of Mudjekeewis, and king of the south wind. Fat and
lazy, listless and easy. Shawondasee loved a prairie maiden (the
Dandelion), but was too indolent to woo her.--Longfellow, _Hiawatha_
(1855).

=She Stoops to Conquer=, a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith (1773). Miss
Hardcastle, knowing how bashful young Marlow is before ladies, _stoops_
to the manners and condition of a barmaid, with whom he feels quite at
his ease, and by this artifice wins the man of her choice.

[Asterism] It is said that when Goldsmith was about 16 years old, he set
out for Edgworthstown, and finding night coming on when at Ardagh, asked
a man "which was the best house in town"--meaning the best inn. The man,
who was Cornelius O'Kelly, the great fencing-master, pointed to that of
Mr. Ralph Fetherstone, as being the best house in the vicinity. Oliver
entered the parlor, found the master of the mansion sitting over a good
fire, and said he intended to pass the night there, and should like to
have supper. Mr. Fetherstone happened to know Goldsmith's father, and,
to humor the joke, pretended to be the landlord of "the public," nor did
he reveal himself till next morning at breakfast, when Oliver called for
his bill. It was not Sir Ralph Fetherstone, as is generally said, but
Mr. Ralph Fetherstone, whose grandson was Sir Thomas.

=Sheba.= The queen of Sheba, or Saba (_i.e._ the Sabeans) came to visit
Solomon, and tested his wisdom by sundry questions, but affirmed that
his wisdom and wealth exceeded even her expectations.--1 _Kings_ x.; 2
_Chron._ ix.

No, not to answer, madam, all those hard things
That Sheba came to ask of Solomon.

Tennyson, _The Princess_, ii.

[Asterism] The Arabs call her name Balkis, or Belkis; the Abyssinians,
Macqueda; and others, Aazis.

_Sheba_ (_The queen of_), a name given to Mde. Montreville (the Begum
Mootee Mahul).--Sir W. Scott, _The Surgeon's Daughter_ (time, George
II.).

=Shebdiz=, the Persian Bucephalos, the favorite charger of Chosro[:e]s
II., or Khosrou Parvis, of Persia (590-628).

=Shedad=, king of Ad, who built a most magnificent palace, and laid out a
garden called "The Garden of Irem," like "the bowers of Eden." All men
admired this palace and garden, except the prophet Houd, who told the
king that the foundation of his palace was not secure. And so it was,
that God, to punish his pride, first sent a drought of three years'
duration, and then the Sarsar, or icy wind, for seven days,