Glanville
Glanville. The Earliest Treatise On The Laws Of England, Tractatus De Leg/bus Et Consuetudinibus Anglice, Is Written By Glanville. Of This Work, Prof. Robertson Says (fist. Of Charles V.). That It Is Supposed To Have Been The First Undertaking Of The Kind In Any Country In Europe. It Was Composed ...
Glasgow
Glasgow, Tun Triervensen- Or, Was Founded In 1451 By Bishop Turnbull, Who Pro Cured A Bull Of Ratification From Pope Nicholas V. In 1460, James, First Lord Hamilton, Endowed A College On The Site—in The Densest Part Of The High Street—of The Late Build Ings, The Older Portions Of Which ...
Glasgow
Glasgow, The Industrial Metropolis Of Scotland, Is One Of The Largest And Most Important Cities In The Kingdom. It Is Situated On The Clyde, In The Lower Ward Of Lan Arkshire, And Occupies Chiefly The N. Side Of The River, But Has Large And Populous Sub Urbs On The S. ...
Glass
Glass (ante), In Some Of Its Coarser Forms, Was Manufactured In This Country In The Colonial Period. John Smith's History Of Virginia Alludes To The Subject, And Expresses The Opinion That In This As In Other Things The " Labor Of The Colony." As Early As 1615, "had Been Misdirected." ...
Glass
Glass, From The Fr. Glace (lat. Glades), Ice, Which It Resembles In Its Transparency. Glass Is Essentially A Combination Of Silica With Some Alkali Or Alkaline Earth, Such, As Lime, Barytes, Etc. Generally Speaking, It Is Understood To Be A Silicate Of Soda, Or A Combination Of Silica Or Flint ...
Glass Painting
Glass-painting (in Art). The Application Of Colored Glass To The Artistic Decoration Of Windows Has Been Previously Alluded To, But The Very High Position Which It Formerly Attained, And Which It Is Again Rapidly Approaching, Renders It Necessary To Devote A Short Space To Its Relationship To The Fine Arts. ...
Glassites
Glas'sites, A Religious Sect, Which Sprung Up In Scotland About 1730, When It's Founder, John Glas, A Native Of Auclitermuchty, In Fife, And Minister Of The Parish Of Tenting, Near Dundee, Was Deposed By Thet.leneral Assembly Of The Church Of Scotland, Chiefly On Account Of Views Which He Had Adopted ...
Glastonbury
Glastonbury, An Ancient Municipal Burgh And Market-town In The Co. Of Somerset, 25 M. S.w. Of Bath, Is Built In The Form Of A Cross, And Occupies A Peninsula Formed By The River Brue, Or Brent, Called The Isle Of Avalon. It. Has Small Manufac Tures Of Silk, And Some ...
Gleaning
Gleaning. In Conformity With The Positive Command Contained In The Mosaic Law, To Leave The Gleanings Of The Harvest To The Poor And To The Stranger (lev. Xix. 9, And Xxiii. 22) There Has Been Almost Everywhere A Popular Feeling To The Effect That The Farmer Was Not Entitled To ...
Glebe
Glebe (lat. Gleba, A Clod Or Lump Of Earth), The Land Possessed As Part Of An Eccle Siastical Benefice, Or From Which The Revenues Of The Benefice Arise. The Assignment Of Glebe-lands Was Formerly Held To Be Of Such Absolute Necessity, That Without Them No Church Could Be Regularly Consecrated. ...
Glencoe
Glencoe', A Valley Well Known Not Only For The Terrible Massacre Through Which I Has Become Historically Famous, But Also For The Wildness And Sublimity Of Its Scenery, Is Situated In The N. Of Argyleshire, Near The Border Of Inverness, At Loch Leven. It A About 8 In. In Length, ...
Gliitton
Gliit'ton (gala), A Genus Of Quadrupeds Usually Referred To The Bear Family (urside), But Which Interesting Connecting-link Between That And The Weasel Family (inustelida), Agreeing More Nearly With The Latter In Dentition, Although Approaching To The Former In Character. There Are Three False Molars In The Upper, And Four In ...
Globes
Globes. A Globe Is A Round Or Spherical Body (see Sphere), And In The Singular Number The Word Is Often Used To Signify The Earth, As In The Phrase, "the Terraqueous Globe ;" But By "globes," Or " The Globes," We Usually Mean A Pair Of Artificial Globes Used As ...
Gloria
Glo'ria (ante) Is The Designation Given To The Words And The Music Of.several Dox Ologies: 1. Gloria In Excelsis, Named From Its First Words, Which Are The Latin For Glory Be To God On High. It Is Called The Greater Doxology, To Distinguish It From The Glolia Patri; Also The ...
Gloss
Gloss (in Biblical Criticism), Gr. Glossa (tongue Or Language), An Of Purely Verbal Difficulties Of The Text, To The Exclusion Of Those Which Arise From Doctrinal, His Torical, Ritual, Or Ceremonial Sources. The Words Which Are Commonly The Subject Of These Glossarial Explanations Are Reducible To Five Classes: (1) Foreign ...
Glossitis
Glossi'tis (gr. Glossa, The Tongue), Inflammation Of Toe Tongue. The Aisease In Its Most Acute Form Is Rare; It Is Sometimes Due To Injury, Or To Scald; In Other Cases, To The Action Of Mercury On The System. The Tongue Becomes Enormously Swollen, And One Of The Chief Dangers Of ...
Gloucester
Gloucester, A City And Co. In Itself, The Chief T. Of The Co. Of The Same Petite, An Inland Port, Cathedral Town, Watering-place, And The Seat Of Some Important Manufac Tures, Situated On The Left Bank Of The River Severn, Distant W.n.w. From London 107 M. By Road, And 114 ...
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire, A Co. Of England, Lying Around The Lower Course Of The Severn And The Estuary Of That River, Is Bounded On The W. By Monmouth And Hereford, On The N. By Worcester And Warwickshire, On' The E. By Oxford And Berks, And On The S. By Somerset And Wilts. ...
Gloves
Gloves. Gloves Are Made Of Various Materials, Such As Silk, Wool, Linen, Cotton, Fur, And Various Kinds Of Leather. The Latter Material Is The Most Abundantly Used, And The Mode Of Making It Up Is The Most Characteristic Of This Branch Of Manufacture. We Need Scarcely Inform The Reader That ...
Glowworm
Glowworm, The Name Given To The Wingless Females Of Certain Coleopterous Insects Of The Family Lampyridce, Remarkable For The Luminosity Of Some Of The Last Segments Of The Abdomen. The Insects Of The Family Lampyridce Have Five Joints In All The Tarsi, The Antenna Toothed, The Elytra (wing-covers)—at Least Of ...
Glucinum
Gluci'num (symbol G1)„ Known Also As Glyclum, And Beryllium, Is A Metal Whose Atomic Weight Is 4.65 According To The System Formerly In Use, And 9.4 According To That Now Generally Adopted; Its Specific Gravity--is 2.1. It Is White, Mal Leable, And Fusible Below The Melting-point Of Silver. It Does ...
Glucose
Glucose (or, More Correctly, Gurcose), Known Also As Grape Sugar, Starcii Sugar And Diabetic Sugar Seldom Occurs In Distinct, Well-formed Crystals, But May Be Obtained In Warty Concretions, Which, When Examined Under The Microscope, Are Found To Consist Of Minute Rhombic Tablets. It Never; However, Crys Tallizes Readily. It Is ...
Gluten
Gluten Is One Of The Most Important Constituents Of The Varieties Of Corn Used As Food. It Is Obtained By Mixing Flour With Water, And Thus Forming A Paste Or Dough. This Paste Is Placed In A Bag Of Fine Linen, And Kneaded In Water, Which Must Be Repeat Edly ...
Glyptodon
Glyptodon (from The Fluted Character Of Its Teeth), A Gigantic Fossil Mammal, Belonging To The Order Edentata, And Related To The Megatherium And Lnylodon, Also Closely Allied In Form And Structure To The Modern As Well As Ancient Armadillos. The First Notice Of This Fossil Animal Was Published By Cuvier, ...
Gnat
Gnat, Ciao!, A Genus Of Dipterous Insects, Having The Wings Laid Flat On The Back When At Rest: The Antennae Thread-like, 14-jointed, Feathery In The Male, And Hairy In The Female; The Mouth Furnished With A Long Projecting Proboscis, Adapted For Piercing The Skin Of Animals And Sucking Their Blood. ...
Gneiss
Gneiss, A Term Introduced From The German, As The Name For A Variety Of Metamor Hie Rock, Which Has The Same Component Materials As Granite, And Differs From It Only To These Materials Being Arranged In Layers, Rather Than In An Apparently Confused Aggre Gated Mass. The Minerals .o.f Which ...
Gnome
Gnome (gr. Gnome), A Pithy And Sententious Saying, Commonly In Verse, Embodying Some Moral Sentiment Or Precept. The Gnome Belongs To The Same Generic Class With The Proverb; But It Differs From A Proverb In Wanting That Common And Popular Accept Ance Which Stamps The Proverb; As It Were, With ...
Gnostics
Gnos'tics (from Gr. Gnosis, Knowledge), The Collective Term For A Number Of Early Christian Sects Which Were Known Besides—with One Insignificant Exception—by Special Names Derived From Their Respective Founders. The Word Gnosis, When First Applied To Revealed Religion, In Many Passages Both Of The Septuagint (for The Heir. Deah) And ...
Goa Powder
Goa. Powder (also Called Araroba, Crysarobia, Pondu, Dr Goa), A Drug Imported In The Form Of A Yellowish Powder, Which On Exposure To The Air Becomes Darker, And Which Has Been Brought Into Notice By. Dr. Fayrer, Of Calcutta, And Others, As A Remedy For Ring-worm. It Derives Its Name ...
Goats Rite
Goat's Rite (galega), A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Leguminosa Sub-order Papilionacea, Of Which One Species (g. Officinalis), A Perennial Herbaceous Plant, About 3 Ft. In Height, With Pinnate Leaves, Long Pointed Leaflets, Racemes Of Generally Purplish Or Pink-colored Flowers, And Upright Nearly Cylindrical Pods, Has Been Recommended ...
God Save The King
God Save The King (or Queen), The Noble National Anthem Of Great Britain, And By Adoption That Of Several,of The German States, And Which Is Played And Sung In Every Part Of The British Empire Alike On Solemn And Festive Occasions, Has Been A Subject Of Controversy With Respect To ...
Godfather And Godmother
Godfather And Godmother, The Person Who, By Solemnly Presenting To The Minister Of Baptism The Candidate For That Sacrament, Which Is Regarded As A New Spiri Tual Birth, Is Reputed To Contract Towards The Newly Baptized The Relation Of Spiritual Paternity Or Maternity. The Effects Of The Usage Are Differently ...
Godfrey Of Bouillon
Godfrey Of Bouillon, Duke Of Lower Lorraine, B. About 1061, At Baisv, A Village Of Belgian Brabant, Was The Eldest Son Of Count Eustace Ii. Of Boulogne, And Ida, Sister To Gottfried Or Godfrey, The Hunchback, Duke Of Lower Lorraine And Bouillon, Whom Lie Succeeded In The Government Of The ...
Gods Truce
God's Truce (lat. Trevga, Del, Or Treat Dei, From The Ger. Treu, True), One Of The Most Singular Among The Institutions Middle Ages, Which Prevailed Specially In France And The Germanic Empire, But Was Also Received For A Time In The Other Coun Tries Of Europe. It Consisted In The ...
Goethe
Goethe, Jonatiac W Olfgang Von, The Acknowjedged Prince Of German Poets, And One Of The Most Highly Gifted And Variously Accomplished Men Of The 18th Century. He Was Born In The Year 1749, At Frankfort-on-the-main, Where His Youthful Years Were Spent. Ilis Father, Johann "caspar Goethe, Was An Imperial Councilor, ...
Gog And Magog
Gog 'and Magog, Names Several Times Used In The Bible, And The Names Given To The Famous Figures Of Giants In Guildhall, London. Magog Is Spoken Of By The Writer Of Genesis As A Son Of Japheth; Ezekiel Speaks Of Gog, Prince Of Magog; Gog And Magog Are Spoken Of ...
Golconda
Golcon'da, A Fortress Of The Nizam, Situated 7 M. To The N.w. Of Bis Capital, (hyder Abad, Stands In Lat. 17° 22' N., And In Long. 78° 25' East. In Its Immediate Neighborhood Are The Ruins Of An Ancient City, Once The Metropolis Of The Kingdom Of Golconda. The Place ...
Gold
Gold Was, In All Probability, One Of The Earliest Discovered Of The Metals. The Fact Of Its Being Found Very Generally Distributed Over The Surface Of The Earth, And That, Too, In Its Simple Metallic State, Combined Beautiful Color, And Many Valuable Prop Erties, Would Cause It Very Early To ...
Gold Beating
Gold-beating, The Process By Which Gold Is Extended To Thin Leaves Used For Gild Ing. The Gold Used For This Purpose Is Usually Alloyed With Silver Or Copper, According To The Color Required. See Gold. For Deep Geld, An Alloy Containing About 1 Part Of Copper To 20 Of Pure ...
Gold Of Pleasure
Gold Of Pleasure, Camelina, A, Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Crucifera, Having An Erect Calyx, Small Bright Yellow, Flowers, And Inflated Pear-shaped Or Wedge Shaped Pouches. The Species Ace Few. The Common Gold Of Pleasure (c. Satire), (fr Canie/ine, Ger. Dotter) Is An Annual Plant 1+ To 3 ...
Golden Bull
Golden Bull (lat. India Anrea, Ger. Golden Bulk), Was So Called From The Gold Case In Which The Seal Attached To It Was Inclosed. The Imperial Edict Known In German History Under This Title, Was Issued By The Emperor Charles Iv., Mainly For The Purpose Of Settling The Law Of ...
Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece, In Greek Tradition, The Fleece Of The Rum Ehrysomallus, The Recovery Of Which Was The Object Of The Arwonautie Expedition. See Argonauts. The Golden Fleece Has Given Its 'name To A Celebrated Order Of Knighthood, In Austria And Spain, Founded By Iii., Duke Of Burgundy And The Netherlands. ...
Goldfinch
Goldfinch, Fringilla Carduelis, Or Earduens Elegans, A Pretty Little Bird Of The Family' A Favorite Cage-bird, On Account Of Its Soft And Pleasing Song, Its Intelligence, Its Liveliness, And The Attachment Which It Forms For Those Who Feed And Caress It. The Genus Carduelis Is Distinguished By A Thick Conical ...
Goldlace
Goldlace, A Fabric Formed By Weaving Silken Threads That Have Been Previously Gilded. The Peculiarity Of This Manufacture Consists In The Gilding Of The Silk In Such A Manner That It Shall Retain Sufficient Flexibility For Weaving. A Deep Yellow Or Orange Colored Silk Is Used For The Purpose. The ...
Goldoni
Goldo'ni, Caitlo, The Most Celebrated Writer Of Comedy Among The Italians, Was B. At Venice In 1707, And Received His First Education At Rome. His Father Originally Intended Him For An Actor, And Fitted Up A Private Theater For His Diversion At Home, But The Boy Showed No Aptitude For ...
Goldsmith Oliver
Goldsmith. Oliver, Was B. In The Village Of Pallas, In The County Of Longford, Ireland, Nov. 10, 1728. His Father, The Rev. Charles Goldsmith, A Clergyman Of The Established Church, Held The Living Of Kilkenny West. At The Age Of Six, Goldsmith Was Placed Under The Care Of The Village ...
Goldsmiths Company
Goldsmiths' Company, One Of The Richest Guilds In England, Formed At First For The Protection Of Gold And Silver Artifices, And, Now Intrusted With The Assaying And Stamping Of All Standard, Gold. Antiquarians Assert That The Goldsmiths' Company Must Have.been Formed In The Early Anglo-saxon Times. In The Reign Of ...
Goloshes
Goloshes (formerly Called Galoshes), From Galoche, A Word Through The French, From Galocha, The Spanish For A Patten, Clog Or Wooden .slioe. The French Applied The Term At First To Shoes Partly Of Leather And Wood, The Soles Being Wood, And The Uppers Of Leather. The Term Was Introduced To ...
Gomer
Gomer, The Eldest Son Of Japhet, And An Ally Of Gog, Has Usually, Since Calmet's Time, Been Identified With Those Cimmerii Who, Originally Inhabiting The Districts To The N.e. And N. Of The Black Sea And Sea Of Azof,- At An Early Period Began To Penetrate As Far As Asia ...
Gongora
Gongora, Luis Y. Anoote, A Spanish Poet, Was B. At Cordova, July 11, Studied Law At The University Of Salamanca, Where He Composed The Greater Part Of His Erotic Poems, Romances, And Satires. At The Age Of 45, He Took Orders, And Obtained A Small Prebend In The Cathedral Of ...
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhe'a -[from Supplement), Described Also As Bmasnonunrsors By Some Writers, Is The Most Common Form Of Venereal Disease. It Has Been Known From Very Remote Times; It Is Generally Believed That The Sanitary Measures Inculcated In The 15th Chapter Of Leviticus Have Reference To This Disorder As Occurring Amongst The ...
Gonzaga
Gonzaga, House Of, A Family Of German Origin, From Which Sprang A Long Line Of Sovereign Dukes Of Mantua And Moutferrat. The Sway Of This Race Over :mantua Extended Over A Period Exceeding Three Centuries, And Many Of Its Members Were Magnifi Cent Promoters And Cultivators Of Arts, Science, And ...
Gonzalvo Di Cordova G
Gonzalvo Di Cordova (g. Hernandez Y Aguilar), A Celebrated Spanish Warrior, Was B. At Montilla Near Cordova, In 1453.• Ile•served With Great Distinction First In The War With The Moors Of Granada, And Afterwards In The Portuguese Campaign. At The Close Of The Final Contest With Granada, He Concluded The ...
Good Behavior
Good Behavior, A Phrase Rather Popular Than Legal. It Is Used Chiefly As Synony Mous With The Peace. Thus, If One Person Assaults Another, Or Threatens Or Provokes Him To Abreach Of The Peace, The Offense Is Punishable Summarily By Justices Of The Peace, Who, Besides Inflicting A Fine, May, ...
Good Friday
Good Friday, The Friday Before Easter, Sacred As The Commemoration Of The Cru Cifixion Of Our Lord. This Day Was Kept As A Day Of Mourning And Of Special Prayer From A Very Early Period. It Was One Of The Two Paschal Days Celebrated By The Chris Tian Church, And ...
Goodell
Goodell, Winntanr, An American Editor And Philanthropist, B. Near The Close Of The 18th C., D. In Janesville. Wis., In 1879. As A Young Man, Living At The Time In Provi Dence, R. L, He Took Part In The Discussion Of The Missouri Question In 1819-20, Opposing The Admission Of ...
Goods In Communion
Goods In Communion, The Name Given In The Law Of Scotland, France, And Some Other Countries, To The Personal Property Of A Married Couple, Which Is Not Subject To Any Deed, But Left To The Operation Of The Common Law. In England, Such A Phrase Is Unknown, For Upon Marriage, ...
Goodwin Sands
Goodwin Sands, Famous Banks Of Shifting Sands Stretching About 10 M. In A Direc Tion N.e. And S.w., Off The E. Coast Of Kent, At An Average Distance Of 54 M. From The Shore. The Sands Are Divided Into Two Portions By A Narrow Channel, And At Low Water, Many ...
Goose
Goose, Rinser, A Genus Of Web-footed Birds, One Of The Sections Of The Unman Genus Anas (q.v.), Having The Bill Not Longer Than The Head, More High Than Broad At The Base, The Upper Mandible Slightly Hooked At The Tip; The Legs Placed Further Forward Than In Ducks, And So ...
Gooseberry
Gooseberry (grossularia), A Sub-genus Of The Genus Rzbes(see Currant), Distinguished By A Thorny Stem, A More Or Less Bell-shaped Calyx And Flowers On 1 To 3-flowered Stalks.— The Common Gooseberry (rapes Grosvularia) Is A Native Of Ninny Parts Of Europe And The N. Of Asia, Growing Wild In Rocky Situations ...
Gopher
Gopher, A Name Of Somewhat Indefinite Significance, Varying In Different Localities, Where It Is Used To Designate Different Animals. It Is A Corruption Of The French Word Gauffre, A Honeycomb, Which Was Applied By The French Settlers In America To Various Burrowing Animals Which "honeycomb" The Soil. The Term Gopher ...
Gorakiipur
Gorakiipur. A District Of The North-western 'provinces, India, Between 20° 50 And 27° 28' N. Lat., And Between 83' 7 And 84° 29' E. Long., Hounded On The N. By The Territory Of Nepali], On The E. By Champiiran And &iran. On The S. By The Gogra River, And On ...
Gordianus
Gordi'a'nus, The Name Of Three Roman Emperors, Father, Son, And Grandson.—the First, Martons Antoialus Gordianits, Was Grandson Of Annius Sevens, And Was Descended By The Father's Side From The Famous Family Of The Gracchi. He Was Remark Able For His'attachment To Literary Pursuits. After Being Tedile, In Which Capacity Be ...
Gordius
Gor'dius, A Genus Of Annelida, Of The Very Simplest Structure; Very Much Elongated And Threadlike, With No Greater Marks Of Articulation Than Slight Transverse Folds, No Feet, No Gills, No Tentacles, Although There Is A Knotted Nervous Chord. The Mouth Is A Mere Pore.at One End Of The Anima]; The ...
Gordon
Gordon, Sir Joun Watson. President Of The Royal Scottish Academy, Son Of A Capt. In The Navy, Was B. At Edinburgh About 1790. He Studied For Four Years Under John Graham, Director Of The Academy Of The Trustees For The Encouragement Of Manu Facture, Where He Showed The Usual Desire ...
Gordon_2
Gordon, Gen. Patrick, One Of The Most Distinguished Of The Many Soldiers Of Fortune Whom Scotland Sent To The Wars Of Europe, Was B. At Easter Anchleuchries, A Bleak Homestead On The Eastern Coast Of Aberdeenshire, On March 31, 1635. His Father, A "goodman " Or Yeoman, Was A Grandson ...
Gorged
Gorged. When A Lion Or Other Animal Has A Crown By Way Of Collar Round Its Neck, It Is Said Heraldically To Be Gorged. Obrgei, Arthur, Gen. Commanding-in-chief Of The Hungarian Army During 1848-49, Was Born At Topbrcz, In The County Of Szepes (zips), Feb. 5; 1818, And After A ...
Gorham Controversy
Gorham Controversy. The Gorham Controversy Arose Out Of The Refusal Of Henry Philpott, Bishop Of Exeter, To Institute The Rev.. Cornelius Gorham, Formerly Fellow Of Queen's College, Cambridge, And Then Vicar Of St. Just-in-penrith, To The Vicarage Of Brampford Speke, On His Presentation Thereto By The Lord Chancellor. The Alleged ...
Gorilla
Goril'la (troglodytes Gorilla), A Great African Ape, Generally Referred By Naturalists To The Same Genus With The Chimpanzee, Although Prof. Isidore Geoffroy St. Hilaire Has Attempted To Establish For It A Separate Genus. It Has Received The Name By Which It Is Now Known In Consequence Of Its Being Supposed ...
Gortscrakopf
Gorts*crakopf, A Russian Family, Traces Its Ancestry Through St. Michael Of Tscher Nigoff (b. 1246) To Rurik And Vladimir The Great.—prince Peter Gortschakoff, Gov Ernor Of Smolensk, Defended That Town Two Years (1609-11) Against Sigismund Of Poland, When It Was Taken By Storm.—prince Dimitri Gortschakoff, Born 1756, Was A Celebrated ...
Gory
Gory, Gobius, A Genus Of Acanthopterous Fishes, The Type Of The Family Gobildes. This Family Is Distinguished By The Thinness And Flexibility Of The Rays Of The Dorsal Fin; By The Union—in Most Of The Genera—of The Ventral Fins, Which Are Thoracic, Into A Disk More Or Less Capable Of ...
Goshawic
Gos'hawic, Astur, A Genus Of Fazconirke (q.v.), Distinguished From The True Falcons By A Lobe Or Festoon, Instead Of A Sharp Tooth, On The Edge Of The Upper Mandible, And By The Shortness Of The Which Reaches Only To The Middle Of The Tail. It Is More Nearly Allied To ...
Gospels
Gospels. The Expression Is Derived From The Anglo-saxon, And Means Literally Good News. The Message Of Christ, Or Time Doctrine Of Christianity, Was Called The Gos Pel. (to Euaggelion); And The Inspired Records By Which This Message Or Doctrine Have Been Transmitted To The Church In Successive Ages, Have Received ...
Gossamer
Gossamer, A Light Filamentous Substance, Which Often Fills The Atmosphere To A Remarkable Degree Duringline Weather In The Latter Part Of Autumn, Or Is Spread Over The Wholo Face Of The Ground, Stretching From Leaf To Leaf, And From Plant To Plant, Loaded With Entangled Dew-drops, Which Glisten And Sparkle ...
Gothic Architecture
Gothic Architecture. Under This Title Are Comprised The Various Styles Of Archi Tecture Which Prevailed In Western Europe From The Middle Of The 12th C. To The Revival Of Classic Architecture In The 16th Century. The Term Gothic Was At First Bestowed By The Renaissance Architects On The Mediaeval Styles ...