to leave the place ; and as I passed through thechurchyard I plucked a branch from one of the ye
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . d absolute certainty. As I trod the sounding pavement, there wassomething intense and thrilling in the idea, that, in very truth, the remains ofShakspere were mouldering beneath my feet. It was a long time before Icould prevail upon myself to leave the place ; and as I passed through thechurchyard I plucked a branch from one of the yew-trees, the only relic that Ihave brought from Stratford. The following engraving exhibits the Globe theatre, of which Shakspere wasone of the proprietors, previous to its destruction by fire, on the 29th of June,1613. At ..he time of its conflagration, the performers were representing Shaks-peres play of Henry VIII., and on the kings entrance in the masquerade,some cannon were discharged the wadding of which set fire to the thatch, andthe theatre was completely destroyed. Its site is now occupied by Barclayand Perkins brewery, rendered memorable as the scene of the chastisemenof the notorious Austrian Haynau, by the workmen in the establishment, in 1850. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. i$\ CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. IN 1606, a corporation was formed in England for the purpose of establishinga colony in America. Many joined in the scheme from patriotic motives, aswe now subscribe for railroads, turnpikes, or canals, not calculating upon ex-orbitant profits, but wishing to do something for public good. To carry theirintention into effect, a vessel of only one hundred tons, and two small barks,were taken up. Captain Newport was commander, and Mr. Percy, a brotherof the earl of Northumberland, was in the enterprise, but the soul of it was Cap-tain John Smith. He has been justly called the Father of Virginia, andwhat state would not be proud of such a founder ? He had in his elements the hardihood o
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