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 . made. For some years Shakspere, wasallied with Ben Jonson, and the other wits and poets of the age, as managerof the playhouse, and after he had acquired a competent fortune, he retired tonis native town, where he lived respected and beloved by his neighbors. Themulberry-tree which he planted in his garden afterward became an object o
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 . made. For some years Shakspere, wasallied with Ben Jonson, and the other wits and poets of the age, as managerof the playhouse, and after he had acquired a competent fortune, he retired tonis native town, where he lived respected and beloved by his neighbors. Themulberry-tree which he planted in his garden afterward became an object ofveneration, and when cut down by the hands of an avaricious proprietor, thewood was fashioned into various utensils, which sold for a high price, and werepreserved with more than common affection, as a precious memorial of the im-mortal planter. Shakspere made his will in the beginning of 1616, and diedApril 23, of the same year, on the anniversary of his birth, aged fifty-two. His ashes repose within the walls of the fine old church of Stratford-on-Avon, exhibited in the accompanying engraving. The small house in which ^—— — - ==^^^^. ^££»«— I *.J>1 :=== = =^=^ = --J^grfi -mt ISStPf lilll L—il U ?• • i \.;,,a/~! E=HT\. Pariah Church of Stratford-on-Avon. 153 WILLIAM SHAKSPERfi. the great poet was born, is still standing at a short distance from the old church*Tho following sketch of this interesting spot is from the pen of Washington Irving: I had come to Stratford on a poetical pilgrimage. My first visit was to thehouse where Shakspere was born, where, according to tradition, he wasbrought up to his fathers craft of wool-combing. It is a small mean-lookingedifice of wood and plaster, a true nestling-place of genius, which seems todelight in hatching its offspring in by-corners. The walls of its squalid cham-bers are covered with names and inscriptions, in every language, by pilgrims ofall nations, ranks, and conditions, from the princ
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