d, "Jack,
I'll cut you off with a shilling." To which the son replied, "I wish,
dad, you would give it to me now."

[Asterism] The same identical anecdote is told of Sheridan and his son
Tom.

=Shingle= (_Solon_), prominent personage in J. S. Jones's farce, _The
People's Lawyer_.

=Ship= (_The Intelligent_). _Ell[=i]da_ (Frithjof's ship) understood what
was said to it; hence in the _Frithjof Saga_ the son of Thornsten
constantly addresses it, and the ship always obeys what is said to
it.--Tegner, _Frithjof Saga_, x. (1825).

=Shipton= (_Mother_), the heroine of an ancient tale entitled _The Strange
and Wonderful History and Prophecies of Mother Shipton_, etc.--T. Evan
Preece.

=Shipwreck= (_The_), a poem in three cantos, by William Falconer (1762).
Supposed to occupy six days. The ship was the _Britannia_, under the
command of Albert, and bound for Venice. Being overtaken in a squall,
she is driven out of her course from Candia, and four seamen are lost
off the lee main-yardarm. A fearful storm greatly distresses the vessel
and the captain gives command "to bear away." As she passes the island
of St. George, the helmsman is struck blind by lightning. Bowsprit,
foremast, and main-topmast being carried away, the officers try to save
themselves on the wreck of the foremast. The ship splits on the
projecting verge of Cape Colonna. The captain and all his crew are lost
except Arion (_Falconer_), who is washed ashore, and being befriended by
the natives, returns to England to tell this mournful story.

=Shirley.= Bright, independent heiress of Yorkshire, beautiful and
courted, who chooses her own way and her own husband.--Charlotte
Bront[`e], _Shirley_.

=Shoo-King= (_The_), the history of the Chinese monarchs, by Confucius. It
begins with Yoo, B.C. 2205.

=Shoolbred= (_Dame_), the foster-mother of Henry Smith.--Sir W. Scott,
_Fair Maid of Perth_ (time, Henry IV.).

=Shore= (_Jane_), the heroine and title of a tragedy by N. Rowe (1312).
Jane Shore was the wife of a London merchant, but left her husband to
become the mistress of Edward IV. At the death of that monarch, Lord
Hastings wished to obtain her, but she rejected his advances. This drew
on her the jealous wrath of Alicia (Lord Hastings's mistress), who
induced her to accuse Lord Hastings of want of allegiance to the lord
protector. The duke of Gloucester commanded the instant execution of
Hastings; and, accusing Jane Shore of having bewitche