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SHELLAND, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 3 miles 
west-north-west of Stow Market. 
SHELLDRAKE RIVER, a river of Canada, which runs 
into the river St. Lawrence. Lat. 50. 20. N. long. 64. 
50. W. 
SHE'LLDUCK. See Shelduck. 
SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe), a poet of considerable emi¬ 
nence. No biography of this author has at present been 
published, though it is still expected from one of his friends. 
■It seems that he received his school education at Harrow, 
where he was one of the associates of Lord Byron. In early 
life he visited the most beautiful scenes of England and 
Ireland, and here probably imbibed that passionate love 
tor, and minute acquaintance with, nature, which consti¬ 
tute the peculiarity and charm of his writings. He after¬ 
wards travelled through Switzerland and Italy, and in the 
■latter, on account of his ill health, made a long sojourn. 
He was drowned in the Mediterranean, as he was returning 
from Leghorn to Spezzia, in the year 1823. Of his private 
life, some scandalous stories were insinuated in the Quarterly 
Review, which received, however, the unqualified contradic¬ 
tion of his friends; and, indeed, they seem to have been 
merely the result of party malice. 
His works consist of so many fragments, detached pieces, 
&c., that we cannot enumerate them. 
His poetry displays great depth of feeling, alternating with 
puerile conceit and common-place declamation. His com¬ 
mand of language was great, but either carelessness or want 
of sustained power, continually plunged his ideas into im¬ 
penetrable obscurities of expression. He seems, in many 
instances, to have had a most refined ear for the music of ver¬ 
sification, and yet many of his poems might be read as prose. 
His most prevalent fault is a want of accuracy and clearness in 
his ideas. But there is a charm not easily described about his 
writings, which redeems the errors more Obvious to criticism, 
and which will render him long a favourite and profitable 
study for the poet, though he may never become generally 
admired ; for the public cannot cull flowers, and select the 
riper from the cruder fruits. They must have all the sweets 
of poetry served up in order, and adorned with art. 
SHELLEY, a parish of England, in Essex; 1§ mile 
north of Chipping Ongar. 
SHELLEY, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 3 miles 
north-east of Stoke. 
SHELLEY, a township of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 5§ miles south-west of Huddersfield. Popula¬ 
tion 1057. 
SHE'LLFISH, s. [pcyl-ppcap, Sax.] Fish invested with 
a hard covering, either testaceous, as oysters, or crustaceous, 
as lobsters.—’The shells, being sound, were so like those 
they saw upon their shores, that they never questioned but 
that they were the exuviee of shellfish, and once belonged 
to the sea. Wood-ward. 
SHELLIFF, a river of Algiers, the -most considerable in 
that kingdom, and the Chinalaph of the ancient geography. 
It rises among the mountains of Atlas, in a place called the 
Seventy Fountains. It flows north during the first part of 
its course, then turns west, and runs nearly parallel to the 
sea. Its whole length is about 200 miles. In its early 
course it forms the lake of Titterie. 
SHELLINGFOllD, a parish of England, in Berkshire, 
near Farringdon. 
SHE'LLMEAT, s. Food consisting of shellfish. Un¬ 
used.—Shellmeats may be eaten after foul hands, without 
any harm. Fuller. 
SHELLOW BO WELLS, a parish of England, in Essex; 
5 miles north-east of Chipping Ongar. 
SHE'LLY, adj. Abounding with shells. 
The ocean rolling, and the shelly shore. 
Beautiful objects, shall delight no more. Prior. 
Consisting of shells. 
The snail, whose tender horns being hit, 
Shrinks backward in his shelly cave with pain. 
Shakspeare. 
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SHE'LLWORK, s. Work made of or trimmed with 
shells. 
SHELSLEY WALSH, a parish of England, in Worces¬ 
tershire ; 10 miles north-west of Worcester. 
SHE'LTER, s. [Of this word the etymology is unknown : 
Skinner deduces it from shell, Davies from poylb, a shield, 
Saxon. Dr. Johnson.—Serenius also refers to the Saxon 
word. The Icel. skioldr, a shield, is still nearer to our 
shelter .]—A cover from any external injury or violence. 
They wish the mountains now might be again 
Thrown on them, as a shelter from his ire. Milton. 
The healing plant shall aid. 
From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. Pope. 
A protector; a defender; one that gives security.—Thou 
hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the 
enemy. Ps. —The state of being covered; protection; 
security. 
Low at his foot a spacious plain is plac’d. 
Between the mountain and the stream embrac'd ; 
Which shade and shelter from the hill der vn 
While the kind river wealth and beauty gives. Denham. 
To SHE'LTER, v. a. To cover from external violence.— 
We besought the deep to shelter us. Milton. —To defend; 
to protect; to succour with refuge; to harbour. 
What endless honour shall you gain, 
To save and shelter Troy’s unhappy train. Dryden. 
To betake to cover.—They sheltered themselves under a 
rock. Abbot. —To cover from notice. Improper. 
In vain I strove to check my growing flame. 
Or shelter passion under friendship’s name; 
You saw my heart. Prior. 
To SHE'LTER, v. n. To take shelter. 
There the Indian herdsman, shunning heat. 
Shelters in cool. Milton. 
To give shelter. 
Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed. 
The cavern’d bank, his old secure abode. Thomson. 
SHELTER ISLAND, an island of the United States, near 
the east end of Long Island ; 100 miles east of New York. 
Population 329. It is 7 miles long, and 5 broad. This 
island, united with Great-Hog-Neck island, constitutes a 
township. 
SHELTERLESS, adj. Harbourless; without home or 
refuge. 
Now sad and shelterless, perhaps, she lies, 
Where piercing winds blow sharp. Rowe. 
SHELTERY, adj. Affording shelter.—They spend their 
winters under the warm and sheltery shores of Gibraltar and 
Barbary. White's Se/borne. 
SHELTIE, s. A small horse, so called in Scotland.— 
Shetland produces little horses, commonly called shellies ; 
and they are very sprightly, though the least of the kind to 
be seen any where. Martin. 
SHELTON, a parish of England, in Bedfordshire; 13| 
miles north-by-west of Bedford. 
SHELTON, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 3 miles 
south-east of St. Mary Stratton. 
SHELTON, a parish of England, county of Nottingham ; 
6 miles south-by-west of Newark. 
SHELTONBOROUGH, a post village of the United 
States, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia. 
To SHELVE, v. a. To place on shelves.—Here he 
glanceth wittily at the delicacy of this scholar; from whence 
he descendeth to the too accurate disposing or shelving of 
his books. Comment, on Chaucer. 
SHELVE, a parish of England, in Salop; 7 miles north- 
by-east of Bishop's Castle. 
SHELVING, adj. Sloping; inclining; having decli¬ 
vity. 
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