NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
AWEEKLY- JOURNAL: DEVOTED-T0-THE: BEST: INTERESTS: OF THENORTH-SHDRE: 
EF LEPAVOUR, 
Vol. Il. No. 47 MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1905 Three Cents 
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MASTERS OF ENGLISH Go, seek of Thought some yet unsullied 
LITERATURE. strand; 
Peat His footprint there confronts you as you 
William Shakespeare (1564—1616.) — 
—_—— Of Shakespeare’s youth we know 
By-ly EF. amson: but little, and that little is not much 
Shakespeare is one of the greatest to his credit. Fortunately there was 
names that English literature can enough genuine manhood in him to 
boast. He is the great dramatic slough off boyish follies.) He was 
poet not of England only, but of by no means a precocious lad, al- 
the world. He had an imagination though he must have made good use 
aitd poetic genius that places him in of the advantages of the grammar 
the front rank of the masters of song school of Stratford. Of the extent 
of all time. Dryden says of him, of his education we have no direct 
“he was the man who of all modern, information. It has been supposed 
and perhaps ancient poets, had the that he must have read French and 
largest and most comprehensive Italian, from the fact that books in 
soul.” Coleridge applies to him the those languages from which he took 
epithet, “myriad-minded.” He may the plots of many of his dramas were 
be called one of the great elemental not accessible to him in English 
forces in the world’s thought. To translations. There is little doubt 
recur to Ben Jonson’s phrase, “he that he was familiar with Ovid in 
was not for an age, but for all time.” the original. Perhaps Ben Jon- 
“When I say ‘Shakespeare,’ said son’s statement that he had “little 
Lowell, “I have said it all.” Latin and less Greek” may be offset 
“Observe; think; morals draw; part false 4 - se Tare 
SAMUEL S. PEABODY, ees I by Aubrey’s report that “he under 
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Re-appointed Chief of Police of Manchester. ee stood : Latin pretty well, for he had 
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LENT, 
BY JOSEPH A. TORREY. ae 
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“Beware of a religion which substitutes 
itself for everything: ‘tat makes monks. 
Seek a religion which penetrates everything : 
that makes Christians.” 
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A piety which follows not 
In Duty’s daily track, 
But seeks in diverse paths to walk 
By seasons strict or slack, 
Must miss the joy of service due, 
Must true religion lack. 
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To do my common daily task 
In simple piety, 
To lead an even-tenored life 
In sweet consistency,— 
This, with religion, to my mind, 
Far better doth agree. Courtesy of Beverly City Directory. 
III. A BIT OF NORTH SHORE SCENERY. 
And so a Fast I will not keep ) ay a 
For forty days in Lent,— The accompanying view is one of the prettiest about the North Shore. The picture is 
euncing Pte ela aaaed mind taken on “ Glass Head” in Manchester, where the late Dr. Bartol spent his summers, and 
Bit take icy ta disty. bee shows Boardman’s Point, where are located some of the most attractive estates on the 
Sincere and diligent. : Shore. At the extreme right the picturesque little station at West Manchester can be seen, 
— Christian Register. while in the distance the white sands of West Beach at Beverly Farms are visible. 
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