. William Shakespere : a biography. [Ohaileote Uouse. From Avenue.] Charlcote, then, shall not, at least l)y us, be surrounded by unplea-^ant asso-ciations in connexion with the name of Shakspere. It is, perhap<^, the mostinteresting locality connected with that name; for in its great features it isessentially unchanged. There stands, with slight alteration, and those in goodtaste, the old mansion as it was reared in the days of Elizabeth. A broadavenue leads to its fine gateway, which opens into the court and the principalentrance. We would desire to people that hall with kindly inmates; t
. William Shakespere : a biography. [Ohaileote Uouse. From Avenue.] Charlcote, then, shall not, at least l)y us, be surrounded by unplea-^ant asso-ciations in connexion with the name of Shakspere. It is, perhap<^, the mostinteresting locality connected with that name; for in its great features it isessentially unchanged. There stands, with slight alteration, and those in goodtaste, the old mansion as it was reared in the days of Elizabeth. A broadavenue leads to its fine gateway, which opens into the court and the principalentrance. We would desire to people that hall with kindly inmates; to ima-gine the fine old knight, perhaps a little too puritanical, indeed, in his latterdays, living there in peace and happiness with his family ; merry as he oughtto have been with his first wife, Jocosa (whose English name, Joyce, soundethnot quite so pleasant), and whose epitaph, by lier husband, is honourable aliketo the deceased and to the survivor.* We can picture him plantmg the .<^econdp-_) 211. [(/haricot* House. From the Avon.] avenue, which leads obhquely across the park from the great gateway to theporch of the parish-church. It is an avenue too narrow for carriages, if car-riages then had been common; and the knight and his lady walk in statelyguise along that grassy pathway, as the Sunday bells summon them to meettheir humble neighbours in a place where all are equal. Charlcote is full ofrich woodland scenery. The lime-tree avenue, may, perhaps, be of a later datetlian the age of Elizabeth; and one elm has evidently succeeded another fromcentury to century. But there are old gnarled oaks and beeches dotted aboutthe park. Its little knolls and valleys are the same as they were two centuriesago. The same Avon flows beneath the gentle elevation on which the housestands, sparkling in the sunshine as brightly as v;hen that house was firstbuilt. There may we still lie « All the time of her life a true and faithful servant of her good God ; never detected of anycrime
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