Fever
Fever (lat. Febris, From Ferveo, I Grow Warm, Or Perhaps From Februo, I Cleanse), A Form Of Disease Characterized Principally By Increase Of The Temperature Of The Body, Which, However, Requires To Be Estimated According To The State Of The Internal Parts, Rather Than The External; The Surface Of The ...
Fevlaii
Fevlaii (plural El Fell Ailin), An Arabic Word Meaning Peasant Or Agriculturist, Specially Applied To The Agricultural Or Laboring Population Of Egypt By The Turks, In A Contemptuous Sense, As "clowns," Or "boors." They Form The Great Bulk Of The Population, And Are Descendants Of The Ancient Egyptians, Intermingled With ...
Fezzan
Fezzan' (more Correctly, Fessnn), An Extensive Oasis In The N. Of Africa, In 24° To 31° N. Let., And 12° To 18° E. Long. It Lies S. Of The Regency Of Tripoli, And Has A Population Variously Estimated At From 75,000 To 150,000 Souls. The N. Is For The Most ...
Fiars
Fiars (a Word Said By Jamieson To Be Of Gothic Origin, And To Exist In The Same Form In Icelandic). The Fiars Prices In Scotland Are The Prices Of The Different Kinds Of 'grain Of The Growth Of Each County For The Preceding Crop, As Fixed By The Sentence Of ...
Fibbine
Fi'bbine Is An Organic Compound, Occurring Both In Animals And Plants. In Its Chemical Composition It Closely Resembles Albumen And Caseine, And It Was Until Recently Believed That These Three Substances Possessed A Common Radical, To Which The Name Proteins (from Proteno, I Am First) Was Given, The Proteine Being ...
Fiber
Fiber (lat. Fibra), A Term Of Very Common Use As Applied To Objects Of A Stringy Or Thread-like Character, Whether Of The Animal, Vegetable, Or Mineral Kingdom. Miner Als Are Often Described As Of A Fibrous Structure Or Appearance, In Which There Is, However, No Possibility Of Detaching The Apparent ...
Fiction Of Law
Fiction Of Law Has Been Defined To Be " A Supposition Of Law That A Thing Is True, Which Is Either Certainly Not True, Or At Least Is As Probably False As True. "—erskine, Inst. Iv. 2, 38. Fictions Have Existed In All Legal Systems. They Must Be Regarded As ...
Fideicommissitm
Fideicommissitm, In The Civil Law, Was A Conveyance Of Property In Trust To Be Transferred To A Third Person Named By The Truster. Fideicommissa, When First Intro Duced, Were Not Supported By The Law. The Performance Of Them Depended, Therefore, On The Conscience Of The Party Intrusted, Tad They Were ...
Fieschi
Fies'chi, Count Giovanni Luigi, A Member Of One Of The Most Illustrious Houses Of Genoa, Was B. About The Year 1523. In Addition To The Luster Of Ancestral Fame, His Name Has Attained A Tragic Historical .celebrity In Connection With A Remarkable Con Spiracy Of Which He Was The Chief. ...
Fifeshire
Fifeshire, A Maritime, Almost Peninsular Co. Of The E. Of Scotland, Between The Firth Of Forth On The S. And The Firth Of Tay On The North. It Is 44 M. In Extreme Length From U.e. To S.w., And 18 At Its Greatest Breadth; Area, 503 Sq.m.; Coast-line, 85 M., ...
Fifth Monarchy Men
Fifth Monarchy Men. Among The Strange And Whimsical Forms Of Opinion Which The Religious And Political Fermentation Of The 17th C. Brought To The Surface Of Society, And Embodied In The Shape Of Religious Sects, Were Those Of The Fifth Monarchy Men. The Date Which Has Been Assigned To Their ...
Figurate Numbers
Figurate Numbers. The Nature Of F. N. Will Be Understood From The Follow Ing Table: I, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, Etc. I. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, Etc. Ii. 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, 56, 84, Etc. Iii. 1, 5, 15, 35, 70, 126, 210, Etc. ...
Filbert
Filbert. See Hazel. File (fr. File, A Row, Lat. Fluor, Itgl. Fito), In A Military Sense, Is Used To Signify Any Line Of Men Standing Directly Behind Each Other, As Rank Refers To Men Standing Beside One Another. In Ordinary Formations Of The Present Day, A Battalion Stands Two Deep, ...
Filigree
Filigree (ante). This Art May Be Said To Consist In Curling, Twisting, And Plait Ing Fine Pliable Threads Of Metal, And Uniting Them At Their Points Of Contact With Gold Or Silver Solder And Borax, By The Help Of The Blow-pipe. Small Grains Or Beads Of The Same Metals Are ...
Filioqle
Filioqle, A Latin Term Signifying "and From The Son," Designates A Controversy Between The Greek And Latin Churches Which Has Been Prolonged Through Many Cen Turies. The Council Of Nictea, 325 A.d., While It Affirmed That The Son Is Of The Same Substance With The Father, Simply Added That It ...
Fillmore
Fillmore, Mill.uto, An American Statesman, Ex-president Of The United States, Was B. On 7th Jan., 1800, At Summer Hill, In The State Of New York. Born Of English Parents, In Rather Straitened Circumstances, All The Education Lie Received Was The Very Imperfect Instruction Furnished By The Village School. At The ...
Finance
Finance', A French Word Incorporated With Our Language, Means The Art Of Man Aging Money Matters, The Person Who Professes This Art Being Called A Financier. Fi Nance, In The Plural, Is Often Used For Money Itself, But Still With A Reference To The Purpose To Which It Is To ...
Finder
Finder Of Goods. The Finder Acquires A Special Property In Goods, Which Is Avail Able To Him Against Al] The World Except The True Owner; But Before Appropriating Them To His Own Use, He Must Use Every Reasonable Means To Discover The Owner. It Has Been Decided That If The ...
Fine
Fine Of Lands, In England, Proceedings Formerly In Common Use In Order To Transfer Or Secure Real Property By A Mode More Efficacious, Than An Ordinary Conveyance. Fine Is Defined By Coke, Quoting From Glanville, An Amicable Composi Tion And Final Agreement By Leave And License Of The King Or ...
Finial
Finial, An Ornament, Generally Carved To Resemble Foliage, Which Forms The Termi Nation Of Pinnacles, Gables, Spires, And Other Portions Of Gothic Architecture. There Are Traces Of Foliated Terminations, Both In Stone And Metal, On The Pediments Of Classic Buildings (see Acroterion), But It Was Not Till The 12th C. ...
Fining
Fining, The Process Of Clearing Turbid Liquors, Such As Beer, Wine, Etc. The Sim Plest Mode Of F. Is By Passing The Liquor Through A Porous Substance That Retains The Solids And Allows The Clear Liquid To Pass Through (see Filter); But This Method Is Only Applicable To Particles Mechanically ...
Finland
Finland (fin. Suornesimaa, Land Of Lakes And Marshes) Is A Grand Duchy Of Russia, Lying Between 59° And 70° N. Lat., And Between 21° And 33° E. Long., Is About 750 M. From N. To S., And Has An Average Breadth Of About 185 Miles. According To The Russian Census ...
Finnish Language And Literature
Finnish Language And Literature. The Finnish Language Is Used By The People Known As Finns, Inhabiting Finland, Or Dispersed Throughout Lapland, The Baltic Provinces, Parts Of Russia Proper, Both Banks Of The Middle Volga, Through Perm,, Vologda, West Siberia, And Hungary, And Constituting The Western Branch Of The Great Urato-altaic ...
Finnish Literature
Finnish Literature. To Elias Lonnrot Of Helsingfors Belongs The Merit Of Having Rescued From Utter Oblivion Some Of The Numerous Sagas And Songs Which Had For Ages Been Recited By The Finnish Runolainen, Or Singers, To The Sound Of The Kantela, Or Harp, And Thus Transmitted From One Generation To ...
Finns
Finns, Geographically, The Name Of- The Inhabitants Of Finland; But In Ethnology, That Of A Considerable Branch Of The Ugrian Race, Dwelling For The Most Part In Finland, Though With Some Representatives In Sweden And Norway As Well. The Ugrians Have Been Classed Among The Nations Said To Have A ...
Fiorenzitola 1
Fiorenzitola (1+ Lorentiola), A T. Of Northern Italy, In The Province Of Piacenza, 22 M. W.n.w. From Parma, On The Ards, In A Beautiful And Fertile Plain. It Is A Station On The Railway Between Parma And Piacenza, And Is Also On The Ancient Jemilian Way. It Is Well Built, ...
Firditsi
Firditsi, Ftunowsr (ttss), Abu'l-kasim Manstrn, The Greatest Epic Poet Of Persia, Was B. Between 304-328 Ii., Or 916-940 A.d., At Shadab Or Ilizvan, Near Tus In Khoras San. Whether The Name F. (from Firdus, Garden, Paradise) Was Given To Him Because His Father (fachreddin Abmad) Was A Gardener, Or On ...
Fire
Fire. Whether A Tribe Of Men Ignorant Of Fire And Its Uses Has Ever Existed, Is A Question In Dispute Among Historians And Travelers. It Will Be Enough To Say That Absolute Proof Of The Existence Of Such A Tribe Has Not Been Presented, Though There Are Many Well Authenticated ...
Fire Alarm
Fire-alarm, Apparatus, Mechanical, Electric, And Telegraphic, Used For Detecting Fires, Or For Warning The Fire Department That Fires Exist. A Series Of Signal-boxes Is Distributed Over A Given Area, Each Box Having A Distinctive Number, And Being Con Nected With The Central Station And With Alarm-bells In The Several Engine-houses. ...
Fire Armor
Fire Armor, An Appliance Intended To Facilitate Escape From A Burning Building, Or To Enable A Person To Remain In It With Safety While Engaged In Extinguishing A Fire. It Is In Principle Much The Same As The Submarine Armor Now In Common Use. Fire Armors Began To Be Used ...
Fire Arms
Fire-arms May Lie Defined As Vessels—of Whatever Form—used Iu The Propulsion Of :shot, Shell, Or Bullets, To A Greater Or Less Distance, By The Action Of Gunpowder Exploded Within Them. They Have Played So Great A Part In The World's Story, That Their Inven Tion, Development, And Science Deserve Careful ...
Fire Engine
Fire-engine (ante), Some Form Or Combination Of Forcing Pumps For Throwing A Stream Of Water To Extinguish A Fire. A Fire-engine With Two Pumps, And Worked By Levers Or Brakes, Was Invented In Egypt In The 2c1 C. B.c. For Centuries The Chief Device For Extinguishing Fires Was The Hand ...
Fire Escapes
Fire-escapes. An Immense Number Of Contrivances Have Been At Different Times Proposed For Enabling People To Escape By Windows And House-tops From Burning Build Ings. They Are Of Two Distinct Kinds—one For Affording Aid From Outside, And The Other For Enabling Those Within The House To Effect Their Own Escape. ...
Fire Extinguisher
Fire-extinguisher (frite-a.xxium,tron, Ante), An Apparatus For Extinguish Ing Fires By Water Surcharged With Some Substance Of An Anti-corn Bustible Nature. The Substance Chiefly Employed For This Purpose Is Carbonic Acid Gas, The Conveniences For Generating Which, For Use At The Moment It Is Wanted, Are Various. The Ordinary Fire-extinguisher Is ...
Fire Proof Buildings
Fire-proof Buildings (ante). Many Attempts Have Been Made To Construct Buildings In Such A Manner And Of Such Material As To Make Them Indestructible By Fire, But They Have Been Only Partially Successful. It Is Easy To Employ Incombustible Mate Rials In The Construction Of Walls, Floors, Stairways, Doors, Etc. ...
Fire Proof Safes And Repositories
Fire-proof Safes And Repositories Are Used As Receptacles For Deeds, Paper Money, Account Books, And Other Valuables. They Are Now Regular Articles Of Com Merce, And Are To Be Found In Almost Every Counting-house, Lawyer's Office, Jeweler's Or Watchmaker's Shop Or Warehouse, And Are Indispensable To Banking And Such-like Establishments. ...
Fire Proof Safes And Repositories
Fire-proof Safes And Repositories (ante), Receptacles For Things Of Value, So Constructed As To Protect Them From Fire, Even Though The Building In Which They Are Should Be Utterly Destroyed. Such A Safe May Be Described As An Iron Strong-box, Lined With Some Fire-resisting Medium. It Is Claimed That The ...
Fireless Engine
Fireless Engine, A Form Of Steam Or Vapor Engine Which Is Detached From The Heating Apparatus. Dr. Emile Lamm, Of New Orleans, Invented An Engine In Which The Motive Power Was Derived From The Vapor Of Ammonia. The Ammonia, As It Escaped From The Engine, Was Passed Into A Reservoir ...
Firmament
Firmament, A Word In Use Of Old To Signify The Vault Of Heaven. The Term Found Its Way Into English From The Vulgate, Which Renders The Septuagint Stereoma, And The Hebrew Liakia, By The Latin Firmamentum (gen. I. 6). Rakia (from The Verb Raka, To Beat Or Strike Out) Signifies ...
Forfar Earls Of Selkirk
Earls Of Selkirk, Forfar, And Dumbarton; Viscount Beliiaven, And Lords Mordington.—in 1646, The Third Son Of The First Marquis Of Douglas Was Created Earl Of Selkirk. In 1651, The Eldest Son Of The Same Marquis Was Created Earl Of Ormond, And In 1661, Earl Of Forfar. In 1675, The Fourth ...
Fra Giovanni Da Fiesole
Fiesole, Fra Giovanni Da, One Of The Most Eminent Regenerators Of Italian Art, Also Known By The Title Of Ii Beato Angelico, Was B. At :kugello In 1387. In 1407, He Entered The Dominican Order, And, Together With His Brother, Consecrated His Artistic Abilities Exclusively To Sacred Aims, Illustrating Various ...
Francis De Salignac De
Fenelon , Francis De Salignac De La Motile, Was B. Aug. 6. 1651, In The Chateau Fenelon, Province Of Perigord, Now Included In The Department Of The Dordogne, Of A Family Which Has Given Many Celebrities Both To The Church And To The State In France. His Education Was Conducted ...
Francis Elcho
Elcho, Francis Wemyss-cliarteris-douglas, Lord, B. Aug. 4, 1818, Is Eldest Sod Of The Eighth Earl Of Wemyss. This Ancient Scottish Family Has A Traditional Descent Assigned It From The House Of Macduff, Earl Of Fife. Sir Michael De Wemyss In 1290 Was Sent To Norway By The Lords Of The ...
Frederic Alfred Pierre Falloux
Falloux, Frederic Alfred Pierre, Comte De, A French Author And Statesman, Was B. At Angers, 11th May, 1811. His Family Was Distinguished For Its Legitimist Zeal, And At The Restoration Was Rewarded By Receiving Letters Of Nobility. Young F. First Drew Attention To Himself By Two Works Penetrated By An ...
Gabriel Fallopius
Fallo'pius, Gabriel, A Celebrated Anatomist, B. At Or Near Modena, About The Year 1523 (this Date, However, Is Very Uncertain), And Died In 1562. If The Date We Have Assigned Is Correct, He Was Only 25 When He Was Promoted From The University Of Ferrara To A Professorship At Piza, ...
Gabrielle D Estrees
Estrees, Gabrielle D', 1571-99; A Beautiful French Girl Who, At The Age Of 16, Became A Favorite Of Henry Iii. And About The Same Time Of Cardinal De Guise And The Dukes Of Bellegarde And Longueville, In 1590 She Met Henry 1v Soon After His Great Victory At Ivry. He ...
Gawyn Or Douglas
Douglas, Gawyn Or Gavixi.a Scottish Poet, Was The Third Son Of Archibald, Fifth Earl Of Angus, And Was B. In Thblyear 1474 Or 1475. He Was Educated At St. Andrews For The Church, And Was Earlylfippointed , To The Rectory Of Hawch Or Prestonkirk. In 1501 He Was Made Dean ...
Gentile Da Fabriano
Fabria'no, Gentile Da, An Italian Painter, Who Flourished In The Early Part Of The 15th Century. He Was Born—it Is Not Exactly Known When—at Fabriano, And Received His First Instructions From His Father, Who Appears To Have Been A Man Of Superior Cul Ture, As He Taught His Son The ...
Georg Heinrich August Ewald
Ewald, Georg Heinrich August Vox, One Of The Greatest Orientalists Of The 19th C., Was B. 10th Nov., 1803, At Gottingen, And Exhibited A Predilection For Oriental Literature Even In His School-days. He Studied At The University Of His Native Place, And While Still A Student, Wrote A Work On ...
George Farquhar
Far'quhar, George, Was B. At Londonderry In 1678, And Received His Education At The Dublin University, Where, Although He Did Not Take Any Degree, He Secured Among His Comrades The Reputation Of A Wit Who Was A Spendthrift Of His Witticisms. When He Left The University, He Was Engaged As ...
Gerbrand Van Den Eeckhout
Eeckhout, Gerbrand Van Den, 1621-74; A Painter, B. In Amsterdam; A Pupil Of Rembrandt, Whose Style He Successfully Imitated. As A Portrait Painter He Had A Peculiarly Superior Talent For Expressing Character. Among His Best Compositions Are " Christ In The Temple," And " Haman And Mordecai." A T. Of ...
Gitillaitme Henri Dufour
Dufour, Gitillaitme Henri, A Swiss Gen., Was B. At Constance In 1787, Of A Genevese Family. While Switzerland Formed Part Of France, Lie Studied At The Poly Technic School Of Paris For Two Years; And On Leaving It Lie Received An Appointment As An Officer Of Engineers In The 'french ...
Guillaume Farel
Farel, Guillaume, One Of The Most Active Promoters Of The Reformation In Switz Erland, Was B. In The Year 1489 In Dauphine. He Studied At Paris, And Was At First Dis Tinguished By His Extravagant Zeal For The Practices Of The Catholic Church. " Truly," Says He In One Of ...
Heinrich W Dove
Dove, Heinrich W., One Of The Ablest Recent Physicists Of The Continent, Was B. In 1803, At Liegnitz, In Silesia, Where His Father Was A Merchant. He Studied At Breslau And At Berlin, At The Latter Of Which He Took The Degree Of Doctor In 1826. He Was Sue . ...
Henri Esquiros
Esquiros, Henri Alritoxse, A Poet And Romaneist Of France, A Representative In The National Assembly, Was B. At Paris In 1814. He Made His Debut As An Author In 1834, When He Published A Volume Of Poems, Entitled Les Hirondelles, Which, Although Highly Praised By M. Victor Hugo, Had But ...
Henry Fawcett
Fawcett, Henry, B. England, 1833; Educated At Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Of Which He Was A Scholar; Graduated With High Mathematical Honors In 1856, And Was Elected A Fellow In The Same Year. Mr. Fawcett Was Totally Deprived Of His Sight In 1858 By An Accident When Shooting. Having Written And ...
Henry Fielding
Fielding, Henry, B. April 22, 1707, Was The Son Of Gen. Edmund Fielding, Con Nected With The Earls Of Denbigh. He Was Sent To Eton. And Was Afterwards Transfer Red To The University Of Leyden, To Prosecute Legal Studies. To London, Lie Began To Write For The Stage, And Worked ...
I Prophecies Against The
I. Prophecies Against The People Of Israel (chapters Iv.-xxiv.), Subdivided Into 18 Sections. 1. The Siege Of Jerusalem, Represented By A Picture Drawn On A Tablet; The Prolonged Transgressions Of The People, By The Prophet's Continued Reclining On His Side; And The Hardships They Should Suffer, By The Eating Of ...
Ii Internal Proofs 1
Ii. Internal Proofs. 1. Doctrines. Concerning The Being. Perfections, And Govern Ment Of God; The Origin Of The Worlds; The Creation, Nature, Fail, Sinfulness, Redemption, And Immortality Of Man. 2. Moral And Religious Precepts. The Ten Commandments; Sermon On The Mount; Ethics Of The Epistles. 3. The Person, Character, And ...
Iii Modern Christianity
Iii. Modern Christianity; Luther To The Present Time, 1517-1880. 1. Age Of Protestant Reform And Papal Reaction; Luther To Peace Of Westphalia, 1517 1048. Protestant Churches In Germany, France, Switzerland, England, Scotland, America; Puritans, Jesuits, Jansenists; Massacre Of St. Bartholomew; Protestants Ban Ished From Bohemia; Thirty Years' War; Treaty Of ...
Im Bart Eberhard
Eb'erhard, Im Bart (ger., With The Beard), Count, And Afterwards First Duke Of Wurtemberg; 1445-96; The Second Son Of Count Ludwig I. He Succeeded His Elder Brother, Ludwig Ii., At The Age Of 12, And Before He Was 14 Wrested The Government From His Uncle Ulrich, Who Had Been Appointed ...
Immanuel Hermann Fichte
Fichte, Immanuel Hermann, Son Of Johann Gottlieb, And Professor Of Philosophy In The University Of Tubingen, Was B. In 1797, And Early Devoted Himself To Philo Sophical Studies, Being Attracted By The Later Views Of His Father, Which He Considers Were Essentially Theistic. He Also Attended The Lectures Of Hegel. ...
Industrial Exhibition
Exhibition, Industrial (fr. Exposition De Industrie). Exhibitions Of This Kind Origi Nated In France, Where The First Took Place In 1798, At The Suggestion Of The Marquis D'aveze. It Was Held In The Maison D'orsay And Its Grounds; But It Appears To Have Been Rather A Collection Of Such Objects ...
Irish Elk
Elk, Irish, Ifegaceros Ilibernicus, A Large Deer Found In The Pleistocene Strata. There Is A Double Error In Its Popular Name, For It Is A True Deer, Between The Fallow And Reindeer, And Though Abundant In Ireland, It Is Not Peculiar To That Country, Being Found Also In England, Scotland, ...
James Ferguson
Ferguson, James, Was B. (1710) Near Keith, A Village In Banffshire, Scotland. His Father Being A Poor Day-laborer, He Enjoyed Only Three Months Of Instruction At School, And His Subsequent Acquirements Were The Result Of His Own Insatiable Thirst For Knowl Edge. His Tastes Lay Principally For Practical Mechanics And ...
James Fergusson
Fergusson, James, B. Scotland, 1803; Educated In Edinburgh And In England, And Went Into Business In India. This He Soon Gave Up And Journeyed Through Various Parts Of The East, Chiefly With A View Of Studying The Styles Of Architecture. One Of The First Results Of His Studies Was Illustrations ...
James P Espy
Espy, James P., One Of The Most Original And Able Meteorologists Of The Present Century, Was The Son Of A Farmer In Western Pennsylvania, Where He Was B. In 1784 01.1785. He Re Ceived A Superior Education, And, During He Earlier Part Of His Career, Was One Of The Best ...
Jean Dunois
Dunois, Jean, Called The Bastard Of Orleans, Count Of Dunois And Longueville, One Of The Most Brilliant Soldiers That France Ever Produced, Was B. About The Year 1403. He Was The Natural Son Of Louis Duke Of Orleans, Brother Of Charles Vi., And Was Brought Up In The House Of ...
Jo Eckhart
Eckhart, Jo Tiannes, Generally Called 7.111eister (master) •echrrint. Lived In The Latter Part Of The 13th And Beginning Of The ; B. Probably About 1250. He Was. Of The Dominican Order, And For Some Time Professor In A College In Paris. Boniface Viii. Called Him To Rome To Assist In ...
Joan William Donaldson
Donaldson, Joan William, Was B. In London, June 10, 1811. His Father, Stuart Donaldson, A Wealthy Merchant, Was Descended From An Old Scotch Family; His Mother Was Daughter Of J. Dundall, Esq, Of Snail Green, Lancashire. He Was Educated First At The University Of London, And Afterwards At Trinity College, ...
Joannes Scotus Erigena
Erig'ena, Joannes Scotus, A Famous Philosopher Of The Middle Ages, Was B. Prob Ably In Ireland, And Flourished During The 9th Century. Very Little Is Known Regarding His History. He Appears To Have Resided Principally Iii France, At The Court Of Charles The Bald. In The Controversies Of His Time, ...
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn
Eich'horn, Johann Gottfried, One Of The Most Distinguished Scholars Produced By Germany, Was Born At Dorinzimmern, In The Principality- Of Holienlohe-oehringen, In 1752, And Studied At Gottingen. He First Became Rector Of The School Of Ohrdruff, In The Duchy Of Gotha, Afterwards, In 1775, Professor Of Oriental Languages In The ...
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Fi'chte, Johann Gottlieb, An Illustrious German Philosopher, Was B. At Ram Menau, In Upper Lusatia, 19th May, 1762. His Earliest Years Were Marked By A Love Of Solitary Musing And Meditation. When A Mere Child, He Was Wont To Wander Forth To Upland Fields, That He Might Enjoy The Pleasure ...
Johann Peter Eckermann
Eck'ermann, Johann Peter, Well Known To The Literary World Through His Inter Course With Goethe, Was B. In 1792, At Winsen On The Luhe, In Hanover, Studied, 1821 23, At Gottingen, And Afterwards Went To Weimar, Where He Took Part In The Redaction Of The Last Volume Of Goethe's Sdmmtliche ...
John Adams Dix
Dix, John Adams, Ll.d., 1798-1879; B. N. H.; A Politician And Soldier. In The War Of 1812, He Served As An Ensign On The Canada Frontier. In 1828, He Began The Practice Of Law In Cooperstown, N. Y., And Became One Of The Leaders Of The Democratic Party. In 1830, ...
John Dollond
Dollond, John, A Distinguished Optician, Inventor Of The Achromatic Telescope, Was Descended From A French Refugee Family, And B. In London, June 10, 1706. His Father Was An Operative Silk-weaver, In Humble Circumstances, And D. Was Also Brought Up To That Occupation: Engaged At The Loom All Day, He Devoted ...
John Donne
Donne, John, D.d., The Son Of An Eminent Merchant, Cadet Of An Ancient Family In Wales, Was B. In London In 1573. His Parents Were Catholics, And He Was Educated In That Faith. At The Age Of 11, He Went To Oxford, Where He Remained Three Years; There After, He ...
John Dryden
Dryden, John, Was B. At Aldwinckle, In Northamptonshire, On The 9th Aug., 1631. His Father, Erasmus Driden, Was The Third Son Of Sir Erasmus Driden, Created A Baronet In 1619. D. Received The Rudiments Of His Education At Tichmarsh, And Was Afterwards Admitted A King's Scholar At Westminsters Chool, Under ...
John George Diiimax
Diiimax, John George Bamirroic, Earl Of, An English Statesman, Was The Son Of William Henry Lambton, Esq., Of Lambton Hall, County Of Durham, And Was Born At The Family Seat, 12th April, 1792. The Lambton Estate Was Not Very Large, But Had Been In The Possession Of The Family Since ...
Jonathan Edwards
Edwards, Jonathan, A Celebrated American Divine And Metaphysician, Was B. At Windsor, In The State Of Conn., 5th Oct., 1703, Entered Yale College In 1716, Took His Degree Of B.a. In The Following Year, And In 1722 Was Licensed To Preach The Gospel. Towards The Close Of 1723, He Was ...
Jonathan Edwards_2
Edwards, Jonathan (ante), In All Accounts Given Concerning Him, Is Sufficiently Celebrated As A Severe Reasoner And Profound Writer On Metaphysical Themes. But They Who Would Understand The Influence Which He Has Already Exerted, And Estimate Rightly That Which He Will Continue To Exert, Must Not Neglect Other Points Of ...
Joseph Dobrowski
Dobrow'ski, Joseph, The Founder Of Slavic Philology, Was B. Aug. 17, 1753, At Gyermet, Near Raab, In Hungary, Where His Father, A Bohemian By Birth, Was Stationed In Garrison. He Studied At The Gymnasium Of Deutschbrot, And Subsequently At Klattau And Prague. In 1772, He Entered The Order Of The ...
In England Executor
Executor, In England, The Person To Whom The Execution Of A Last Will And Testa Ment Of Personal Estate Is By Testamentary Appointment Confided (williams On Executors, 197). The Appointing By Will Of An E., Without Giving Any Legacy Or Appointing Any Thing To Be Done By Him, Is Sufficient ...
In A University Fellowship
Fellowship, In A University. As The History Of This Institution Will Be Treated Under University, We Shall Here Only Mention Its Leading Characteristics, As It Exists In The Two Great Universities Of England—oxford And Cambridge. In These Ancient And Celebrated Seats Of Learning, The Fellowships Were Either Constituted By The ...