Henry
Henry, Surnamed The Lion, Duke Of Saxony, Is The Most Notable German Prince Of The 12th Century. He Was The Sou Of Henry The Proud, And Was Born In 1129. When Only Ten Years Of Age He Lost His Father By Poison, And For The Next Seven Years His Mother, ...
Henry_2
Henry, Surnamed Trim Navigator, A Famous Portuguese Prince, The Fourth Son Of John I., King Of Portugal, Was B. At Oporto In 1394, And First Distinguished Himself At The Conquest Of Ceuta In 1415. After The Death Of Ids Father He Took Up His Residence At The T. Of Sagres, ...
Her Mas
Her Mas, The Name Of One Of Those Who Were Members Of The Roman Church At The Time At Which St. Paul Wrote His Epistle To The Romans, And, As May Be Inferred From The Apostle's Addressing A Special Greeting To Him, A Person Of Some Eminence Among His Fellow-christians. ...
Her3iann Gunther Grassman
Grassman, Her3iann Gunther, B. Prussia, 1800; A Mathematician, Son Of A Professor Of Mathematics In The Stettin Gymnasium, To Whose Chair He Succeeded. In 1844 Lie Published The First Part Of An Important Mathematical Work In Which Lie Explained Certain Discoveries In The Science. He Has Published Several Other Works, ...
Heraclei De
Heraclei De. This Term Means, In Its Widest Sense, All "the Descendants Of Heraeles" (i Lereules), Of Whatever Time, And In Whatever District Of Greece, But Is Speci Ally Applied To Those Adventurers Who, Founding Their Claims On Their Supposed Descent From The Great Hero (to Whom Zeus Had Promised ...
Heraldry
Heraldry Is Properly The Knowledge Of The Whole Multifarious Duties Devolving On A Herald (see Herald): In The More Restricted Sense, In Which We Shall Here Consider It, It Is The Science Of Armorial Bearings. After Occupying For Ages The Attention Of The Learned. And Forming An Important Branch Of ...
Herat
Herat', Capital Of The Most Westerly Of The Three Divisions Of Afghanistan, Stands On The River Heti, At The Height Of 2,500 Ft. Above The Sea. Let. 34° 50' N., Long. 62' 30' E.; Distance From Cabul, 390 In. West. Situated Near The Boundaries At Once Of Afghan Istan, Persia, ...
Heratliiis
Heratliiis, A' Byzantine Emperor (610-641), Of Splendid But Fitful Genius, Was Descended From A Line Of Brave Ancestors, And Was B. In Cappadocia About 375 A.n. His Father, Also Named Heraclius, Was Exarch Or Gov.gen. Of Africa. Regarding Heraelius's Youth We Know Almost Nothing; But When Upwards Of 30, He ...
Herbarium
Herbarium, The Name Usually Given To A Collection Of Dried Plants, Intended For The Future Study And Examination Of Botanists. For Collecting Plants, A Box Of Tinned. Iron, Called A Zaseulum, Is Generally Used, Which Preserves Most Plants From Withering.' For At Least Some Hours. Plants Intended For The Herbarium ...
Herbert
Herbert. This Name, Which Stands Forth Prominently Upon The Records Of British History, Has Been Ennobled At Various Tittles, In So Many Of Its Branches, By So Many Ancient And Renewed Creations, That It Has Become A Matter Of Difficulty To Ascertain With Certainty Which Is The Parent Stem; Though ...
Herculaneum
Hercula'neum, An Ancient City Of Italy, Was Situated At The North-western Base Of Mt. Vesuvius, About 5 M. E. Of Naples. Considerable Obscurity Envelops Its Early His Tory; It Is Supposed, However, To Have Been Of Phyielan Origin, And To Have Been Occu Pied Afterwards By Pelasgians And Oscans. It ...
Hercules
Hercules (gr. Herakles), Called Likewise Alcides, After His Grandfather Alemus, Was The Son Of Zeus And Alcmene, And The Most Celebrated Hero Of The Greek Legends, The Ideal Of Human Perfection, As Conceived In The Heroic Ages; I.e., The Greatest Physical Strength, Connected With Every High Quality Of Mind And ...
Hereditariness
Hereditariness. The Influence Exerted By Parents On The Qualities Of Their Off Spring Is Universally Admitted, But The Relative Amount Of Influence Which Each Parent Exerts Is Still To Sonic Extent An Open Question. The General Structure Of The Body, The Height, The Degree Of Development Of The Bones And ...
Hereditary Privileges And Possessions
Hereditary Privileges And Possessions. The Question Of The Admissibility Of Hereditary Rights And Privileges Has Been Much Agitated With Regard To Three Points, Especially In More Recent Times. The First Is Hereditary Monarchy. The "divine" Right Of Kings Is Now Little Urged, Being Felt To Be Incompatible With Modern Notions ...
Hereroland
Hereroland, A Region Of S.w. Africa Stretching N. From The Kuisip To The Cunene ; 100,000 Sq.m.: Pop. 184,000, Of Whom But 300 Are Whites. Hereroland Has A Coast Of 460 M., But The Only Point Where It Offers Shelter And Access To Ships Is Walfish Bay, A Safe But ...
Hermaphroditism
Hermaphroditism Is A Term Employed By Naturalists To Designate The State Or Condition Of Those Organisms. Whether Animal Or Vegetable, In Which The Sexual Charac Teristics Of The Male And Female Are United In The Same Individual. The Name Is Derived From The Fable Of The Union Into One, Of ...
Hermeneutics
Hermeneutics (gr. Llermeneutes, An Interpreter), The Science Of Interpretation, Especially As Applied To The Holy Scriptures. It Forms A Branch Of The Same General Study With Exegesis (q.v.), And Indeed Is Often Confounded With That Science; Hut The Distinction Between The Two Branches Is Very Marked, And Is Perhaps Sufficiently ...
Hermes
Hermes, Georic,n, A Roman Catholic Philosopher And Divine Of Germany, Whose System Has Been The Occasion Of A Long And Acrimonious Controversy, Was B. At Dreyer Walde, In The Diocese Of Paderborn, In Westphalia, April 22, 1775. Having Received Ids Early Education From His Parish Priest, Hermes Entered The Gymnasium ...
Hermes
Hermes, The Name Of A Divinity More Familiarly Known As Mercury, The God Of Speech, Eloquence, The Sciences, Traffic, Theft, And Herds. Under This Name Are Comprised Several Mythological Personages, Who Personified The External Expression Of Thought, Whether Human Or Divine. The Principal Of These Are Teti, Thoth, Mewl'. Or ...
Hermetic B00b5
Hermetic B00b5. Amongst The Egyptians, All Books Or Literary Compositions Appear To Have Been Dedicated To Thoth, And Notices Of This Nature Are Appended To Several Papyri. The Earlier Religious Books, Such As The Ritual, Were Supposed To Have Been Written By The Fingers Or Under The Dictation Of The ...
Hermit
Hermit (gr. Ee'imiites, Lat. Erimita, An Inhabitant Of The Desert), One Of The Names Given In The Early Ages, And Still More In The Later Church, To A Class Of Solitary Ascetics, Who, With A View To More Complete Freedom Front The Cares. Ternplatious. And Bu5i Ness Of The World, ...
Hermit Crab
Hermit Crab, The Common Appellation Of A Large Family (pagurida) Of Crustaceans, Of The Order Decapoda, And Sub-order-an-mount (see Crab). Having The Abdominal Or Tail Segments Much More Largely Developed 'than In True Crabs, -but Undefended By Hard Plates, And Not Forming An Organ For Swimming, As In -lobsters, Prawns, ...
Hermon
Hermon, One Of The Highest Mountains In Syria (9,150 Ft. Above The Mediterranean), An Outlier Of The Anti-lebanon. The Sidonians Call It Sirion, And The Amorites Shenir. Some Part Of This Mountain Near Cxsarea Philippi Was Probably The Scene Of The Transfiguration. The Modern Name Is Jebel Esh Sheikh, Or ...
Hernia
Hernia, In Its Widest Sense, Signifies A Protrusion, Through An Abnormal Or Acciden Tal Opening, Of Any Organ From Its Natural Cavity. Although Hernia May Occur In Many Parts Of The Body, The Word, Used By Itself, Is Restricted To Signify Protrusion Of The Abdominal Viscera. The Way In Which ...
Herod
Her'od, The Name Of A Family Which Rose To Power In Judea During The Period Which Immediately Preceded The Complete Destruction Of The Jewish Nationality. The Family Was Of Idumean Descent; But, Though Alien In Blood, Was .jewish To Religion, The Idumeans Having Been Conquered And Converted To Judaism By ...
Herodotus
Herod'otus, The Oldest Greek Historian, And For This Reason Usually Styled The "father Of History," Was B. At Halicarnassus, In Carla, 484 B.c. He Appears To Have Early Formed The Resolution Of Writing A Historical Work On An Extensive Scale, And With This View Determined To Visit And Observe With ...
Heron
Heron, Ardea, Genus Of Birds, Of The Order Grallatores, Triboirtiltrirostres. And Family Arekidat. This Family Includes Also Bitterns; Night-herons, Spoonbills, Boattulls, Storks, Adjutants, Ibises, Etc. The Bill Is Long. Compressed, And Sharp; The Tail The Legs And The Toes Long And Slender; The Wings Long. In The Herons—in Which Genus ...
Herring
Herring (clupea Harengus), A Fish Of The Malacopterous Family Crupeida (q.v.); The Most Important To Mankind Of All Species Of Fish. The Genus Clupea Is Distinguished From Others Of The Same Family Chiefly By The Fins And By The Teeth, Which Are Small And Numerous, And Are Situated Not Only ...
Herschel
Herschel, Sir Joao Fredlrtrcs Barsr., Only Son Of The Astronomer, Sir 11villiaur Herschel (q.v.), B. At Slough, 1792, Educated At St. John's, Cambridge, Where, In 1813, He Became Senior Wrangler And First Smith's Prizemau. His First Pub]ieation Was A Collection Of Examples Of The Application Of The Calculus Of Finite ...
Herschel_2
Herschel, Sir William, B. At Hanover, Nov. 15, 1738, Was The Son Of A Musician And Was Educated Specially As A Professional Musician. In 1757 He Went To England. Where He Became A Teacher Of Music In The Town Of Leeds, From Winch He Went To Halifax As Organist, And ...
Hesiod
He'siod, Next To Homer The Earliest Greek Poet Of Whom W-e Have Any Knowledge, Was Born Probably In The 8th C. B.c., At Ascra, In Bceotia, Whither His Father Had Emi Grated From Tire /eom Kvine, In .1 Mit Mitior. Itg Seems To Have Been At First A Peasant Or ...
Hesse
Hesse (ger. Hewn), A Territory Of Germany, Occupied, In Ancient Times, By The Gatti Or Chatti, Who First Became Known To The Romans In The Year 15 A.d., When Ger Manieus Destroyed Their Principal Settlement Of Mattium, The Site Of The Present Villages Of Gross And Klein Maden, Near Gudensberg. ...
Hessehomburg
Hesse.homburg, Formerly An Independent German Landgraviate. But Now Forming A Portion Of The Kingdom Of Prussia. The Landgraviate Was Divided Into The Provinces Of Homburg And Meisenheim; The Former Bounded By Hesse-darmstadt And Hesse-nassau, And The Latter By Rhenish The Bavarian Palatinate. Giving 105.98 Sq.m. For The Superficial Area, And ...
Hessian Fly
Hessian Fly (ante). The Eggs Are Laid On The Young Blades Of The Wheat, After The Coming Up Of The Plant In The Fall, And Also In The Spring. The Eggs Are About Of An Inch Long, With A Diameter Of Only Of An Inch, Of A Pale Red Color, ...
Hestchasts
Hestchasts (gr. Horychazo, To Be Quiet), A Mystic And Contemplative Sect Of The Greek Church, Who Renewed In The 14th C. The Errors And Practices Of The Older Euebites, And Who May Be Described As The Quietists Of The East. There Is Reason To Believe That The Principles Of The ...
Hestia
Hestia, A Goddess Of Greece, Supposed To Have Been The Latest In Origin Of The, Greater Deities. She Appears To Belong To A Particular Stage In The Advancement Of Civili Zation, And To Embody The Religious Sanction That Confirmed The Social System Reached. The Fact That Hestia Is Not Mentioned ...
Heyioglobine
Heyioglobine, The Principal Constituent Of The Red Blood-corpuscles. It Is The Coloring Matter Of These Bodies And Consequently The Coloring Matter Of The Blood. It Was Formerly Supposed That Limonite, A Substance Which Is Intimately Combined With A Proteid Body To Form Hemoglobine, Was The Coloring Matter Of The Blood; ...
Hibernation
Hiberna'tion (from Hibernarc, To Pass The Winter) Is The Term Applied By Naturalists To Express A Peculiar Condition Of Sleep In Which Certain Animals—chiefly Cheiroptera And Rodentia—pass The Winter Season. It Is Not Very Clearly Known To What Extent Hibernation Prevails In The Animal Kingdom. The Bats, The Hedgehog, The ...
Hibiscus
Hibiscus, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Malcaeece, The Type Of A Tribe Or Suborder Distinguished By A Double Calyx And Fruit Of Three Or More Many-seeded Carpels United Into A Many-celled Capsule. The Species Are Numerous, Natives Of Warm Climates. Some Of Them Trees Or Shrubs, But ...
Hickory
Hickory, Carya, A Genus Of Trees Formerly Included Among Walnuts (juglans). The Hickories Arc Exclusively North American. They Are Large And Beautiful Trees, Attaining A Height Of 70 Or 80 Ft., With Pinnate Leaves. The Timber Of All Of Them Is Very Heavy, Strong, And Tenacious, But Decays Speedily When ...
Hierapolls
Hierapolls,. A City Issyria. 10 In, S.w. From The Junetion Of The Euphrates And The Sajur. Besides The Natural Strength Of Its Position, It Was Important As Lying On The Line Of Intercourse Between N. Syria And Mesopotamia, And Was Always A Great Trad Ing City. Its Early History Is ...
Hierarchy
Hierarchy (gr. Hieros, Sacred, And Archo, To Govern), The Name Used By Theological Writers To Designate The Whole Sacred Governing And Ministering Body In The Church, Distributed According To Its Several Gradations. The Word, In Its Strict Acceptation, Is, Of Course, Only Applicable To The Roman Catholic Church, And To ...
Hiero Ii
Hiero Ii., King Of Syracuse (269-214 B. C.), Was The Son Of A Noble Syracusae Named Hierocles. During The Troubles Which Prevailed In Sicily, After The Retreat Of King Pyrrhus, 275 Mc., Hiero Greatly Distinguished Himself, Atu) Was First Appointed Com Mander-in-chief And Then Elected King. He Joined The Carthaginians ...
Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics (literally Meaning Sacred Sculptures), A Term Applied To Those Representations Of Natural Or Artificial Objects Used To Express Language, Especially Those Which The Ancient Egyptians And Mexicans Employed For That Purpose. The Term Hieroglyph Would, However, Be More Correctly Applied To These Figures. The Number Of Those Used By ...
High Lands
High Lands, A Term Generally Applied To The Higher Parts Of A Country, As. For Example, Highlands Of The Hudson, As Defining A Certain High And Picturesque Region On The River Hudson, In The State Of New York; But The Term Has A More Special Appli Cation To A Particular ...
High Places
High Places (ileb. &moth), The Name Given In Scripture To Certain Places Where Illicit Worship Was Performed By The People Of Israel. The Practice Of Erecting Altars On Elevated Situations Was Common In Ancient Tithes, And Originated In The Belief That Hill-tops Were Nearer Heaven, And, Therefore, The Most Favorable ...
High Priest
High-priest (heb. Kohen Kaggadol, Or Emphat. Kohen, Gr. Archiereus, Lat. Primes Pontifex, Etc.), The Chief Of The Jewish Priesthood. His Dignity Was Hereditary In The Line Of Eleazar, The Son Of Aaron, And Many More Restrictions Attached To It Than Belonged To. The Ordinary Office Of A Priest. He Was ...
High Treason
High Treason. See Treason. Highway,-in English Law, Is The Place Over Which A Right Is Enjoyed By The Public, Of Walking, Driving, Or Riding. It Is Often Called The Queen's Highway; Not Because The Queen Has Any Greater Or Better Right Than Any Of The Public, But To Denote The ...
Hiingary
Hiin'gary (ger. Ungarn; Magyar, Orszdq (land Of The Magyars), A Portion Of The Austro-hungarian Empire. According To The Fundamental Laws Of The Realm, Time Empe Rors Of Austria Are Kings Of Hungary, Which Formerly Comprehended Hungary Proper, Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia, The Illyrian Sea Coast, Transylvania, And The Whole Of The ...
Hiitten
Hiitten, Hutton Vox, Famous In The History Of The Reformation, Was Descended Of An Ancient And Noble Family, And Was Born At The Family Castle Of Sieckelberg. In The Electorate Of Hesse, April, 1488. When He Was Ten Years Of Age, He Was Placed In The Monastery At Fulda; But ...
Hill
Hill, Sir Rowssann, It.c.b., Post-office Reformer, Was B. At Kidderminster, Dee. 3, 1795. His Father Conducted A School Near Birmingham, Which Was Celebrated In Con. Nection With The "hazelwood System Of Education" (afterwards Removed To Bruce Castle, Tottenham), And In Which Hill Was Engaged As A Teacher Until The Year ...
Himalaya
Himalaya (" The Abode Of Snow," From The Sanscrit, Hima, Snow, And I(aya, Abode), In S. Central Asia, Is The Most Elevated And Stupendous Mountain System On The Globe. It Is Not, As Sometimes Represented, A Single Chain, But A Range Of Rugged Snowy Peaks Depending From The High Table-land ...
Hincks
Hincks, Sir Francis, B. Ireland, 1807; Was Engaged In Early Life In Mercantile Business In Canada, And Subsequently In Journalism, Being Proprietor Of The Toronto Examiner. He Was Successively Finance Minister Of The Colony, And In 1851 Prime Minister. In 1855 He Was Made Governor Of The Windward Islands, And ...
Hiouen Thsang
Hiouen-thsang, A Celebrated Chinese Traveler, Professing The Buddhist Creed, Who Visited 110 Countries And Places Of India In The First Half Of The 7th E. (629-64), And Gave A Very Detailed And Interesting Account Of The Condition Of Buddhism As It Pre Vailed At That Period In India. His Inquiries ...
Hip Joint
Hip-joint Is A Ball-and-socket Joint Formed By The Reception Of The Globular Head Of The Thigh-bone (or Femur) Into The .deep Pit Or Cup In The Os Innominatum. Which Is Known As The Acetabulum (so Called From Its Resemblance To The Vinegar Cups Used By The Romans. Ifthe Variety Of ...
Hippitric Acid
Hippitric Acid Is A Compound Of Great Interest Both To The Chemist And To The Physiologist. It Derives Its Name From Its Having Been First Dis Covered Iu The Urine Of The Horse, And That Fluid, Or The Renal Secretion Of The Cow, Affords Its The Best And Readiest Means ...
Hippoceates
Hippoc'eates, The Most Celebrated Physician Of Antiquity, Was The Son Of Herac Leides, Who Was Also A Physician, And Belonged To The Family Of The Aselepiaffin, The Subject Of The Present Notice Being Either The 19th Or The 17th In Descent From Yescula Plus. His Mother, Whose Name Was Pheenarete, ...
Hippodrome
Hippodrome (gr. Hippos, A Horse, And Dromos, A Race-course), The Greek Name For The Place Set Apart For Horse And Chariot Races. Its Dimensions Were According To The Common Opinion, Half A Mile In Length And One-eighth Of A Mile In Breadth. In Construc Tion And All Important Points Of ...
Hippoletiis
Hippol'etiis, The Name Of Several Saints And Martyrs Of The Early Church, The Chief Interest Is Concentrated Upon One Who Is Believed To Have Flourished In The Early Part Of The 3d C., To Have Been Bishop Of Portus, Near-rome, And To Have Suf Fered Martyrdom Under Alexander Severus. All ...
Hippophagy
Hippoph:agy (gr. Horse-eating). The Adoption Of Horse-flesh As Food For Man Has At Various Times Occupied The Attention Of Physicians. That Semi-civilized Nations Eat Lime-fesh Is Well Known. Witness Sir John Chardin's Account Of The Crim-tartars. In Spain, A Banquet, Comprising Roasted Horse-flesh Among The Viands, Was Given In The ...
Hippopotaiiiis
Hippopot'aiiiis (gr. Hrer-horse), A Genus Of Pachydermatous Quadrupeds, Constitut Ing It Family By Itself, And Of Which, Until Very Recently, Only One Species Was Known As Now Although The Fossil Remains Of Others Indicate The Greater Abundance 4nd Wider Distribution Of The Torus In Other Periods Of The Earth's History. ...
Hiring
Hiring Is A Contract By Which One Employs, For A Limited Time, Another's Property Or Labor For Some Consideration Or Reward. Where The Thing Hired Is Land Or Houses, See Landlord And Tenant. In The Roman Law, Hiring Was Divided Into-1. Locatio Or The Hiring Of A Thing; 2. Locatio ...
Hirpini
Hirpini, A People Of Italy Who Inhabited The S. Portion Of Samnium. They Have Been Considered By Some Authorities As Merely A Samnite Tribe, While By Others They Arc Looked On As An Independent Nation. The Country They Inhabited Was The Wild And Mountainous District Traversed By The Sabatus, Calor, ...
Hispania
Hispa'nia, The Name By Which Spain Was Known To The Romans. According To W. Von Humboldt, It Is Only A Modified Form Of The Original Name, Which Lie Derives From Ezpana, A Basque Word, Meaning A "border," Or " Limit," And Which He Understands To Imply That The Country Formed ...
Histology
Histology (derived From The Greek Words Histos, A Web Or Texture, And Logos, A Dis Course) Is The Science Which Classifies And Describes The Structural Or Morphological Elements Which Exist In The Solids And Fluids Of Organized Bodies. It Is Identical Or Nearly So With General Minute Anatomy And With ...
Histology_2
Histology (ante). Although Malpighi And Leuwenhoek, Busch, Lieberkiihn, And Others, Made Several Discoveries Of Minute Parts With Lenses, Histology, As A Science, Did Not Commence Until Bichat Brought To Bear Upon The Subject The Powers Of His Generalizing Mind, Although His Work Was Accomplished With But Little Aid From The ...
History
History, A Narrative Of Events And Of The Lives And Acts Of Men, Of Families, Of Tribes, And Of Nations. History First Took The Form Of Tradition, And Was Handed Down Orally From Generation To Generation. Much Of This Tradition Was Obscure And Myth Ical, Assuming The Form Of Religious ...
Hitsum
Hit'sum, A T. Of Prussia, In The Province Of Sleswick-holstein, And 22 M. W. Of The Town Of That Name, Is Situated On The Coast Of The North Sea, At The Mouth Of A Small River. It Was Formerly Strongly Fortified, And Possessed Many Ships. Pop. '75, 5,765, Who Manufacture ...
Hittites
Hittites, The Descendants Of Heth, One Of The Children Of Canaan, The Grandson Of Noah. I. Notices Of Them In The Scriptures. In The Account Of The Settlement Of Nations After The Flood The Canaanites Are Said To Have Been "spread Abroad" And To Have Extended Over The Land Of ...
Hodometer
Hodometer Is An Instrument For Measuring The Distance Traveled Over By Any Conveyance, And Consists Of An Arrangement Of Toothed Wheels, Like Clock-work, Fixed On One Side Of A Machine, And Connected With The Axle, From Which Motion Is Commu Nicated To It. An Index And Dial Show The Exact ...
Hohenstaufen
Hohenstaufen, A German Princely House, Which Kept Possession Of The Imperial Throne From 1138 To 1254. The Founder Of The Family Was Frederick Ton Buren, Who Lived About The Middle Of The 11th C., And Assumed The Name Of Hohenstaufen From A Castle Of That Name, The Ruins Of Which ...
Hohenzollern
Hohenzollern, A Province Of Prussia, Consisting Of A Narrow Strip Of Land Entirely Surrounded By The Territories Of Wfirtemberg And Baden. Superficial Area About 480 Sq.m.; Pop. '75, 66,466. The Territory, Whose Surface Is Generally Mountainous, Is Divided Into The Districts Of Sigmaringen And Hechingen. Which Rank As Mediatized Prin ...
Holbein
Holbein, Hans, The One Of The First Masters Of German Art, B. At Grfinstadt In 1497. He Learned The Rudiments Of Art From His Father, Hans Holbem The Elder, Also A Painter Of Great Merit (b. 1430, D. 1526). When Little More Than 16 Years Of Age, Lie Adorned Several ...
Holding
Holding, The Term In Scotch Law Used To Denote The Manner In Which Heritable Estate Is Holden, Corresponding To The English Tenure (q.v.). All The Laud In Scotland Is Presumed To Be Holden Of The Crown As The Superior, And All Persons Who Hold The Lands Are Called Vassals. The ...
Holicar
Holicar, The Name Of A Powerful Mahratta Family, The Members Of Which Have At Various Times Been Formidable Enemies To The British Empire In Hindustan. The Founder Of The Family Was Mulhar Rao Horacan, Who Was Born In The Deccan, 1693, And Hav Ing Gained By His Valor The Favor ...
Holland
Holland, Sir Henry, Bart., F.r.s., D.c.l., Etc., An Eminent Physician, B. At Knutsford, Cheshire, In 1788. He Received His Professional Education In London, And Subsequently At The University Of Edinburgh, Where He Graduated As M.d. In 1811. He Then Spent Two Or Three Years In The E. Of Europe; And ...
Holland_2
Holland, Lord, Henry Rtertand Fox, Vassall-holland, Third Baron, F. It. S., An English Statesman, Was Descended From Henry Fox, First Baron, Secretary Of State To George Ii. Holland Was Born At Winterslow House, Wilts, In 1773, And Succeeded To The Title On The Death Of His Father, The Second Baron, ...
Holland_3
Holland, Jostair Gilbert, B. In 13elehertown, Mass., July 24, 1819. His Father, Whose Character Is Sketched In " Daniel Gray," Was Equally Willing And Unable To Help His Ambitious Son To Rise Above His Own Humble Lot In Life. After Many Struggles, How Ever, He Graduated With Honor From The ...
Hollar
Hollar, Wencestaus Or Wenzen, A Celebrated Engraver; B. 1607, In Bohemia. He Was Apprenticed To Matthew Marian, A Pupil Of Rubens And Vandyck, To Learn Engraving. He Was Only 18 When He Published His First Pieces, Consisting Of Prints Of The Virgin, The "ecce Homo," And Some Other Pieces. Leaving ...
Holloway
Holloway, Tromas, 1748-1827: B. London; Celebrated As An Engraver. His Chief Work Was In The Illustration Of Lavater's Essays On Physiognomy, For Which He Made About 700 Plates. He Also Engraved Some Of Raphael's Cartoons. There Are Two Classes Of Iron Goods So-called—viz., Cast-iron Hollow-ware And Wrought-iron Hollow-ware. Both Kinds ...
Holly
Holly, Ilex, A Genus Of Trees And Shrubs Of The Natural Order Aquifoliacm, Chiefly Natives Of Temperate Climates; With Evergreen, Leathery, Shining, And Generally Spitions Leaves; Small Flowers Which Have A 4 To 5-toothed Calyx, A Wheel-shaped 4- To 5-cleft Corolla, 4 Or 5 Stamens, And The Fruit Globose And ...
Holopttchiiis
Holopttchiiis (holes, All, And Plyche, Wrinkle), A Remarkable Genus Of Fossil Ganoid Fishes, So Named From The Wrinkled Appearance Of The Enameled Scales. They Were Of Large Size, Some Species Probably The Length Of 12 Feet. The Small Head Was Covered With Large Tuberculated Plates, Like Those Of The Crocodile, ...
Holy Water
Holy Water, In The Roman Catholic, As Also In The Greek, Russian, And Oriental Churches, Signifies Water Blessed By A Priest Or Bishop For Certain Religious Uses. Water Is, Almost Of Its Own Nature, A Fitting Symbol Of Purity; And Accordingly, In Most Of The Ancient Religions, The Use Of ...