Gothic Language And Literature
Gothic Language And Literature. The Words Goth And Gothic Have A Somewhat Vague Signification, Being Popularly Associated With Much Legendary His Tory And Many Rash Ethnological Speculations. In Early Times They Were Used Contempt Uously To Designate Anything Deemed Medimvai Or Romantic As Opposed To Classical. Such A Use Of ...
Goths
Goths (lat.' Got/tones, Guttones, Gutoe, Etc.; Gr. Gotthoz, Gottoi, Goutatoi, Guthones; Gothic, Gutminda), Tie Name Of A Powerful Nation Of Antiquity, Befongiug To The Germanic Race. By Some They Are Thought To Have Had A Scandinavian Origin, Which Was The Belief Of Their Own Historian. Jornandes. Indeed, Jornandes, Procopius Capitolinus, ...
Gottenborg
Gottenborg (swed. Goteborg), Next To Stockholm, The Most Important City Of Sweden, In Lat. Sr 41' N., Long. 11° 58' E., And The Principal Town-of The Lien Of Gotten Borg. The Pop., In 1874. Exclusive Of Its Extensive Environs. Gottenborg, Which Was Founded By Gustavus Adolphus In 1618, Is Situated ...
Gottingen
Got'tingen, A T. In The Former Kingdom Of Hanover, In Lat. 51° 31' Nl, Long. 56' E., And Of The Pleasantest In Lower Germany, Is Situated In A Fruitful Valley On Both Banks Of. An Artificial Arm Of The Leine, Called The New Leine, About 60 M, S. Of Hanover. ...
Gourd
Gourd, Cucurbita, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Cucurbitacece, Nearly Allied To The Cucumber; Having Male And Female Flowers On The Same Plant, The Flowers Large And Yellow. The Species Ay Annual Plants Of Very Rapid Growth; Their Leaves And Stems Rough; Their Leaves Broad And Lobed; Their ...
Gousset
Gousset, Tnosras Marie Joseph, 1792-1860; B. France, Of A Peasant Family. At The Age Of 25 Lie Was Made A Priest, And Soon Became Professor Of Moral Theology In Besancon, Holding The Place 17 Years, In 1825 He Published A Work, Much In Advance Of Most Thinkers, On The Relations ...
Government
Government, In Its Political Signification, May Be Considered As Including The Power By Which Communities Are Ruled, And The Means By Which, And The Form And Manner In Which, This Power Is Exercised. In Treating Of The Subject, We Shall First Indi Cate Those Characteristics That Seem Essential To The ...
Gowrie Conspiracy
Gowrie Conspiracy, One Of The Most Singular Events In The History Of Scotland, Took Place In Aug. 1600. On The 5th Of That Month, As King James Vi., Then Residing At Falkland Palace, In Fife, Was Going Out To Hunt, Alexander Ruthven, Brother Of The Earl Of Gowrie, Whose Father ...
Gra Graal
Graal, Gra!, Grail, Or Gral (derived Probably From The Old French, Perhaps Celtic, Great, Provencal, Grand, Mediaeval Latin, Gradalas), Signifies A Kind Of Dish. In The Legends And Poetry Of The Middle Ages, We Find Accounts Of The Holy Graal—san Gr6a1 —a Miraculous Chalice, Made Of A Single Precious Stone, ...
Graaf
Graaf, Reoxier De, A Celebrated Dutch Physician, Was B. At Schoonhove In 1641, And D. At Delft In 1678. He Studied At The University Of Leyden Under Dubois (de Le Bee), Who Is Better Known Under His Latinized Name Of Sylvius; And On The Death Of The Latter, In 1672, ...
Grabs
Grabs, Vessels Of From 150 To 300 Tons, Employed On The Malabar Coast. They Are Broad Armed Ships, With Two Or Three Masts, And Unsuited For Very Heavy Weather. Is The Name Of A Roman Family, Of The Gens Sempronia, Which Contributed Several Famous Citizens To The State. First We ...
Grace
Grace Is An Expression Frequently Used In Scripture And In Theological Discussion. Its Distinctive Meaning Is The Idea Of Free And Unmerited Favor. According. To Aristotle, This Is The Proper Meaning Of Charis (gr. Grace), Even When Applied To Man. It Is A Benefit Springing Out Of The Liberality And ...
Graduation
Graduation, The Art Of Dividing Mathematical, Astronomical, And Other Instruments. The Simplest Problem In Graduation Is The Dividing Of A Straight Line, Such As An Ordi Nary,scale Or Rule. This Is Commonly Done By Copying From A Standard Scale, For Which Purpose A Dividing Square And A Suitable Knife For ...
Graf
Graf, The German Equivalent For Count (q.v.), Comte, Comes, And For Our Earl (q.v.). The Etymology Of The Word Is Disputed, But The Most Probable Conjecture Seems To Be That It Springs From The Same Root With The Modern German Ratfen And The Anglo-saxon Reafan, To Snatch Or Carry Off ...
Graffiti
Graffiti (1/at Graffito, A Scratching), A Class Of Ancient Inscriptions To Which Attention Has Recently Been Called, And Of Which Several Collections Have Been Made, Or Are In Progress. The Graffito Is A Rude Scribbling Or Scratching With A Stylus, Or Other Sharp Instrument, On The Plaster Of A Wall, ...
Grafting
Grafting, The Uniting Of A Young Shoot (scion) Of One Kind Of Plant To A Stem (stock) Of Another Kind, So That The Scion May Receive Nourishment From The Stock. Grafting Has Been Practiced From Ancient Times, As May Be Seen From Passages In The New Testa Merit, And In ...
Graham
Graham, Sir James Robert George,• Tile Right Honorable, Of Netherby, Cum Berland, Statesman, Eldest Son Of Sir James, The First Baronet, By Lady C. Stewart, Eldest Daughter Of The Seventh Earl Of Galloway, Was B. June 1, 1702, The Grahams Of Netherby Are A Itini,dtebraneli Of The Grahams Of Isk, ...
Graiits
Graiits (in English, Gates Or Passes) Are Two Converging Ranges Of Mountains, Which Run Parallel With The E. And W. Coasts Of The Peninsula Of Hindustan, And Hence Known As The Eastern And Western Ghauts.-1. The Eastern Gliauts Extend, With An Average Height Of 1500 Ft. From The Vicinity Of ...
Grammar
Grammar, In Its Usual Sense, And As Applied To A Particular Language, Investigates And Systematizes The Facts Of That Language, As Exhibited In The Most Improved Writers And Speakers; The Main Divisions Or Heads Being: (1) The Way In Which The Sounds Or Spoken Words Are Represented By Letters (orthography); ...
Granada
Granada , An Ancient Kingdom, And One Of The Old Provinces In The S Of Spain, Was Bounded On The W. By Andalusia, On The E. By Murcia, And On The S. And S.e. By The Mediterranean. Its Greatest Length From N.e. To S.w. Was About 210 M., And Its ...
Granada_2
Grana'da (spanish, Granata, Arab. Garnathah, Said To A Corruption Of Her Vdttah, The Ancient Fortress Of Plionician Origin), A Famous City Of Spain, Formerly Ical Of The Of Granada, And Now Chief Town Of The Modern Province Of The Same Name, Is Built On A Northern Branch Of The Sierra ...
Grand Coutiimier Of Normandy
Grand Coutiimier Of Normandy Is A Collection Of The Ancient Laws Of Normandy, And Is Said To Have Been Compiled In The Third Yetir Of Henry Iii. It Contains The Laws And Customs Which Were In Use In England During The Reigns Of Henry Ii., Richard I., And John, And ...
Grand Days
Grand Days Were Those Days In Every Term Solemnly Kept In The Inns Of Court And Chancery—viz., In Eastern Term, Ascension-day; In Trinity Term, St. John The Baptist's Clay; In Michaelmas Term, All Saints' Day (and Of Late, All Souls' Day); And In Hilary Term, The Festival Of The Purification ...
Gregory Guixa
Gregory Guixa Hospodai Of Moldavia, B. At Botochani, In Moldavia, August 25, 1807; Was Appointed Ltetman, Or Commander-in-chiefof The Mibtia. In 1826, Secretary Of State In 1842, And Minister Of Finance In 1843, Under The Hospedarat Of Michael Stourdza. But As The System Of The Government Became More And Were ...
Guxanic Pal
.g.uxanic Pal:. —when Two Plates Of Copper And Amalgamated Zinc (zinc Whose Surface Has Been Rubbed Over With Mercury) Are Placed In A Vessel Containing Water To Which A Small Of Sulphuric Acid Has Been Added, So Long As They Are Kept From Touching, Either Within Or Without The Liquid, ...
Gymnastics
Gymnastics. If We Compare The Human F. With The Feet Of Other Mammals, We Find That It Presents Certain Peculiarities, All Of Which Have Reference To Man's Erect Posture. The .chief Peculiarities Are-1. The Greater Relative Size Of The Tarsal Bones, As Compared With The Other Bones Of The F., ...
Heinrich Wilhelm August Gagern
Gagern, Heinrich Wilhelm August, Fitemenit Yon, Was B. At Baireuth, Aug. 20, 1799, And Educated At The Military School Of Munich. Ou Napoleon's Return From Elba, G. Entered The Army Of Nassau, And Served As Lieut. At Waterloo. After The Peace, He Devoted Himself To The Study Of Law At ...
Household Furniture
Furniture, Household, Iirnrco Of. If A Man Lets Out Furniture For Immediate Use, There Is An Implied Warranty That It Is Fit For Use, And Free From All Defects Incon Sistent With The Reasonable And Beneficial Enjoyment Of It. Sutton V. Tempia, 12; Men Son And Welsby, 60. The Hirer ...
Hydrogen As Fuel 1
Hydrogen As Fuel.-1. Air Required.-hydrogen Combines With The Oxygen Of The Air To Form Vapor Of Water, Mingled With Nitrogen: • Products Of Combustion. Hydrogen, 1. ---...,,..,air (34.8) Oxygen, 8. -vapor Of Water, 9. Nitrogen, 26.8 Nitrogen, 26.8 - 35.8 35.81 Lb. Hydrogen Therefore Requires 34.8 Lbs. Air, While 1 ...
I Tibemus Sempizonius
I. Tibemus Sempizonius Graccurs Was B. About 168 Ra, And Was Educated With Great Care By His Excellent Mother (his Father Having Died While He Was Yet Very Young). He First Saw Military Service Under His Brother-in-law, Scipio Africanus The Younger, Whom He Accompanied To Africa. He Was Present At ...
Ii Caics Sempronius Graccirts
Ii. Caics Sempronius Graccirts, Who Was Nine Years Younger Than His Brother, Was Possessed. Of Lunch Greater Natural Powe'rs, And Of More -comprehensive Views. His Brother's Death, Which Occurred While Lie Was Serving In Spain Under Scipio Africanus, Deterred Him For Some Years. From Entering Into Public Life; And The ...
Ii So
So,,ii The Discharge, Therefore, Effects A Deposition Of Copper At The Copper, And The Formation Of Sulphionide Of Hydrogen At The Porous Cell, And Of Sulphionide Of Zinc At The Zinc Rod. Instead Of Hydrogen In Its Nascent State Being Deposited At The Copper, We Htive Copper In The Same ...
Imitation Gems
Gems, Imitation, Or Pastes, Plows Precieuses Artifeielles, French Imitations Of The Precious Stones, Are Made Of Glass Specially Prepared. It Differs From Ordinary Glass In Its Greater Density; At The Same Time It Is Made With The Greatest Possible Amount Of Transparency And Purity. Its Composition, Generally, May Be Said ...
Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire
Geoffroy Saint-hilaire, Isidore, A French And Naturalist, Son Of Etienne Geoffroy, Was B. In Paris In 1805, And Died In That City In 1861. Educated In Natural History By His Father, He Became Assistant Naturalist At The Museum When Only 19 Years Of Age, And In 1830 Lie Delivered The ...
Jakob Fries
Fries, Jakob, Friedrich, The Founder Of A Philosophic School In Germany, Was B. At Barby, In Prussian Saxony, 23d Aug., 1773, Studied At Leipsic And Jena, And In 1805 Went To Heidelberg, As Professor Of Philosophy Arid Mathematics. In 1816, He Accepted A Call To The Chair Of Speculative Philosophy ...
Jakob Josepii Von Gurres
Gurres, Jakob Josepii Von, A Distinguished German Author, Was H. At Coblenz, Jan. 25,1776. In Common With Most Of The Ardent Youth Of The Time, Gorres Threw Himself Eagerly Into The Movement Of The French Revolution; Became An Active Member Of The Clubs And Debating Societies Which Sprung Up In ...
James Abram Garfield
Garfield, James Abram, B. In Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 1831. Early Left Fatherless, His Youth Was Spent In Alternate Periods Of Study At School And Hard Manual Work For His Own Support. He Worked On A Farm, And Is Said To Have Driven Horses On The Ohio Canal. He ...
James Gambier
Gambier, James, Baron, 1756-1833: An English Admiral. B. Bahamas, Where His Father Was Lieut. Governor. He Entered The Navy As A Midshipman In 1767, Was Post Captain In 1778, And After The Peace With America Was Placed On Half Pay. On The Com Mencement Of The French Revolution, He Was ...
Janet Geddes
Geddes, Janet, Known In Scottish Ecclesiastical History As "jenny Geddes," Has Had Her Name Transmitted As The Person Who Took A Prominent Part In Resisting The Intro Duction Of A Service-book Prepared By Laud, Into The Church Of Scotland In 1637. The Circumstances Were These. Sunday, July 23, 1637, Was ...
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, Baron, A Distinguished French Mathematician, Was B. Of A Respectable Family At Auxerre, 21st Mar., 1768. He Became A Pupil, End At The Age Of 18, A Professor, In The Military School Of His Native Place. He Was After Wards Removed To The Normal School In ...
Jean Bernard Foucault
Foucault, Jean Bernard Le'ox, 1819-68; A French Physicist. He Studied Medi Cine, But Devoted Himself To Science, Acting As Donne's Experimental Assistant In The Latter's Lectures On Microscopic Anatomy; And Investigating, With Figeau, The Intensity Of Sunlight As Compared With That Of Carbon Heated In The Voltaic Arc, And That ...
Jean De Gerson
Gerson, Jean De, One Of The Most Eminent Scholars And Divines Of The 14th And 15th Centuries. His Proper Name Was Jean Charlier, The Name Of Gerson Being Given To Him From The Place Of His Birth (1363), The Village Of Gerson, In The Diocese Of Rheims. He Was Educated ...
Jean Froissart
Froissart, Jean, A French Poet And Historian, Was B. At Valenciennes In The Year 1337. Being Destined For The Church, He Received A Liberal Education, But Soon Dis Played A Passion Kir Poetry And The Charms Of Knightly Society. At The Age Of 20, He Began To Write A History ...
Jean Gericault
Gericault, Jean Louts Andre Theodore, 1791-1824, A French Painter Who Led The Reaction Which Set In Under The Empire Against The Fixed And Frigid Classiealities •f The School Of David. In 1808, He Entered The Studio Of Charles Vernet, From Which, In 1810, He Passed To That Of Guerin, Whom ...
Jean Ignace Gerard
Gerard, Jean Ignace Ismone, 1803-47, A French Caricaturist Generally Known By The Pseudonym Of Grandville—the Professional Name Of His Grandparents, Who Were Actors. He Received His First Instruction In Drawing From His Father, A Miniature Painter, And At The Age Of Twenty-one Went To Paris, Where He Soon Afterwards Published ...
Jean Leon Gerome
Gerome, Jean-leon, One Of The Most Eminent Of Living French Painters, Was B. In 1824 At Vesoul, Where He Received His Early Education. His Fathgr Was Ageldsmith. In His Seventeenth Year, He Went To Paris. And Entered The Studio Of Paul Delaroche, At The Same Time Attending The School Of ...
Johann Faust Fust
Fust, Johann (faust, Ante), D. 1466; Generally Considered One Of The Inventors Of Modern Printing, Gutenberg Being Another. (see Gutenberg, Ante.) Fust Was A Rich And Respectable Member Of A Burgher Family In Mainz, But Not Related To The Patrician Family Of Fuss. The Name Was Written Fust Until, In ...
Johann Georg Forster
Forster, Johann Georg Anam, Commonly Known As George F., Eldest Son Of Johann Reinhold Forster (q.v.), A German Traveler And Naturalist, Was Born At Nassen Huben, Near Dantzig, In 1754, And Died At Paris In 1794. When Only 17 Years Of Age, He Accompanied His Father In Capt. Cook's Second ...
Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler
Gieseler, Johann Karl Ludwig, German Church Historian, Was. B. Mar. 3, 1792, At Petershagen, Near Minden, Where His Father Was A Clergyman. After Attending The Orphan-house School And University Of Halle, And After Teaching For A Year In That Town, In Oct., 1813, He Entered The Army As A Volunteer ...
Johann Reinhold Forster
Forster, Johann Reinhold, A German Traveler And Naturalist, Was Born In Dir Schau, In Prussia, In 1729, And Died At Halle In 1798. He Was Educated At Halle And Dantzig For The Clerical Profession, And In 1753 Became Pastor At Nassenhuben, Near Dantzig; But He Seems To Have Devoted Most ...
Johannes Fyt
Fyt, Johannes, 1609-61; B. Antwerp; The Best Painter Of Animals And Game After Franz Snyder. F. Entered The Guild Of St. Luke As A Master, And From That Time Till His Death, Lie Produced A Vast Number Of Pictures In Which The Bold Facility Of Snyders Is United To The ...
John Charles Fremont
Fremont, John Charles. An Eminent American Traveler And Explorer, Son Of A French Emigrant Gentleman Acid A Virginian Lady, Was B. At Savannah, Ga., Jan. 21, 1813. He Lost His' Father At The Age Of Four Years, And Removed To Charleston With His Mother, Where, At The Age Of 15, ...
John Fisher
Fisher, John, Bishop Of Rochester, Was B. In 1456 At Beverley, In Yorkshire, Edu Cated At Michael House College (maw Incorporated With Trinity College), Cambridge, Where He Took His Degree In 1491, And Of Which Lie Became Master In 1495. Margaret, Countess Of Richmond, Mother Of Henry Vii., Charmed By ...
John Foxe
Foxe, John, The Martyrologist, Was B. Of Respectable Parents In 1517, At Boston Lincolnshire. In 1533, He .entered As .a Strident ;it Brasenose College Oxford; In 1538' He Took His ,/,,,orielor's,,,auu In 1543, His Master's Degree, And Was Elected A Fellow Of Magdalen College. He Displayed At An Early Period ...
John Gauden
Gauden, John, 1605-62; The Reputed Author Of Elicon Basilike, Was B. In Essex. Of Which Parish His Father Was Vicar. He Was Eddcated At Bury St. Edmund's. And Afterwards At St. John's College, Cambridge. He Obtained About 1630 The Vicarage Of Chippenharn, In Cambridgeshire, And The Rectory Of Biightwell In ...
John Gibson
Gibson, John, One Of The First Sculptors Of His Day, Was B. At Conway, In North. Wales, In 1791. His Father, A Landscape-gardener, Removed To Liverpool About The Beginning Of This Century, And Here Gibson Received His Education. His Love Of Art Mani Fested Itself Strongly, Even While He Was ...
John Goodsir
Goodsir, John, Professor Of Anatomy In The University Of Edinburgh From 1846 To 1867, Was B. Iu 1814, At Anstruther, Fifeshire, In Which County His Father And Grand Father Had, For Many Yeays, Practiced The Profession Of Medicine With Great Repute. Very Early In Life His Studious Habits And Thoughtful ...
John Graham
Graham, John, Viscount Dundee, Was The Eldest Son Of Sir William Graham Of Claverhouse, Head Of A Branch Of The Noble Family Of Montrose, In Forfarshire. Ile Was B. In 1643, Entered St. Andrews University In'1665, Served In The French Army From 1668 Till 1672, Next Entered The Dutch Service ...
Joseph Gillott
Gillott, Joseph, 1800-72; An English Manufacturer Known The World Over For His Steel Pens. His First Effort In This Direction Was In A Garret, And The Result, Sold To Small Shop-keepers In Birmingham. They Were Stiff And Awkward "barrel Pens." From Time To Time He Made Important Improvements, Until His ...
Joshua Reed Giddings
Giddings, Joshua Reed, An American Statesman, B. At Athens, Pa., Oct. 6, 1765; D. In Montreal, May 27, 1864. While He Was Yet An Infant His Parents Removed To Can Andaigua, N. Y., Where They Remained Until He Was 10 Years Old, When They Went To Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Among ...
Joun Gill
Gill, Joun, D.d., A Baptist Minister, Of Some Eminence As A Theologian, And Especi Ally Deserving Of Remembrance As One Of The Few English Divines Who Have Brought Rab Binical Learning To Bear On The Interpretation Of Scripture, Was B. At Kettering, North Amptonshire, Nov. 23, 1697. His Parents Were ...
Karl Friedrich Gerhardt
Gerhardt, Karl Friedrich, An Eminent Chemist, Was B. At Strasburg On Aug. 21, 1816, And D. In That City On Aug. 19, 1856. At The Age Of 15, Lie Was Sent To The Polytechnic School At Carlsrnhe, Where His Attendance At Prof. Walchner's Lectures First • Awaked In His Mind ...
Karl Friedricii Gauss
Gauss, Karl Friedricii, One Of The Most Illustrious Mathematicians Of Modern Times, Was H. At Brunswick On April 30, 1777. In 1795, He Went To The University Of Gottingen, Where, At This Early Age, He Made A Number Of Important Discoveries, One Of Which May Be Mentioned, As It Had ...
King
King-" The King's Most Excellent Majesty." " Sire," And "your Majesty," Or, In Less Formal Notes, Thus: "mr. Pill Presents His Duty To Your Majesty." Knight Bachelor—like Baronet (q.v.), Except That The Word " Bart." Is Omitted. Knight Bachelor's Wife—like Baronet's Wife (q.v.). Knight Of The Garter—k. G. Is Added ...
Konrad Von Gesner
Gesner, Konrad Von, A Celebrated Swiss Naturalist, Was Li. At Zurich In 1516, And Died There Of The Plague Dec. 13, 1565. His Father, Who Was A Leather-seller, Was Too Poor To Pay For More Than The First Years Of His Educatio6 At The Town-school; But John Jacob Ammianus, Professor ...
Lady Godiva
Godi'va, Lady, Patroness Of Coventry. About The Year 1040, Leofrie, Earl Of Mercia, And Lord Of Coventry, Then An Important Market-town,• Imposed Certain Oner Ous Services And Heavy Exactions Upon The Inhabitants, Of Which They Loudly Com Plained. His Wife, The Lady Godiva, Having The Welfare Of The Town At ...
Lago Garda
Garda, Lago Di, One Of The Most Remarkable Of The Alpine Lakes, And The Largest In Italy, Was The Lacus Benaeus Of The Romans. Its Modern Name Is Derived From The Small Village Of Garda, Situated On Its Eastern Shore, And Containing 3,000 Inhabi Tants. G.'s Chief Tributary Is The ...
Language Of Flowers
Flowers, Language Of, Or Florigraphy, Is Supposed To Have Been Used Among The Earliest Nations; But The Greeks Are The First Users Of Whom We Have Any Trustworthy, Records. They Carried It To A Very High Degree, Using Flowers As Types Of Everything Interesting, Public As Well As Private. Shakespeare ...
Leopold Gmelin
Gmelin, Leopold, A Celebrated Chemist, Was B. At Gottingen, In Aug., 1788, And Died At 'heidelberg, In April, 1853. His Father Was Professor Of Natural History And Botany . At Tubingen, And Afterwards Of Chemistry At Gottingen; And For At Least Four Genera Tions Members Of The Gmelin Family Have ...
Lord George Gordon
Gordon, Lord George, Celebrated In Connection With The London Protestant Riots Of 1780, The Third Son Of The Third Duke Of Gordon,•was B. Sept. 19, 1750. At An Early Age Lie Entered The Navy, And Rose To The Rank Of Lieut., But Quitted The Service During The American War, In ...
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Ghiberti, Lorenzo, A Famous Italian Sculptor, Was B. At Florence About 1378. He Was Educated In Art By His Stepfather, A Skillful Goldsmith, And Rapidly Acquired Dex Terity In Drawing, Painting, And Modeling. At The Age Of 19, He Was Selected For The Execution Of A Noble Fresco In The ...
Luca Giordano
Giorda'no, Luca, An Italian Painter, Was B. Of Impoverished Parents. At Naples, About 1632; Studied Under Ribrera Or Spagnoletto, And Made Rapid Progress. Singu Larly Enough, Considering His Fine Imagination And Delicate Touch, Both His Early Produc Tions As Well As Those Of His More Mature Years, Indicate Rather A ...
Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt
Goldschmidt, Madame (jenny Lind), A Celebrated Swedish Singer, Was B. At Stockholm, Oct. 6, 1821. She, Was Of Humble Parentage, And Her Musical Gifts Were First Noticed By An Actress, By Whose Influence She Was Admitted, At The.age Of.nine, Into The Conservatory Of Stockholm, Where She Received Lessons Of Cmlius ...
Maona Grecia
Grecia, Maona. See Magna Griecia. Grievius, The Latinized Form Of Grape, Jourt George, 1632-1703; One Of The Most Learned And Laborious Writers Of His Time, B. Saxony. He Began His Studies In The Gymnasium Of Pfota, And Completed Them At The University Of Leipzig, Under Rivinus And Strauch. Grmvius Was ...
Marie Gay
Gay, Marie Francoise Sophie, Madame, 1776-1852, Daughter Of M. Nichault De Lavalette (who Was Attached To The Household Of Monsieur, Afterwards Louis Xviii.) And Of Francesca Pcretti, A Florentine Lady. Under The Guidance Of Her Father, She Received A Very Careful Education. In 1793, She Was Married To M.liottier, An ...
Marie Joseph Garnier
Garnier, Marie Joseph Francois, 1839-73; Usually Called Francis Gamier; A French Officer And Explorer, Perished By Assassination In Tong-king. He Entered The Navy, And After Voyaging In Brazilian Waters And The Pacific, Be Obtained A Post On The Staff Of Admiral Chortler, Who From 1860 To 1862 'was Campaigning In ...
Maxjmilien Foy
Foy, Maxjmilien Skbastien, A Distinguished French Gen. And Orator, Was B. At Ham, 3d Feb. 1775. In 1791, He Was One Of The Volunteers Who Hastened To Defend The Frontiers Of Their Country Against Foreign Invasion, And During The Next Nine Years Served With Distinction Under Dumouriez, Moreau, And Massena. ...
Medical Geography
Geography, Medical. The Liability Of Particular Localities To Become The Centers Of Special Diseases, Or Groups Of Diseases, Has Been Observed From The Most Ancient Periods, As We Have Excellent Evidence In The Hippocratic Treatise. On Airs, Waters, And Places, One Of The Undoubtedly Genuine Works Of The Great Greek ...
Melciiiorre Gioja
Gioja, Melciiiorre, A Famous Italian Statistician, Was B. At Piacenza, Sept. 20, 1767. He Was Educated For The Priesthood, And For Sometime Discharged The Duties Of Tutor In A Noble Family, But Through The Liberality Of His Brother, Was Enabled To Resign This Post, And To Follow His Own Bent, ...
Michael Ivanovitch Glinka
Glinka, Michael Ivanovitch, 1804-57; A Russian Composer. His Thorough Musical Education Did Not Begin Until The Year 1830, When He Went Abroad And Staid For Three Years In Italy, To Study The Works Of Old And Modern Italian Masters. His Thorough Knowledge Of The Requirements Of The Voice May Be ...
Monastery Of Fulda
Fulda, Monastery Of, Was Founded In 744 By Boniface, " The Apostle" Of Ger Many, Who Sent Sturmius, One Of His Followers, To Search For A Suitable Site Secure From Saxon Attack. This Was Discovered On The Banks Of The Fulda, In The Depths Of The Forest, Within What Afterwards ...
Mums
Mums, Joins', Ll.d., Known As A Classical Historian, The Son Of Robert Gillies, Esq., Was B. At Brechin, Forfarshire, Jan. 18, 1747. His Youngest Brother, Adam, Was A Judge Of The Court Of Session In Scotland, Under The Title Of Lord Gillies. Gillies Was Educated At The University Of Glasgow; ...
Myra Gaines
Gaines, Myra. Clanx; B. New Orleans, 1805; Daughter Of Daniel Clark, Had Widow Of Gen. Edmund P. Gaines. Her Father Came From Ireland To New Orleans In 1799, And Inherited The Property Of An Uncle. He Was U. S. Consul While Louisiaha Was Still Under French Rule. After Its Transfer ...
In Christian Fundamentals
Fundamentals, In Christian Doctilkne. Roman Catholic Theologians Give This Name To Those Doctrines Which, In Their Opinion, Every Christian Is Obliged To Know, Believe, And Profess, On Pain Of Being Lost; While Non-fundamentals Are Such As A Man May, Involuntarily, Be Ignorant Of, Without Forfeiting His Christian Name And Hope ...