"O be thou damn'd, inexorable dog! APRIL 19th.-Lord Byron died. 1824. "Yes, Lion-sick, sick of proud heart: you may call it melancholy if you will favor the man; but head 'tis pride." by my TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Act ii., Scene 3. APRIL 20th.-Dissolution of the Rump Parliament. 1653. "Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once." MACBETH, Act iii., Scene 4. APRIL 21st.-Abelard died. 1142. "Love is your master, for he masters you: And he that is so yoked by a fool Should not, methinks, be chronicled for wise." Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Act i., Scene 1. APRIL 22d.-Peace of Aix la Chapelle. 1748. "This peace is nothing but to rust iron, increase tailors, and breed ballad-makers." CORIOLANUS., Act iv., Scene 5. APRIL 23d.-Shakspeare died in England, and Cervantes in Spain. 1616. "O, insupportable! Oh, heavy hour! Methinks it should now be a huge eclipse Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe Should yawn at alteration." OTHELLO, Act v., Scene 2. APRIL 24th.-Torquato Tasso died. 1595. "His grief grew puissant, and the strings of life Began to crack." KING LEAR, Act v., Scene 3. APRIL 25th.-Cromwell born. 1599. "I shall desire to see what this child does." HENRY VIII., Act v., Scene 4. APRIL 26th.-Daniel De Foe died. 1731. "A fellow of most excellent fancy." HAMLET, Act v., Scene 1. APRIL 27th.-Sir William Jones, the Orientalist, died. 1794. "Is this the man? Is 't you, sir, that know things?" ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA, Act i., Scene 2. APRIL 28th.—The Play of Julius Cæsar performed at Drury Lane Theatre, to raise funds for the erection of a monument to Shakspeare. 1738. "How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over APRIL 29th.---Trial of Lord Melville. 1806. "And here I stand-judge, my masters." 1 HENRY iv., Act ii., Scene 4. APRIL 30th. The Chevalier Bayard died. 1524. 66 A braver soldier never couchéd lance, A gentler heart did never sway in court." May. MAY 1st.-Second Nomination of Henry Clay for the Presidency. 1844. "I have seen a swan With bootless labor swim against the tide, waves." 3 HENRY VI., Act i., Scene 4. MAY 2d. Great Riot in Manchester, England. 1469. "What work's, my countrymen, in hand ?— Where go you With bats and clubs? The matter? Speak, I pray you!" CORIOLANUS, Act i., Scene 1. MAY 3d.-Machiavelli born. 1469. "The devil knew not what he did when he made man politic." TIMON OF ATHENS, Act iii., Scene 3. |