. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. ner {Major), brother of Lady Both-well.—Sir W. Scott, Aunt MargaretsMirror (time, William III.). Falconer {Edmtmd), the nom de plume ofEdmund OEourke, author of Extremes orMen of the day (a comedy, 1859), Faliero {Marino), the doge of Venice,an old man who married a young wifenamed Angiolina (3 syl.). At a banquet,Michel Steno, a young patrician, grosslyinsulted some of the ladies, and was, bythe order of the doge, turned out of thehouse. In revenge, Steno placarded thedoges chair with some scurrilous versesupon the young dogaressa, and F
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. ner {Major), brother of Lady Both-well.—Sir W. Scott, Aunt MargaretsMirror (time, William III.). Falconer {Edmtmd), the nom de plume ofEdmund OEourke, author of Extremes orMen of the day (a comedy, 1859), Faliero {Marino), the doge of Venice,an old man who married a young wifenamed Angiolina (3 syl.). At a banquet,Michel Steno, a young patrician, grosslyinsulted some of the ladies, and was, bythe order of the doge, turned out of thehouse. In revenge, Steno placarded thedoges chair with some scurrilous versesupon the young dogaressa, and Faliero re-ferred the matter to the Forty. Thecouncil sentenced Steno to two monthsimprisonment, and the doge deemed thispunishment so inadequate to the offence,that he looked upon it as a personal in-sult, and headed a conspiracy to cut off,root and branch, the whole Venetian nobil-ity. The project being discovered, Falierowas put to death (1355), at the age of 76,and his picture removed from the gaUeryof his brother doges.—Byron, MarinoFaliero. A. Date DueDue Returned . Due Returned M? ^ ffiMi ™ )9 , 1 4IN iQ&b WU 1\K i ( UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ?• A •^ 3 1262 05642 8393 WMewR Srofti U?-. Biifviiyevi lo K*>^eimt Archive af ^yr
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