Shakspere manuscripts

Among these are a mortgage deed copied on old parchment from a genuine deed of 1612, which had been copied in facsimile by Steevens; Shakspere's signature on the fly-leaves of old books; a transcript of "Lear"; and extracts from "Hamlet" (the orthography copied from Chatter ton's Rowley poems). In Feb., 1795, these documents were exhibited by the elder Ireland at his house in Norfolk street. On Feb. 25 Dr. Parr, Sir Isaac Heard, Herbert Croft, Pye, the poet laureate, and 16 others Ireland Island. One of the Bermudas. Irenæus (i-re-nē'us), Saint. Born in Asia Minor: died at Lyons, probably in 202 A. D. A celebrated Greek church father. He was a native of Asia Minor; studied under Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna; removed to Rome about 155; and became bishop of Lyons in 177. He died a martyr during the persecution under the Irnerius part in the treaty between the commi ioners of the army and Parliament. He hoped to lay the foundation of an agreement between the king and Parliament, and to establish the liberties of the people on a permanent basis. When Charles I., however, refused the "Four Bills," Ireton advised the settlement of the affairs of the kingdom without him. In the trial of the king he sat regularly in the High Court of Justice, and signed the warrant for the king's execution. On Aug. 15, 1649, he went with Cromwell to Ireland as second in command, and became his deputy May 29, 1650. Iriarte, or Yriarte (e-re-är'tā), Tomas de. Born at Orotava, Teneriffe, Canary Islands, Sept. 18,1750: died at Madrid, Sept. 17, 1791. Á Spanish poet. His chief works are "La music a" (1779), "Fabulas liter arias" (1782). Iris (I'ris). [Gr. Ιρις .] In Greek mythology, a female divinity, me enger of the gods, often regarded as the personification of the rainbow. Iris. An asteroid (No. 7) discovered by Hind at London, Aug. 13, 1847. Irisarri (ē-rē-sä'rē), Antonio José de. Born at Santiago de los Caballeros, Guatemala, Feb. 7, 1786: died at Brooklyn, N. Y., June 10, 1868. A Spanish-American statesman and author. He settled in Chile, where he took a prominent part in the revolution 1810-18. Subsequently he held various diplomatic posts for Chile, and from 1855 was minister of Guatemala and Salvador to the United States. He edited several journals in various Spanish-American countries, published historical and philological works and a collection of satirical poems, and was a well-known bibliophilist. Irish (i'rish). The language of the native Celtic race in Ireland. It is in age and philological value the most important language of the Celtic family, though its antiquity and importance have been much exaggerated by tradition and patriotism. The alphabet is an adaptation of the Latin. As heretofore printed the letters, like the so-called Anglo-Saxon letters, are usually made to resemble a conventionalized form of the Latin alphabet in use in Britain in the early middle ages. Gaelic is a comparatively recent form of the Irish spoken by the Celts of Scotland. It differs but slightly from the Irish of the same age. Modern Irish is greatly corrupted in pronunciation, as compared with the Old Irish; but it retains in great part the old orthography. As a living speech it is fast going out of use. Irish Sea. A body of water lying between England on the east and Ireland on the west, and connected with the Atlantic Ocean by the North Channel on the north and St. George's Channel on the south. The Isle of Man is in its center. Irish Widow, The. A comedy by David Garrick, taken in part from Molière's "Le mariage forcé." It was brought out Oct. 23, 1772. The widow Brady was played originally by Mrs. Barry, for whom the play was written.