P Alms Hadrianus
Hadria'nus, P. Alms. A Roman Emperor (117-138 A.d.), Was B. At Rome, Jan. 24, 76 A..d. During The Reign Of Trajan, Who Was His Guardian, And With Whom He Was Connected By Marriage (his Father, Who Was A Roman Senator, Having Married The Aunt Of Trajan), He Tilled Several High ...
Pali
Pali. The Word Hindu Is Used In Various Senses, And It Is Important To Guard Against The Confusion That May Thence Arise. It Is Applied (1) To The People Speaking 'file Hindi Dialect Of The North-western Provinces: (2) To The Aryans Of Northern India; (3) To The Cultivated Races Of ...
Parhelia Halos
Halos, Parhe'lia, Coro'n/e, Etc. It Would Not Be Easy Even To Enumerate The Various Distinct Phdnomena Which Belong To The Above Classes; We Must, Therefore, Be Content To Consider A Few Only Of The Principal Varieties; And, In Fact, If The Causes Of These Be Thoroughly Understood. Those Of The ...
Patrick Henry
Henry,' Patrick, An Eminent Orator, Was B. In Hanover In 1736. His Father Was A Native Of Scotland, And A Nephew Of Robertson, The Celebrated Histo Rian. In Early Life, Henry Was Passionately Addicted To Angling And Hunting, And Seemed Too Indolent To Apply Himself To Any Regular Occupation. He ...
Patrick Henry_2
Henry, Patrick (ante), 1736-99; Was A Native Of Virginia, And The Son Of A Scotch Emigrant. He Was So Little Promising- A Scholar, That His Father Was Ready To Give Up His Education In Despair, But When He Was 14 Years Old He Was So Impressed With The Fervid Eloquence ...
Paul Holbach
Holbach, Paul Hernnicrt Dietrich, Baron Von, A French Philosopher Of The 18th C., Was B. Of Wealthy Parents, At Heidelsheim, In The Palatinate, In 1723. At An Early Age Lie Went To Paris, Where He Continued To Reside During The Remainder Of His Life. He Died June 21, 1789. As ...
Peter Daniel Huet
Huet, Peter Daniel, Was B. At Caen, Feb. 8, 1630. His Father Had Been Converted From Calvinism, But Died While Huet Was Still Very Young. The Latter Was Educated In The Jesuit School Of Caen, And Was Early Distinguished By His Extraordinary Progress In Almost Every Department Of Learning. He ...
Peter Hansen
Hansen, Peter, Andreas, 179r-1874,; A Danish' Astronomer .; When Young Apprenticed To A Watchmaker ; Afterwards Employed By Schumacher, Professor Of Astronomy At Copenhagen, To Assist In The Measurement Of An Arc Of Meridian In Hol Stein. This Led To His Appointment As Assistant To Schumacher, At The Observatory Of ...
Prainois Of Lorraine
Prainois Of Lorraine, Second Duke Of Guise, Son Of The Preceding, Was B. Feb. 17, 1519. As A Gen., He Acquired European Renown. He Distinguished Himself At Mont Medy (1542), Landrecies (1543), St. Dizier (1544), Boulogne (1545), And Attracted The Attention Of France By His Defense Of Metz, Besieged For ...
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Hora'tius Flaccus, Quintus, The Renowned Roman Satirist And Lyrist., Was B. At Venusia, In Apulia—in The Country Now Called The Basilicata, Lately Forming Part Of The Kingdom Of Naples—on Dec. 8, 65 B.c. His Father, Who Had Been Born A Slave But Manumitted Before The Poet's Birth, Weis A Enactor ...
Reginald Heber
Heber, Reginald, An English Poet, And Second Bishop Of Calcutta, Was B. At Malpas, Cheshire, April 21, 1783. . In 1800 He Entered At Brasenose College, Oxford; And:three Years After Produced His Prize-poem Palestine, The Only Prize-poem Perhaps Which Holds A Place In English Literature. In 1804 He Became A ...
Renn Dickson Hampden
Hampden, Renn Dickson, D.d., 1793-1868; Bishop Of Hereford; B. Barbadoes; Educated At Oxford. Having Left The University In 1816, He Held Successively The Cura Des Of Of Newton, Faringdon, And Hackney, And In 1827 He Published An Essay On The Pltilosopical Evidence Of Christianity, Followed By A Volume Of Parochial ...
Richard Hildretii
Hildretii, Richard, 1807-65, An Author And Journalist, B. Mass. He Graduated At Harvard College In 1826, Studied Law In Newburyport, And Entered Into Practice In Boston. In 1332, However, Lie Abandoned The Profession To Become The Editor Of The Boston Atlas. In The Autumn Of 1834, Being Out Of Health, ...
Richard Hooker
Hooker, Richard, Author Of The Books Of Ecclesiastical Polity, And One Of The Most Illustrious Of English Theologians, Was Born In The City Of Exeter, Or Its Neigh Borhood, About The Year 1554. He Was Early Distinguished For His "quick Apprehension Of Many Perplext Parts Of Learning," And Attracted The ...
Riematoxyline
Riemato'xyline Is A Chromogen (a Term Used By Chemists To Denote Certain Nearly Or Quite Colorless Substances 'which, Under Certain Influences, Yield Well-marked Colors) Obtained From Logwood (hamataxylon Compeachianum.) Its Composition Is Tepee 'sented By The Formula Cs,ii1401, Gaq., And In Its Pure State It Occurs In Transparent Glistening Straw-colored ...
Robert Giii3gabd
Giii3gabd, Robert, Duke Of Apulia And Calabria, The Sixth In Order Of Seniority Of The Twelve Sons Of Tancred De Hantevilie, Was Born In The Year 1015. Tancred's Estates In Lower Normandy Being Insufficient To Support Such A Numerous Family, His Three Eldest Sons, William, Dagobert, And Humphrey. Determined To ...
Robert Grosseteste
Grosseteste, Robert, A Celebrated English Prelate Of The Middle Ages, Was B. At Stradbrook, In Suffolk, In The Latter Part Of The 12th C. He Studied At Oxford, And Subsequently At Paris. On His Return To England, He Obtained A Great Reputation As A Divine. And Was The First Lecturer ...
Robert Haldane
Haldane, Robert, 1764-1842; An Eminent Philanthropist Of Scotch Descent, B. In London. He Inherited A Large Property, But, Having A Passion For The Sea, Entered The Navy, Where He Served With Honor, 1780-83. When The French Revolution Commenced Be Regarded It With Pleasure And Hope, But Was Soon Disappointed By ...
Robert Harley
Harley, Robert, Earl Of Oxford And Mortimer, The Son Of Sir Edward Harley. An Active Partisan Of The Parliament During The Civil Wars, And Descended From An Illus Trious Herefordshire Family, Was B. In London In 1661: Harley Entered Parliament, Being Returned For The Cornish Borough Of Trecony, As A ...
Robert Iienryson
Iienryson, Robert, 1425-1506; An Early Scottish Poet And Author Of The First Specimen Of The Pastoral Poetry Of His Country; According To Tradition The Ancestor Of The Family Of Henryson Or Henderson Of Fordell, In The County Of Fife, One Of Whom, James Henderson, Wits King's Advocate And Justice-clerk In ...
Robin Hood
Hood, Robin, The Hero Of Several Old Ballads And Traditionary Stories, Which Gener Ally Represent Him As An Outlaw And A Robber, But Of A Gallant And Generous Nature, Haunting The Depths Of Sherwood Forest. Nottinghamshire, And Of Barnsdale Lows!. Yorkshire, In An Early Era Of Enelish History, Which It ...
Rowland Hill
Hill, Rowland, 1744-1833; An English Preacher Of Great Eccentricity. While Still At Cambridge He Made The Acquaintance Of The Methodist Preacher Whitefield, And Stimulated By His Example He Scandalized The University Authorities And His Own Friends By Preaching In The Surrounding Villages Before Taking Holy Orders, And Conducting Religious Services ...
Royal Great Britain
Great Britain, Royal Aims Op% The Arms Of The United Britain And Ireland Are Borne By Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Fourth Gales, Three Lions Passant Gardant In Pale, Or, For England: Rampant Within A Double Tressure Flory Countertiory Gales, For Scotland; Third Azure, A Harp Or, Stringed Argent, For Ireland; ...
Royal Household
Household, Royal (of Great Britain), The Personal Attendants Upon The Reigning Sovereign. The Establishment Was First Regulated During The Reign Of Edward (1461-83), Who Defined The Offices And Duties Of Its Members. In The Household Book' Compiled By His Orders Regulations Were Male For The Table Of The King, The ...
Rsttle Of Homildon
Hom'ildon, Rsttle Of. In The Autumn Of 1402 A Scottish Army Of About 10.000 Men Invaded England: Finder The Command Of Sir Murdaeh Stewart Of Kiueleven, The Eldest Son Of The Regent Albany, And Of Archibald Earl Of Douglas. They Advanced To The Gates Of Newcastle Without Opposition, And Were ...
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, Lld., 19th President Of The United States, Was B. In Delaware, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1822. Both His Paternal And Maternal Ancestry, It Is Claimed, Can Be Traced Back, Each To A Scottish Chieftain Of Noble Blood, Who Fought Side By Side With Robert Bruce, And He Is ...
Saint Gregory
Gregory, Saint, The "illuminator;" Lx 257 A.d.; Founder And Patron Saint Of The Armenian Church. He Belonged To The Royal Race Of Time Ala:n(1(1es, Being The Son Of A Certain Prince Anak, Who Assassinated Chosroes Of Armenia, And Thus Brought Ruin On Himself And His Family. His Mother's Name Was ...
Saint Henry Ii
Henry Ii., Saint, 972-1024; Emperor Of Germany, Grandson Of Henry I. He Was Crowned At Mainz, June 7, 1002. His Most Determined Enemy During The Greater Part Of His Reign Was Bolesinns Ii. Of Poland, Who Annexed Bohemia, And During The King's Absence In Italy Broke Into Lusatia And Meissen. ...
Saint Hilarion
Hilarion, Saint, 288-371; B. At Gaza Of Heathen Parents. Attracted By The Fame Of St. Anthony, He Went To Visit That Saint In His Solitude, And Forthwith Became His Disciple. Returning To Palestine With Some Companions While Still Only A Lad Of 15. He Gave Away All The Property Which ...
Saint Hilary
Hilary, Saint, Bishop Of Poictiers, And Doctor Of The Church, Althouoth 1w No Means Among The Most Voluminous Of The Latin Fathers, Yet, From The Nature Of The Sub Jects On .which Lie Wrote, Chiefly Connected With The Arian Controversy, Occupies An Important Place In The Patristic Literature Of The ...
Saint Ignatitis
Igna'titis, Saint, Bishop Of Antioch After 69 A.d., Is Said To Have Been A Disciple Of St. John, And Is Reckoned One Of The Apostolic Al Fathers. He Bore The Surname Of Theo One Who Carries God [or, As Ignatius Explained It, "christ"] In His Heart: Or, Again, As Some ...
Saint Iiilda
Iiilda, Saint, 614-80; A Saxon Lady Whose Name Is Intimately Associated With The History Of The Early English Church And Of Early English Literature. She Wits A Member Of The Royal Family Of Northumbria, Her Father Heretic Being A Nephew Of King Edwin; And It -vas Along With Her Royal ...
Samuel Hahnemann
Hahnemann, Samuel, A Celebrated German Physician, Was B. In April, 1755, At Meissen, A Small T. In The Neighborhood Of Dresden, The Capital Of Saxony. His Father—a Painter Of The Ware Known As Dresden.chinaintended His Son To Follow His Own Occupation, But The Boy Displayed So Ardent A Love Of ...
Samuel Horsley
Horsley, Samuel, An English Prelate, Was The Son Of A Clergyman Of The Episcopal Church, And Was B. At St. Martin's-in-the-fields, London, In 1733. He Was Educated At Westminster School And Trinity Ball, Cambridge, Where, Though He Studied Hard, And Laid In Immense Stores Of Knowledge, He Took No Degree ...
Samuel P Heintzelman
Heintzelman, Samuel P. B. Penn., 1805; Graduated At West Point, Served On The Northern Frontier In The Florida War And In The War With Mexico, And Later In Cali Fornia And On The Texas Frontier Chiefly Against The Indians. In 1861 He Was Made Col.. And Assigned To Duty In ...
Sane Houston
Houston, Sane (ante). Although Houston Achieved His Public Reputation Mainly Through His Connection With The History Of Texas, Yet His Life, Prior To His Settlement In That Country, Was Filled With Most Romantic Incidents, Tending To Illustrate The Strong, Original Character Of The Man, And His Devotion To His Country, ...
Selina Huntingdon
Huntingdon, Selina, Cmuitess Of, Was The Second Of Three Daughters And Co-heir Esses Of Washington Shirley, Second Earl Ferrars, And Was B. Aug. 24, 1707. She Mar Ried, In 1728, Theophilus, 9th Earl Of Huntingdon, And Became A Widow In Oct., 1746. Adopting The Principles Of The Calvinistic Methodists, The ...
Sounds Of Tue Heart
Heart, Sounds Of Tue. On Applying The Ear To The Cardiac Region Of A Living Man Or Mammal, In A State Of Health, Two Successive Sounds Are Heard, Each Pair Of Which Corresponds With One Pulsation. These Are Known As The First And The Second Sound. There Is Scarcely Any ...
South Holland
Holland, South, A Province Of The Kingdom Of The Netherlands, Lying Between 51° 45 And 52° 20' N. Lat., And 3° 50' And 5° 10' E. Long. Arca, 1162 Sq.m.; Pop. '75. 748,162. It Is Bounded On The N. By North Holland, E. By Utrecht And Gelderland, S. By The ...
Spanish Plum Hog Plum
Hog Plum, Spanish Plum, And Brazilian Plum, Names Given In The West Indies And Other Tropical Countries To The Fruit Of Certain Species Of Spondias. The Genus Spon Dias Belongs To The Natural Order Anacardiacece, Or, According To Some Botanists, To A Small Order Called Spondiacea, Differing From Anacardiacece In ...
St Helena
Helena, St., Perhaps The Best Known Of All The Lonely Islands In The World, Is Situ Ated In The Atlantic, In Lat. 15° 55' S., And Long. 44' W. Greatest Length Of The Island, 101 M. ; Breadth, 7 Area, 47 Sq. Miles. Pop. '71, 6,241. It Is 850 In. ...
State Boards Of Health
Health, State Boards Of, Institutions Established By State Legislative Enact Ments, Having Many Specific Relations In Regard To The Public Health, But Intended To Have A Central Advisory Relation With Local Sanitary Organizations, And Also To Super Intend A State System Of Vital Statistics. There Are Now In The United ...
Steam Hammer Hammer
Hammer, Steam-hammer, A Tool Used For Applying The Force Of Impact, Either For The Purpose Of Beating Malleable Materials Into A Required Form, Or For Driving Nails, Wedges, Etc. The Common Hand-hammer Consists Of An Iron Head, Usually Faced With Steel, Fixed Crosswise Upon A Wooden Handle. When One Side ...
Stephen Harding
Harding, Stephen, The Third Abbot Of The Celebrated Monastery Of Citeaux, And One Of The Most Remarkable Religious Reformers Of The 12th Century. Of His Parentage And Youthful History, Little Is Known Beyond The Fact That He Was Of A Noble English Family, And In Early Life A Soldier. Under ...
Tans Carsten Hauch
Hauch, Tans Carsten, One Of The Best Danish Poets Of The 19th C., Was Born At Frederikshald, In Norway, In 1791; Graduated At The University Of Christiania In 1821; And After Having Traveled Through Germany, Italy, And France At The Cost Of The Govern Ment, With A View Of Prosecuting ...
The United Kingdom Of
The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland Is, Since The Union Of Ire• Land, The Full Official Designation Of The Country More Generally Known As Great Britain, Britain, Or The United Kingdom. In Addition To The Home Territories, Great Britain Possesses A Multitude Of Dependencies Scattered Over Every Part ...
Theodore Edward Hook
Hook, Theodore Edward, A Celebrated Novelist And Dramatic Writer, Was B. In London, Sept. 22, 1788, And Educated At Harrow. In 1e05, At The Age Of 17, He Pro Duced All Operatic Farce Called The Soldier's ,lieturn, Which Was Very Successful; And Between That Year And 1811, He Wrote 12 ...
Theodore Heuglin
Heuglin, Theodore Von, Baron, 1824-76; African And Arctic Traveler, B. Wfirtem Berg. He Went To Egypt In 1851, And Till 1865 The Me. Regions Of Africa Were The Main Scene Of His Labors. In 1852 He Accompanied Dr. Reitz, The Austrian Consul At Kamm, Upon His Fatal Journey To Abyssinia; ...
Or Grafting By Approach
Inarch'ing, Or Grafting By Approach, A Mode Of Grafting By Whfch Branches Are United Together Before Any Of Them Is Separated From Its Original Stem. Branches Grow Ing Across One Another Sometimes Unite In This Way Of Themselves, And It Is Supposed— Not Improbably—that An Observation Of This Cirmunstance First ...
Or Guarantee Guaranty
Guaranty, Or Guarantee, Is A Contract B One Person Hinds Himself To Pay A Debt Or Do Some Act In Case Of The Failure Of Some Other Person, Whose Debt Or Duty It Is To Do The Thing Guaranteed. The Person So Binding Himself Is Generally- Called The Surety In ...
Or Gueux
Gueux, Or "the Beggars," The Name Assumed By The Confederated Nobles And Other Malcontents Who Opposed The Tyrannical Policy Of Philip Ii. Of Spain In The Low Countries. Philip Having Sent Nine Inquisitors To That Country To Put Into Execution The Decrees Of The Council Of Trent. Provoked By This ...
Or Guicowar
Guicowar, Or "the Herdsman," The Designation Of A. Powerful Mahratta Prince, Whose Dominions At The Present Time Include Most Of Guzerat (q.v.), With Baro,da For Capital. The Guicowar Originally, As The Name Denotes, Was An Officer In The Establish Ment Of The Rajahs Of Satara, The Supreme Rulers Of The ...
Or Habsburg Hapsburg
Hap'sburg, Or Habsburg, House Of, Of Which The Imperial Family Of Austria Are The Representatives, Derived Its Name From The Castle Of Habsburg, Or Habichtshurg (hawk's Castle), On The Right Bank Of The Aar, In The Swiss Canton Of Aargau. The Castle Was Built In The 11th C. By Werner, ...
Or Haciilifyt Hakluyt
Hakluyt, Or Haciilifyt, Richard, An English Author, Was B. In 1552. While At Westminster School Lie Eagerly Perused Narratives Of Voyages And Travels, And Continued This Course At Christ-church, Oxford, Whither He Proceeded In 1575. Being Appointed Lecturer On Geography Or Cosmography In That University, Lie Introduced The Use Of ...
Or Hackles Heckles
Heckles, Or Hackles, And Gills. These Are Very Important Parts Of Various Machines, Employed In The Preparation Of Animal And Vegetable Fibers For Spinning. They Consist Of A Series Of Long Metallic Teeth, Through Which The Material Is Drawn, So That The Fibers May Be Combed Out Straight, And So ...
Or Hakodate Haxodadi
Haxoda'di, Or Hakodate, The Most Northern Of The Opened Ports Of Japan, Situated In 41° 40' N. Lat., And 141° 15' E. Long. The Town Stretches 3 M. Along The Base Of A Lofty Promontory, Which Juts Out Into The Strait Of T'zagar, From The Southern Extremity Of The Island ...
Or Hampshire
Hampshire, Or Familiarly Hants, A Maritime Co. In The S. Of England, Is Bounded On The Iv. By Dorset And Wilts, On The N. By Berks, On The E. By Surrey And Sussex, And On The S. By The English Channel. The County, Including The Isle Of Wight, Has An ...
Or Heddles Healds
Healds, Or Heddles, And Heald Machines. In Weaving, The Threads Of The Warp Are So Arranged, That At Each Passage Of The Shuttle Backwards And Forwards, A Certain Number Of The Warp Threads Are Raised Up, And The Remainder Drawn Down; This Is Done Either With Vertical Threads, Or Lines, ...
Or Heir At Law Heir
Heir, Or Heir-at-law, In English Law, Means The Person Who, In The Event Of No Will Being Left By A Deceased Person Which Indicates A Different Person, Is Entitled By Law To Succeed To The Real Estate Of Such Deceased Person. The Term Is Never Used In The Loose Sense ...
Or Helgoland Heligoland
He'ligoland, Or Helgoland (holy Land), A Small Island In The North Sea, Belonging To Great Britain, Is Situated About 35 Or 40 M. N.w. Of The Mouth Of The Elbe, In Lat. 54 11' N., And Long. 7° 53' East. It Is About A M. Long From N. To S., ...
Or Hermann
Hermann, Or Iieumm, A Name That First Appears In Germany In The 0th C. After Christ, But Is Now It Has Been Erroneously Transferred To That Prince Or Chief Of The Cherusei, Called By Roman Writers Arminius, And By The Greeks Arme Nios. This Personage Was The Sou Of Sigitner, ...
Or Honey Eater
Honey-eater, Or A Name Sometimes Given To Some Of The Sun Birds (q.v.), But Also The Common Name Of A Large Family Of Birds Nearly Allied To These And To Humming-birds, And Peculiar To Australia And The Islands Of That Part Of The World. This Family, Mellphagidce—of The Order Insessores, ...
Or Hooping Cough
Hooping-cough, Or Pertussis,,is An Infectious, And Sometimes Epidemic Dis Ease, Mostly Attacking Children, Espeoially In The Spring And Autumn. Its Earliest Symptoms, Which Usually Appear Five Or Six Days After Exposure To Infection, Are Those Of A Common Cold, As Hoarseness, A Watery Discharge From The Eyes And Nose, Oppression ...
Or Ibicui
Ibicui', Or Lificuv, An Important Affluent Of The Liraguay (q.v.). Imo, A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Ardeidee, Or, According To Some Ornithologists, Of Scolopacidte, And Perhaps To Be Regarded As A Connecting Link Between Them. The Bill Is Long, Slender, Curved, Thick At The Base, The Point Rather ...
Or Itygievic Medicine Hydropathy
Hydrop'athy, Or Itygievic Medicine, Popularly Termed The Water Cure. Under The Head Of Baths And Bathing (q.v.), An Account Has Been Given Of The Bath In General, As A Means Of Preserving Health. We Have Here To Speak Of Water In Its Manifold Uses As An Engine In The Cure ...
Or Kingston On Hull Hull
Hull, Or Kingston-on-hull, An Important And Flourishing English River-port, A Parliamentary And Municipal Borough And Eo. Of Itself, Is Situated Iu The East Riding Of Yorkshire, In A Low, Level Plain On The Northern Bank Of The Humber, At The Continence Of The Hull With That River, 53 In. E.s.e. ...
Or Komul Iiami
Iiami, Or Komul, A T. In Central Asia, On The S. Slope Of The Thian-shan Moun Tains And The N. Verge Of The Gobi Desert, 48' N., And 98° 28' E., 3,150 Ft. Above Tide. The Town Is First Mentioned In Chinese History In The 1st C., Under The Name ...
Or Oboe Hautbois
Hautbois, Or Oboe, A Wind Instrument Of The "reed" Genus. On Account Of Its Piercing Sound, It Was Much Used In Military Bands, In The Middle Of The 17th E., For Playing The Melody, And From It The Whole Band Used In Germany To Be Called Oboisten. The Hautbois, At ...
Or Peddlers Hawkers
Hawkers, Or Peddlers, Or Petty Chapmen, Persons Who Go From Town To Town, Or Door To Door, Selling Goods, Wares, Or Merchandise, Or Exercising Their Skill In Craft. A Considerable Change Has Been Made By Recent Legislation In Regard To This Class. Those Peddlers Exercising Their Calling Entirely On Foot ...
Or Pintado Guinea Fowl
Guinea Fowl, Or Pintado, Numiela, A Genus Of Gallinaceous Birds Of The Family Phasianidw, Having A Short, Strong Bill, The Upper Mandible Vaulted, A Warty Membrane At The Base Of The Bill, And A Wattle Hanging Down On Each Side, The Head And Upper Part Of The Neck Generally Naked, ...
Or Ports Harbors
Harbors, Or Ports, In Law. In England, As Well As Scotland, The Right To Erect And Hold Ports And Havens Is Vested In The Crown. Nevertheless, This Right May Legally Exist In The Subject, Provided The Latter Can Prove That He Has A Charter Or Grant From The Crown, Or ...
Or The Hague
Hague, Or The Hamm (dutch, 'sgravenhage), The Capital Of The Netherlands, And The Residence Of The King, Is A Pleasantly Situated Well-built City In 5. Holland. Pop. '75, 97,565. It Is Intersected In All Directions By Canals, And Shady Avenues Of Linden-trees, And Abounds In Palaces, Public Buildings, And Stately ...
Or The Hanseatic League
Hanseatic League, Or The Was A Trade-union Established In The 13th C. By Certain Cities Of Northern Germany For Their Mutual Safety, And For The Protection Of Their Trade, Which At That Period Was Exposed To The Rapacity Of Rulers, And The Law Less Attacks Of Marauders On Land And ...
The Family Of Hamilton
Hamilton, The Family Of. This Great Historical Family Is Known To Be Of English Origin, But When Or How It Took Root In Scotland Has Not Been Clearly Ascer Tained. Some Genealogists Have Sought To Trace Its Lineage To Robert, Surnamed Blanch Mains, Third Earl Of Leicester, Who Died 1190. ...
The Greek Church
Greek Church, The, Taken In Its Widest Sense, Comprehends All Those Christians Following The Greek Or Greco-slavonic Rite, Who Receive The First Seven General Councils, But Reject The Authority Of The Roman Pontiff, And The Later Councils Of The Western Church. The Greek Church Calls Itself "the Holy Orthodox Catholic ...
The Heptarchy
Hep'tarchy, The, Is The Name Given To Seven Kingdoms Said To Have Been Estab• Lished By The Saxons In England. See Anglo Saxons. The Common Idea Is, That These Seven Kingdoms Were Contemporaneous; But All That Can Be Safely Asserted Is, That Eng Land. In The Time Of The Saxons. ...
The Hermandad
Hermandad, The (sp. "brotherhood "), An Association Of The Principal Cities Of Castile And Aragon, Bound Together By A Solemn League And Covenant For The Defense Of Their Liberties In Seasons Of Trouble. These Confederacies Were Sanctioned By The Sovereigns, As Agents For Suppressing The Increasing Power Of The Nobles, ...
The Hydra
Hydra, The, Or Fresh-water Polype, Is The Type Of The Class Evnnozoa, Which, With The Anthozoa, Form The Sub-kingdom Ealenterata Of Recent Zoologists. See Zoophyte. The Hydra Possesses A Gelatinous, Sub-cylindrical Body, Which, From Its Contractility, Undergoes Various Alterations Of Form. One End Expands Into A Disk Or Foot, Which ...
The Incarnation
Incarnation, The (ante). The Coming Of The Son Of God In Human Flesh Is The Great Fact Which Gives Unity To The Scriptures And Reveals God To Men. Before It Was Accomplished It Was Prefigured In A Series Of Preliminary Manifestations Of The Deity In Human Form, To Whom The ...
The Inclined Plane
Inclined Plane, The, Is Reckoned One Of The Mechanical Powers (q.v.), Becanse. By Rolling It Up A Plane, A Man May Raise A Weight Which Rigy.cbitid Not Lift. Principle Is Extensively Made Use Of, Chiefly In The Raising Of Weights And In Road Making. It Is Here Unnecessary To Go ...
The Native States Of
India, The Native States Of, Are Divided Into Those Which Are Entirely Indepen Dent And Those Which Are More Or Less Under The Control Of The Indian Government. To The Former Class Belong Nepaul (q.v.) And Bhotan (q.v.). To The Latter Class Belong A Large Number Of States, An Estimate ...
The Saint 256 359 Hosius
Hosius, "the Saint" (256-359), B. Either In Egypt Or Spain, Became Bishop Of Cordova About 296 A.d., And Retained The Office More Than 60 Years. He Was A Member Of A Council Held At Elvira, Near Granada, About 305. Having Suffered Persecution During The Reign Of Diocletian And Maximian, He ...