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# Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement/Strang, William

​STRANG, WILLIAM (1859–1921), painter and etcher, was born at Dumbarton 13 February 1859, the younger of the two sons of Peter Strang, builder, of Dumbarton, by his wife, Janet Denny. He was at school at Dumbarton Academy, but before he was seventeen he went up to London (1875) and entered the Slade School of Art. London was to be his home for the rest of his life. In 1875 Alphonse Legros [q.v.] became Slade professor of fine art at University College, London; his influence on Strang's art was deep and lasting. Under Legros, Strang took to etching, while not neglecting the painter's brush. It was as an etcher of imaginative compositions, in which homeliness and realism, sometimes with a grim or fantastic element, were subdued to fine design and severe drawing, that he first made a name. The illustrations to Death and the Ploughman's Wife (1888) and The Earth Fiend (1892), two ballads written by himself, and those to The Pilgrim's Progress (1885) contain some of the best of his earlier etchings. Among the numerous single plates the portraits are especially good, though these were to be surpassed as the artist acquired more confident mastery and a broader style, tending to exchange the use of acid for dry point or graver. The best of the later portraits are masterpieces of their kind. Among later sets of etchings are the illustrations to The Ancient Mariner (1896), Kipling's Short Stories (1900), and Don Quixote (1902). A catalogue of Strang's etched work, published in 1906, with supplements (1912 and 1923), contains small reproductions of all his plates, 747 altogether. During the latter part of his life he etched less and painted more. Much of his time was given also to portrait drawings, in style founded on the Holbein drawings at Windsor. Strang did a great number of these, including many of the most distinguished people of his time. He designed and cut one of the largest woodcuts ever made, ‘The Plough’. As a painter he experimented in many styles, but at his best was quite original. ‘Bank Holiday’ in the Tate Gallery, and the ‘Portrait of a Lady’ at Glasgow, are good examples of his clean, bright colour and rigorous drawing. The Tate Gallery also contains two self portraits and a landscape. The British Museum has 136 of the etchings.
Strang was elected A.R.A. in 1906, R.A. (as an engraver) in 1921, and president of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers in 1918. He was of middle height, strongly built. Direct in speech and combative in argument, he delighted in good company, talk, and fun. He often travelled on the Continent, and visited the United States. He made many portraits of himself, etched, drawn, and painted, including one in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. He married in 1885 Agnes M'Symon. ​daughter of David Rogerson, J.P., provost of Dumbarton, and had four sons and one daughter. He died of heart disease, at Bournemouth, 12 April 1921.
[Private information; personal knowledge.]
L. B.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/River

Edition of 1802.
​RIVER, a current or stream of fresh water, which flows in a bed or channel, from its spring or source, and empties itself into the sea.
Rivers form one of the chief ornaments of the globe: while they serve not only to carry off superfluous rains and springs; but, from the great numbers and varieties of fish they contain, likewise ​afford a grateful food to mankind. They also greatly tend to fertilize the soils through which they flow; and the Mud, that subsides at the bottom, as well as the weeds which vegetate on their banks, form a valuable fertilizing Manure. But, though rivers are thus beneficial to vegetation, they are easily swoln by sudden torrents, so that their banks burst, or overflow, and occasion irreparable injury. To prevent such dangerous accidents, it has been recommended to widen the courses, or passages of rivers, where they are narrow, or where the velocity of the current is otherwise obstructed: by this simple expedient, the sudden inundations of contiguous ground will be prevented; and the numerous flocks, &c. that in low situations are apt to be carried away, will be completely secured.
River-water is much softer, and better adapted to economical purposes, than that obtained from springs: for, though all rivers originate from the latter, yet, by the rapidity of their current, and their successive exposure to the sun and air, the earthy and metallic salts which they contain, are mostly decomposed; the acid is evolved; and the grosser or feculent particles are in a great measure precipitated. River-water, however, is more pure and salubrious, after having passed through gravelly or sandy soils, than if it flow over muddy or clayey beds; or glide through forests, or populous villages and towns, where it becomes impregnated with numerous impure vegetable and animal substances. In this turbid state, it is improper for domestic uses, and especially unfit for culinary supply; but, if it be suffered to subside, and be afterwards boiled and filtred, such water will become sufficiently clear and potable.—See also Alum, (vol. i. p. 37); Filtration; and Water.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Roach

Edition of 1802.
​ROACH, or Cyprinus rutilus, L. a well-known British fish, found in ponds, and still, deep rivers: its body is broad, though thin; the back much elevated, and sharply ridged; the scales are large and deciduous.
Roaches are gregarious fish, remarkably prolific, and active; but seldom attain to any considerable size. They are caught in a manner similar to Dace, and are much esteemed for their delicacy.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Robin-Red-Breast

Edition of 1802.
​Robin-Red-Breast. See Red-breast.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Ring-worm

Edition of 1802.
​RING-WORM, or Tetter, (Herpes miliaris), an eruption on the face, which consists of numerous small pustules, that rise closely in contact with each other; appearing generally in a circular form, and being attended with painful itching.
These pustules never suppurate, and cannot be easily cured; often breaking out at certain periods of the year, even after they have been apparently removed. The usual application, in this affection, is the common black or writing-ink; but frequent friction, or embrocation of the eruption with mushroom catsup, has sometimes been attended with success. The following preparation has likewise been recommended; though we have had no experience of its effects: Take the roots of wild or garden sorrell; let them be washed perfectly clean, bruised in a stone mortar, and steeped in strong white-wine vinegar, for two or three days. At the end of that time, the liquor will be fit for use, and the ring-worm should be rubbed with it three or four times in the course of the day, and every night, previously to retiring to rest; the roots being left in the vinegar as long as any of this liquid remains.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Roasting

Edition of 1802.
​Roasting. See Cooking.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Rob

Edition of 1802.
​Rob. See Elder; vol. ii. p. 219.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Ring-bone

Edition of 1802.
​RING-BONE, in farriery, denotes a hard swelling on the lower end of the pastern, generally extending half way round the fore-part of the horse's leg: it is thus termed, from its resemblance to a ring.
This malady frequently arises from strains, and similar accidents; though, when affecting the hind-pastern, it is often occasioned by forcing young horses too early on their haunches. When the tumefied part is distinctly perceivable round the pastern, without affecting the coffin-joint, it is easily cured. But, if it originate from some strain or defect in this joint; or from a callosity seated under the round ligament that covers it; the cure is generally difficult, and sometimes impracticable; because the disorder is apt to degenerate into a Quittor-bone, and eventually to form an ulcer upon the hoof.
Ring bones occurring in colts and young horses, frequently disappear, without the aid of any application; and, while the substance remains tolerably sound, blistering will, in general, prove a sufficient remedy. But, if the swelling be of long continuance, and has become hard, it may then require both blistering and firing. In order to perform this operation with success, the iron employed, should be thinner than that commonly used for such purpose, and the lines or razes, must not be made above one quarter of an inch apart, crossing each other obliquely. A mild blister, extending over the cauterized parts, should next be applied; and, after having produced the desired effect, it will be requisite only to cover them with the common defensive plaster, which will in most cases complete the cure.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Roan-tree

Edition of 1802.
​Roan-tree. See Quicken-tree.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Riding

Edition of 1802.
​RIDING, in general, signifies the act of being carried along in any vehicle, or on the back of an animal.
Riding is one of the most useful species of exercise, particularly to convalescents and invalids; as it tends to clear the intestinal canal, to remove obstructions, to promote digestion, and to facilitate the discharge of crude matters. The most healthy mode of riding, is that on horse-back; but, if a person be weak and exhausted, it will be more advisable to employ a carriage. In all cases, however, the agitation ought to be moderate, one window in the coach being left open, so that respiration may not be impeded or confined.
The most suitable time for this exercise, in the summer, will be the morning, previously to partaking of any food; or about the middle of the day in the spring, autumn, or winter; but it should never exceed the space of one hour, or an hour and a half. Thus, the ​invigorating influence of the air will beneficially operate on the human system, and greatly contribute to the establishment of health.
# Dreams & Dust/"Sic Transit Gloria Mundi"

CONQUERORS leonine, lordly, Princes and vaunting kings, Ye are drunk with the sound of your braggart trumps— But lo! ye are little things!
Earth . . . it is charnel with monarchs! And the puffs of dust that start Where your war steeds stamp with their ringing hoofs Were each some warrior's heart.
Peoples imperial, mighty, Masterful, challenging fate, The tread of your cohorts shakes the hills— But lo! ye are not great!
Nations that swarm and murmur, Ye are moths that flutter and climb— Ye are whirling gnats, ye are swirling bees, Tossed in the winds of time!
Earth that is flushed with glory, A marvelous world ye are! But lo! in the midst of a million stars Ye are only one pale star!
A breath stirs the dark abysses. . . . The deeps below the deep Are troubled and vexed . . . and a thousand worlds Fall on eternal sleep!
# Dreams & Dust/"My Lands, Not Thine"

MY lands, not thine, we look upon, Friend Croesus, hill and vale and lawn. Mine every woodland madrigal, And mine thy singing waterfall That vaguely hints of Helicon.
Mark how thine upland slopes have drawn A golden glory from the dawn!— Fool's gold?—thy dullness proves them all My lands—not thine!
For when all title-deeds are gone, Still, still will satyr, nymph, and faun Through brake and covert pipe and call In dances bold and bacchanal— For them, for me, you hold in pawn, My lands—not thine!
# Dreams & Dust/"Time Steals from Love"

TIME steals from Love all but Love's wings; And how should aught but evil things, Or any good but death, befall Him that is thrall unto Time's thrall, Slave to the lesser of these Kings?
O heart of youth that wakes and sings! O golden vows and golden rings! Life mocks you with the tale of all Time steals from Love!
O riven lute and writhen strings, Dead bough whereto no blossom clings, The glory was ephemeral! Nor may our Autumn grief recall The passion of the perished Springs Time steals from Love!
# Dreams & Dust/A Dream Child

WHERE tides of tossed wistaria bloom Foam up in purple turbulence, Where twining boughs have built a room And wing'd winds pause to garner scents And scattered sunlight flecks the gloom, She broods in pensive indolence.
What is the thought that holds her thrall, That dims her sight with unshed tears? What songs of sorrow droop and fall In broken music for her ears? What voices thrill her and recall The poignant joy of happier years?
She dreams 'tis not the winds which pass That whisper through the shaken vine; Whose footstep stirs the rustling grass None else that listened might divine; She sees her child that never was Look up with longing in his eyne.
Unkissed, his lifted forehead gains A grace not earthly, but more rare-- For since her heart but only feigns, Wherefore should love not feign him fair? Put blood of roses in his veins, Weave yellow sunshines for his hair?
All ghosts of little children dead That wander wistful, uncaressed, Their seeking lips by love unfed, She fain would cradle on her breast For his sweet sake whose lonely head Has never known that tender rest.
And thus she sits, and thus she broods, Where drifted blossoms freak the grass; The winds that move across her moods Pulse with low whispers as they pass, And in their eerier interludes She hears a voice that never was.
# Dreams & Dust/A Golden Lad

"Golden lads and lasses must Like chimney-sweepers come to dust." --SHAKESPEARE.
So young, but already the splendor Of genius robed him about-- Already the dangerous, tender Regard of the gods marked him out--
(On whom the burden and duty They bind, at his earliest breath, Of showing their own grave beauty, They love and they crown with death.)
We were of one blood, but the olden Rapt poets spake out in his tone; We were of one blood, but the golden Rathe promise was his, his alone.
And ever his great eye glistened With visions I could not see, Ever he thrilled and listened To voices withholden from me.
Young lord of the realms of fancy, The bright dreams flocked to his call Like sprites that the necromancy Of a Prospero holds in thrall--
Quick visions that served and attended, Elusive and hovering things, With a quiver of joy in the splendid Wild sweep of their luminous wings;
He dwelt in an alien glamor, He wrought of its gleams a crown,-- But the world, with its cruelty and clamor, Broke him and beat him down;
So he passed; he was worn, he was weary, He was slain at the touch of life;-- With a smile that was wistful and eerie He passed from the senseless strife;--
So he ceased (is their humor satiric, These gods that make perfect and blight?)-- He ceased like an exquisite lyric That dies on the breast of night.
# Dreams & Dust/"Paladins, Paladins, Youth Noble-hearted"

GALAHADS, Galahads, Percivals, gallop! Bayards, to the saddle!—the clangorous trumpets, Hoarse with their ecstasy, call to the mellay. Paladins, Paladins, Rolands flame-hearted, Olivers, Olivers, follow the bugles!
Girt with the glory and glamor of power, Error sits throned in the high place of justice; Paladins, Paladins, youth noble-hearted, Saddle and spear, for the battle-flags beckon! Thrust the keen steel through the throat of the liar.
Star (or San Grael) that illumines thy pathway, Follow it, follow that far Ideal!— Thine not the guerdon to gain it or grasp it; Soul of thee, passing, ascendeth unto it, Augmenting its brightness for them that come after.
Heed then the call of the trumpets, the trumpets, Hoarse with the fervor, the frenzy of battle,— Paladins, Paladins, saddle! to saddle! Bide not, abide not, God's bugles are calling!— Thrust the sharp sword through the heart of the liar.
# Dreams & Dust/A Christmas Gift

Published in the collection Dreams and Dust (1915).
ALACK-A-DAY for poverty! What jewels my mind doth give to thee!
Carved agate stone porphyrogene, Green emerald and beryl green, Deep sapphine and pale amethyst, Sly opal, cloaking with a mist The levin of its love elate, Shy brides' pearls, flushed and delicate, Sea-colored lapis lazuli, Sardonyx and chalcedony, Enkindling diamond, candid gold, Red rubies and red garnets bold: And all their humors should be blent In one intolerable blaze, Barbaric, fierce, and opulent, To dazzle him that dared to gaze!
Alack-a-day for poverty: My rhymes are all you get of me! Yet, if your heart receive, behold! The worthless words are set in gold.
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# Dramatis Personæ/May and Death

MAY AND DEATH.
MAY AND DEATH.
# Dramatis Personæ/Prospice

PROSPICE.
PROSPICE.
# Dramatis Personæ/Caliban Upon Setebos; or, Natural Theology in the Island

CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS;
OR,
NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE ISLAND.
"Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself."
CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS;
OR,
NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE ISLAND.
# Dramatis Personæ/Gold Hair: A Legend of Pornic

GOLD HAIR:
A LEGEND OF PORNIC.
GOLD HAIR:
A LEGEND OF PORNIC.
# Dramatis Personæ/James Lee

JAMES LEE.
JAMES LEE.
I.
AT THE WINDOW.
II.
BY THE FIRESIDE.
III.
In the Doorway.
IV.
ALONG THE BEACH.
V.
On the Cliff.
VI.
UNDER THE CLIFF.
VII.
AMONG THE ROCKS.
VIII.
Beside the Drawing Board.
IX.
On Deck.
# Dramatis Personæ/Confessions

CONFESSIONS.
CONFESSIONS.
# Dramatis Personæ/Dîs Aliter Visum; or, Le Byron de nos Jours

DÎS ALITER VISUM;
OR,
LE BYRON DE NOS JOURS.
DÎS ALITER VISUM;
OR,
LE BYRON DE NOS JOURS.
# Dramatis Personæ/Epilogue

EPILOGUE.
EPILOGUE.
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
# Dramatis Personæ/Mr. Sludge, "The Medium"

MR. SLUDGE, "THE MEDIUM."
MR. SLUDGE, "THE MEDIUM."
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/teⁿ
### teⁿ

* 跟teⁿ3171576
* The heel.

#### kha teⁿ; kha ău teⁿ;

    the heel of the foot.

#### khîeh khí teⁿ;

    lift the heel.
* 詐tèⁿ41495
* To feign; to pretend.

#### tèⁿ khàu;

    feign weeping.

#### tèⁿ sí;

    feign death.

#### tèⁿ pēⁿ;

    feign illness.

#### tèⁿ ût;

    pretend to be asleep.

#### tèn m̄ cai;

    pretends that he does not know.

#### tèⁿ cùi;

    pretend to be drunk.

#### tèⁿ cò̤ thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;

    pretends that he does not see it.

#### tèⁿ cò̤ m̆ khṳ̀ kâi īeⁿ;

    pretended that he was not going.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ tŏ̤ tèⁿ sì tèⁿ ûah;

    you need not pretend to be more dead than alive.

#### sĭ cin kâi a sĭ tèⁿ kâi?

    Is it real or feigned?

#### tèⁿ-sí, tèⁿ-sí nē;

    very artful.

#### tèⁿ tien tèⁿ sío;

    make believe he is insane.

#### tèⁿ cò̤ siang hó̤;

    pretended to be friends.

#### tèⁿ sí phŏ̤ hái-gô̤;

    feign death in order to catch a pelican; counterfeit indifference in order to get something.

#### tèⁿ khṳ̀ nâng thóiⁿ m̄ chut;

    so cleverly feigned that the deception could not be seen.

#### tèⁿ sieh i;

    counterfeit regard.

#### tèⁿ àiⁿ phah i;

    makes believe he is going to strike him.
* 擋têⁿ8586413
* To obstruct.

#### có̤-têⁿ;

    to put a stop to; to impede; to hinder.

#### cêk lō bô có̤ bô̤ têⁿ;

    no hindrance during the whole journey.

#### i àiⁿ khṳ̀ lîah i, sĭ khṳt úa có̤-têⁿ tīo khṳ̀;

    he was going to seize it, and was stopped by me.

#### cē có̤-có̤ têⁿ-têⁿ cū hiah khṳ̀;

    being constantly impeded it stopped.
* 𢯰tĕⁿ565649

#### To squeeze in one hand;

    to separate the dregs from a liquid by squeezing them in a cloth with the hands.

#### i kâi chíu bô̤ lâk, tĕⁿ m̄ ta;

    his hands are not strong enough, he cannot squeeze it dry.

#### tĕⁿ ta lío, pho̤h sek tīo;

    when you have squeezed out all the liquid, throw away the dregs.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thaⁿ
### thaⁿ

* 坦thaⁿ856325
* Plain; level.

#### pêⁿ-tháⁿ;

    level.

#### tîeh chūe kò̤ pêⁿ-tháⁿ kâi cìaⁿ hó̤ pàng;

    must seek a level spot in which to set it down.

#### siu-sîp kàu pêⁿ-pêⁿ tháⁿ-tháⁿ, chŵn bŏi khi-khu;

    made perfectly level, with no inequalities of surface.
* 襲thăⁿ80514516
* To superimpose, so as to conceal what is underneath.

#### cí téng thăⁿ kâi tn̂g saⁿ;

    covered his usual clothing with a long gown.

#### hṳ́ tói phûe-tn̂g-nîu, cí téng thăⁿ kâi koih-tn̂g-nîu;

    a long fur tunic on the inside, with a long, lined, unwaded tunic put on over that.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tha
### tha

* 他tha84093
* A personal pronoun, he, she, it, that, the other, another.

#### tha nâng;

    the other person.

#### màiⁿ kẃn tha;

    pay no attention to it.

#### lṳ́ úa tha lâi sie kāng pun;

    let us, you, me and him, divide it among us.

#### îu tha;

    let him alone.

#### lîu kàu tha hng gūa lí;

    wandered away into other countries.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thah
### thah

* 塔thah8433210
* A tower; a pagoda; a pile erected over a relic of Buddha.

#### lṳ́ káⁿ peh-cĭeⁿ thah téng mē?

    Would you venture to climb to the top of the pagoda?

#### kih kâi thah-kíaⁿ;

    build a small tower.

#### khí kâi thah káu în kûiⁿ;

    build a pagoda nine stories high.

#### thah téng téng;

    the apex of the pagoda.

#### thah kîⁿ;

    the balconies.

#### thah kha;

    the base.

#### tùi thah chîeⁿ tói kâi tâh-pō-câng khí khṳ̀;

    went up by the stairs in the wall of the pagoda.
* 叠thah8922911
* To pile on; to put one upon another; a pile.

#### thâh cò̤ nŏ̤ thâh;

    pile them up in two piles.

#### m̄-hó̤ tò̤ thâh;

    do not pile them in a reversed order.

#### sie têng thâh tŏ̤-kò̤;

    piled one above another.

#### thâh sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;

    pile them evenly and squarely.

#### têng-têng thâh-thâh;

    piled range above range.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thap
### thap

* 凹thap623174
* Indentation; to jut in; a depression.

#### cí kâi īⁿ ēng kàu thap-thap;

    this ink-stone is worn down deeply.

#### cí kâi suaⁿ thap jîp ho̤h chi khṳ̀;

    this hill is gullied rather deeply.

#### cí kâi cui khí lâi, cí kâi thap lô̤h khṳ̀;

    this protrudes, and that juts in.

#### phīⁿ cui li pó mâk thap;

    the protrusion of the nose makes up for the hollowness of the eyes.

#### cí kâi tī-hng ío thap, ŏi cŭ cúi;

    this spot is hollowed out, and water may collect in it.

#### lō m̄ pêⁿ, ŭ kò̤ cui, ŭ kò̤ thap;

    this road is uneven, some places are elevated and some depressed.

#### thap tó mn̂g lâu;

    an entrance that juts in.
* 套thap671787
* A case; a sheath; to encase.

#### khîeh kâi thap, thap lô̤h khṳ̀;

    take its case and cover it.

#### íⁿ thap;

    a chair-cover.

#### kìam thap;

    a scabbard.

#### tō̤ thap;

    a sheath for a knife.

#### sìⁿ thap;

    a case for a fan.

#### kìam thap-khí;

    close the umbrella and put it in its case.

#### cí kâi kìam-thap khah khùaⁿ, ŭ sî àiⁿ lok chut lâi;

    this scabbard is too large for it, and it sometimes slips out.
* 塌thâp8433210
* To cave in; to sink in; hollowed out.

#### i kâi chù cn̂g kâi tó̤-tó̤ thâp-thâp;

    his house is in a very dilapidated condition, with tumbling walls and sunken roof.

#### lô̤h kú hŏ lío i kâi chù tó̤-thâp khṳ̀;

    after a long rain his house fell in ruins.

#### chù-téng thâp lô̤h khṳ̀;

    the roof fell in.

#### i kâi chù lauh-lauh, màiⁿ tâh thâp;

    his house is very much decayed, do not cause it to cave in by stepping on it.

#### tâh thâp i kâi chù-téng;

    cause the roof to sink in by treading on it.

#### lâu thâp lô̤h khù;

    the floor has sunken in.

#### thâp kâi khang;

    caved in, leaving a hole.

#### thâp phīⁿ;

    the nose decayed away.

#### i thâp phīⁿ;

    she has a cavity where her nose was.

#### thiⁿ thâp;

    the sky falling; unforeseen calamity.

#### i toaⁿ-toaⁿ kiaⁿ-ùi thiⁿ thâp tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ, lío pât sṳ̄ míen hŵn-ló̤;

    he fears nothing but some unexpected reverse, and has no occasion for solicitude about anything else.

#### khṳt chīu tăⁿ thâp khṳ̀;

    was crushed in by a tree falling on it.

#### thâp kâi khang chim-chim lô̤h khṳ̀;

    sunk in and thus formed a deep cavity.

#### teh khah tăng cū àiⁿ thâp;

    if you put too heavy a weight upon it, it will give way underneath.

#### kha-tháng tói thâp lô̤h khṳ̀;

    the bottom of the wash-tub has settled so as to form a hollow.

#### chng kâi tĭ-póiⁿ thâp khṳ̀;

    the floor of the granary has sunken in.