Word: earle
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...Cobbe collection includes works handed down from the family of the third Earl of Southampton, Shakespeare's only known patron. (The Bard made most of his money the hard way, by running a theater company.) Shakespeare dedicated to the earl both of his long-narrative poems, Venus and Adonis in 1593 and The Rape of Lucrece in 1594. The second inscription is particularly intimate: "The love I dedicate to your lordship is without...
...This is one of several reasons that the earl, who was 10 years younger than Shakespeare, is often supposed to be the "fair youth" who turns the poet's head in some of Shakespeare's sonnets. How fair? A painting of the long-haired earl at 19, also in the Cobbe family collection, was mistaken for many years as a portrait of a young woman. And though the earl later married and fathered children, there is a letter written about him during his participation in the Irish wars that alludes to a sexual relationship between...
...Wells mentions a rumor dating back to the 18th century that the earl once gave Shakespeare a thousand pounds, possibly to allow the Bard to purchase the second largest house in Stratford-on-Avon. That would be an extraordinary amount of money even from a patron who was, as Wells describes him, "very rich and very generous, almost profligate." But if the rumor is true, it might be another sign of the very high regard that the earl had for his favored poet. "This rumor has often been discounted," says Wells. "In one of my own books, I said...
...dramatic 17th century cathedral. Moments away you'll find numerous Casco newcomers - places like Indigo (www.indigopanama.com), a North African?inspired restaurant and lounge, and Ego Café, tel: (507) 262 2045, with its adventurous Panamanian-Mediterranean menu. You can sample rich ice creams and sorbets - from basil to Earl Grey - at Granclement, tel: (507) 228 0737; browse through intricately carved wooden crafts at Karavan Gallery, tel: (507) 228 5161; and take home one-of-a-kind pieces by local artists from Casa Gongora, tel: (507) 506 5836, a gallery and museum in one of the Casco's oldest surviving buildings...
...Earl has doggedly pursued waste, fraud and mismanagement [and] has the reputation of being one of the best inspector generals that we have in this town. I can't think of any more tenacious and efficient guardian of the hard-earned tax dollars the American people have entrusted us to wisely invest." - Barack Obama...