Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1

Part i.

(John Sheffield, earl of Mulgrave (1649-1721) wrote an _Essay on Poetry_.)

ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR, French actress, said to have been poisoned by flowers sent to her by a rival. Died in 1730.

AE'ACUS, king of Oeno'pia, a man of such integrity and piety, that he was made at death one of the three judges of hell. The other two were Minos and Rhadaman'thu...