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...The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship ...

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...erial called The Adventures of Viv. In it, poor-but-plucky Cornish painter/model Vivian Lovel recounts events of her twenty-first year: en route from Penzance to London by steamer, she catches a baby dropped over the side of a sinking ship - and decides to keep it. Penniless, however, she platonically pairs up with pan-like fellow passenger Peter Whymperis, an actor and as...

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...urts of Probate and Divorce in 1863, and better known to the world as Lord Penzance, to which dignity he was raised in 1869. Lord Penzance, as all law... ...ility for marshaling facts, and for a clear expression of his views.” Lord Penzance speaks of Shakespeare’s “perfect familiar ity with not only the p... ... after a very diligent search none such can be discovered.” Upon this Lord Penzance commends: “It cannot be doubted that Lord Campbell was right in th... ... there no shred of positive evidence, but which, as Lord Campbell and Lord Penzance pointed out, is really put out of court by the negative evidence, ... ...as to those of Malone, Lord Campbell, Judge Holmes, Mr. Castle, K.C., Lord Penzance, Mr. Grant What Is Man and Other Essays 230 White, and other lawy... ...uirements. … Here it may, perhaps, be worth while to quote again from Lord Penzance’s book as to the suggestion that Shakespeare had somehow or other ... ...t of the pleader’s chambers and the Courts at Westminster.” This, as Lord Penzance points out, “would require nothing short of employment in some car... ...e, but it is actually nega tived by the known facts of his career.” Lord Penzance then refers to the fact that “by 1592 (according to the best autho... ...nd with all its most technical terms?” I have cited this passage from Lord Penzance’s book, be cause it lay before me, and I had already quoted from ...

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... elilah elilah elilah A MAN GOT DOWN from the motor-omnibus that runs from Penzance to St Just-in-Penwith, and turned northwards, up- hill towards the... ...clear, dark, inscrutable Cor- nish eyes, and answered at length: ‘No, from Penzance.’ ‘Penzance!—but you’re not thinking of going back there tonight?’...

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...t in about five minutes. It was a very striking spectacle. I hope to go to Penzance before I leave this country, and will not fail to tell you about i... ...his country, and will not fail to tell you about it.” He did make trial of Penzance, among other places, next year; but only of Falmouth this. “Februa... ...e of residence for household and self:— To W. Coningham, Esq. “Penzance, April 19th, 1841.—My little Boy and I have been wandering about b... ...nnot stand the sharp air of Clifton, and still less the London east-winds. Penzance is, on the whole, a pleasant-looking, cheerful place; with a delig...

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...alls us, and the day prepares With nimble, gay and gracious airs: And from Penzance to Maidenhead The roads last night He watered. God calls us from i...

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...n, gave, with the utmost readiness, his name as Captain Thomas, New Lodge, Penzance, Cornwall; he said he was in London for a few days only on busines...

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...r 30, 1864. Nevertheless, almost at that very time, he was writing thus:— ‘Penzance: March 7, 1865. ‘My dear and more than dear Bishop,—It would be va...

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...and more, so that winters in a warmer cli- mate became necessary. Dawlish, Penzance, and T orquay were resorted to in successive winters, and Mr. Kebl... ...d him with a slight stroke of paralysis. With complete rest at Torquay and Penzance during the winter, he recovered to a considerable degree, and came...

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...s taking regular steps, but that it would be necessary for me to return to Penzance, as I was suspected of being a French spy. I proposed to submit my... ...nd proposed to maintain the arrest. Some more enlight- ened magistrates at Penzance relieved him of suspicion and left him at liberty to pursue his jo...

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...RGH, AUGUST 1877.] MY DEAR COLVIN, – I’m to be whipped away to-mor- row to Penzance, where at the post-office a letter will find me glad and grateful.... ...n answer in peace. – Ever yours, LOUIS STEVENSON. Letter: TO MRS. SITWELL [PENZANCE, AUGUST 1877.] … You will do well to stick to your burn, that is a...

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...n, gave, with the utmost readiness, his name as Captain Thomas, New Lodge, Penzance, Cornwall; he said he was in London for a few days only on busines...