Shadwell

[ shad-wel, -wuh l ]

/ ˈʃædˌwɛl, -wəl /

Thomas,1642?–92, English dramatist: poet laureate 1688–92.

Example sentences from the Web for shadwell

Doctor Shadwell gives an example of a smith earning 1050 marks, and having to pay 280 for rent.

Home Life in Germany |Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
A visit to Italy in company with Shadwell, and his study of the Renaissance there, made him an enthusiastic humanist.

Among Famous Books |John Kelman
"No," replies Molly, indignant at his tone,—so unlike Shadwell's.

Molly Bawn |Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
Thomas had a son John, born in 1581-82, clearly too old to have been the first John of Shadwell.

Shakespeare's Family |Mrs. C. C. Stopes

St. André and his French dancers were probably engaged in Shadwell's piece.

Old and New London |Walter Thornbury

Shadwell

/ (ˈʃædwəl) /

Thomas. ?1642–92, English dramatist; poet laureate (1688–92). He was satirized by Dryden