See also:SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), See also:SIR See also:ANTHONY (1565-c. 1635)
, See also:English traveller, was the second son of See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Shirley (1542-1612), of Wiston, See also:Sussex, who was a member of See also:parliament during the reigns of See also:Elizabeth and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. and who was heavily in See also:debt when he died in See also:October 1612
.
Shirley's imprisonment in 1603 was an important event as in consequence thereof the See also:House of See also:Commons successfully asserted one of its privileges—freedom of its members from See also:arrest
.
Educated at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford See also:Anthony Shirley gained some military experience with the English troops in the See also:Netherlands-and also during an expedition to See also:Normandy in 1591 under See also:Robert Devereux, See also:earl of See also:Essex, who was related to his wife, Frances See also:Vernon; about this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he was knighted by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry of See also:Navarre (Henry IV. of See also:France), a proceeding which brought upon him the displeasure of his own See also:sovereign and a See also:short imprisonment
.
In 1596 he conducted a predatory expedition along the western See also:coast of'See also:Africa and then across to Central See also:America, but owing to a See also:mutiny he returned to See also:London with a single See also:ship in 1597
.
In 1598 he led a few English See also:volunteers to See also:Italy to take See also:part in a dispute over the See also:possession of See also:Ferrara; this, however, had been accommodated when he reached See also:Venice, and he decided to See also:journey to See also:Persia with the twofold See also:object of promoting See also:trade between See also:England and Persia and of stirring up the Persians against the See also:Turks
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He obtained See also:money at See also:Constantinople and at See also:Aleppo, and was very well received by the shah, Abbas the See also:Great, who made him a mirza, or See also:prince, and granted certain trading and other rights to all See also:Christian merchants
.
Then, as the shah's representative, he returned to See also:Europe and visited See also:Moscow, See also:Prague, See also:Rome and other cities, but the English See also:government would not allow him to return to his own See also:country
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For some time he was in See also:prison in Venice, and in 16o5 he went to Prague and was sent by the See also:emperor See also:Rudolph H. on a See also:mission to See also:Morocco; afterwards he went to See also:Lisbon and to See also:Madrid, where he was welcomed very warmly
.
The See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Spain appointed him the See also:admiral of a See also:fleet which was to serve in the See also:Levant, but the only result of his extensive preparations was an unsuccessful expedition against the See also:island of Mitylene
.
After this he was deprived of his command
.
Shirley, who was a See also:count of the See also:Holy See also:Roman See also:Empire, died at Madrid some time after 1635
.
Sir Anthony's See also:elder See also:brother, Sir Thomas Shirley (1564-c
.
1620), was knighted while serving in See also:Ireland under Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Fitzwilliam in 1589
.
In 16o1 he was chosen a member of parliament, but his time was mainly passed in seeking to restore the shattered fortunes of his See also:family by piratical expeditions
.
In See also:January 1603 he was captured by the Turks and he was only released from his captivity at Constantinople in See also:December 1605
.
One of his sons was Henry Shirley (d
.
1627) the dramatist, who was murdered in London on the 31st of October 1627, and one of his grandsons was Thomas Shirley (1638-1678), the physician and writer
.
Sir Anthony's younger brother, Sir Robert Shirley (c
.
1581-1628), went with his brother to Persia in 1598, remaining in that country when the latter returned to Europe in 1599
.
Having
and exhibiting characters after types whose effectiveness on the See also:stage had been proved by ample experience
.
He spoke the same See also:language with the great dramatists, it is true, but this See also:grand See also:style is sometimes employed for the artificial See also:elevation of See also:commonplace thought
.
" Clear as See also:day " becomes in this manner " day is not more conspicuous than this cunning"; while the See also:- PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)
proverb " Still See also:waters run deep " is ennobled into
" The shallow See also:rivers glide away with See also:noise
The deep are silent."
The violence and exaggeration of many of his contemporaries See also:left him untouched
.
His scenes are ingeniously conceived, his characters boldly and clearly See also:drawn; and he never falls beneath a high level of stage effect
.
Shirley's tragedies are: The Maides Revenge (acted, 1626; printed, 1639) ; The Traylor (licensed, 1631; printed, 1635), which See also:Dyce reckoned as Shirley's best tragedy; Love's Crueltie (1631; printed, 164o) ; The See also:Duke's Mistris (acted, 1636; printed, 1638) ; The Politilian (acted, 1639; printed, 1655) ; The See also:Cardinal (acted, 1641; printed, 1652), a See also:good example of Shirley's later style, and characterized by See also:Edmund See also:Gosse as perhaps the last great See also:play produced by the giants of the Elizabethan See also:age
.
His comedies are: Love Tricks, or the School of See also:Complement (licensed, 1625; printed under the latter See also:title, 1631) ; The See also:Wedding (licensed, 1626; printed, 1629) ; The See also:Brothers (acted, 1626; printed, 1652) ; The Wittie Faire One (acted, 1628; printed, 1633); The Gratefull Servant (licensed in 1629 as The Faithful Servant; printed, I63o); Changes: Or Love in a See also:Maze (acted and printed, 1632) ; Hide Parke (acted, 1632; printed, 1637) ; The See also:Ball (acted, 1632; printed, 1639) ; The See also:Bird in a Cage (acted and printed, 1633), ironically dedicated to William See also:Prynne; The See also:Young Admirall (licensed, 1633; printed, 1637) ; The Gamester (played at See also:court, 1634; printed, 1637), executed at the command of See also:Charles I. who is said to have invented or proposed the See also:plot; The Example (acted, 1634; printed, 1637); The Opportunity (licensed, 1634; printed, 164o); The See also:Coronation (licensed, 1635, as his, but printed, 164o, as by See also:Fletcher) ; The See also:Lady of See also:Pleasure (licensed, 1635; printed, 1637); The See also:Constant Maid, or Love will find out the Way, printed in 164o under the former title with St See also:Patrick for Ireland; The Royall See also:Master (acted and printed, 1638), an excellent See also:comedy of intrigue, with an See also:epilogue addressed to See also:Strafford; The Doubtfull See also:Heir (printed, 1652), licensed as Rosania, or Love's Victory in 164o; The See also:Gentleman of Venice (licensed, 1639; printed, 1655) ; The Imposture (acted, 164o; printed, 1652) ; The Sisters (licensed, 1642; printed, 1653); The Humorous Courtier (perhaps identical with The Duke, licensed, 1631), printed, 164o; The Court See also:Secret (printed, 1653)
.
Poems (1646), by James Shirley, contained " See also:Narcissus," and a masque dealing with the See also:Judgment of See also:Paris, entitled The See also:Triumph of Beautie
.
A Contention for See also:Honour and Riches (1633) appeared in an altered and enlarged See also:form in 1659 as Honoria and See also:Mammon
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In 1653 a selection of his pieces was published as Six New Playes
.
He wrote the magnificent entertainment presented by the members of the Inns of Court to the king and See also:queen in 1633, entitled The Triumph of See also:Peace, the scenery being devised by Inigo See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones and the See also:music by W
.
See also:Lawes and See also:Simon Ives
.
In this See also:kind of See also:composition he had no See also:rival but See also:Ben See also:Jonson
.
His Contention of See also:Ajax and Ulysses (printed, 1659) closes with the well-known lyric, " The Glories of our See also:Blood and See also:State."
The See also:standard edition of Shirley's See also:works is The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley, with Notes by William See also:Gifford, and Additional Notes, and some See also:Account of Shirley and his Writings, by See also:Alexander Dyce (6 vols., 1833)
.
A selection of his plays was edited (1888) for the " Mermaid " See also:series, with an. introduction by Edmund Gosse
.
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