Benlowes, propitious still to blockheads, bows;
And Shadwell nods the poppy on his brows.
The Dunciad, iii. 21, 22 (1728).
Benlowes was a great patron of bad poets, and many have dedicated to him their lucubrations. Sometimes the name is shifted into “Benevolus.”
Shaf´alus and Procrus. So Bottom, the weaver, calls Cephălus and Procris. (See Cephalus.)
Pyramus. Not Shafalus to Procrus was so true.
Thisbe. As Shafalus to Procrus; I to you.
Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream (1592).
Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper, earl of), introduced by Sir W. Scott in Peveril of the Peak (time, Charles II.).
Shafton (Ned), one of the prisoners in Newgate with old Sir Hildebrand Osbaldistone.—Sir W. Scott, Rob Roy (time, George I.).
Shafton (Sir Piercie), called “The knight of Wolverton,” a fashionable cavaliero, grandson of old Overstitch, the tailor, of Holderness. Sir Piercie talks in the pedantic style of the Elizabethan courtiers.—Sir W. Scott, The Monastery (time, Elizabeth).
Shah (The), a famous diamond, weighing 86 carats. It was given by Chosroës, of Persia, to the Czar of Russia. (See Diamonds.)
Shakebag (Dick), a highwayman with Captain Colepepper.—Sir W. Scott, Fortunes of Nigel (time, James I.).
Shakespeare, introduced by Sir W. Scott in the ante-rooms of Greenwich Palace.—Sir W. Scott, Kenilworth (time, Elizabeth).