Acroteria
Acrote'ria, In Architecture, Small Pedestals, Upon Which Globes, Vases, Or Statues Stand At The Ends Or Middle Of Pediments. It Also Denotes The Figures Themselves Placed In Such Situations. Act, In A General Sense, Denotes The Exertion, Or Effectual Application, Of Sonic Power Or Faculty. Act Is Distinguished From Power, ...
Aivciiitect
Aivciiitect, One Who Is Skilled In Architecture. The Architect Forms Plans Owl Designs For Edifices, Conducts The Work. And Directs The Artificers Employed In It. Ar'c Lictecture, The Art Of Invent Ing And Drawing Designs For Buildings, Or The Science Which Teaches Tho Method Of Constructing- Any Edifice For Use ...
Art Unions
Art-unions Are Societies Formed For The Encouragement Of The Fine Arts By The Purchase Of Paintings, Sculptures, He. Out Of A Common Fund Raised In Small Shares Or Subscriptions ; Such Works Of Art, Or The Right Of Selecting Them, Being Distributed By Lot Among The Subscribers Or Members. They ...
Augustine Age
Augus'tine Age, A Term Used To Designate The Reign Of Augustus, The Most Brilliant Period In The Literary His Tory Of Rome. The Wars That Had Long Distracted The Roman Empire Had Stifled The Cultivation Of Literature And The Arts; And When The Battle Of Actium Had Terminated Internal Commotion, ...
Berculaneum
Bercula'neum, An Ancient City Of Naples, Overwhelmed By An Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius In The Reign Of Titus; It Was Discovered In The Year 1689, Since Which Time Many Manuscripts, Paintings, Statues, And Other Relics Of Antiquity, Have Been Discovered. From The Excava Tions That Have Been Made From Time ...
Bona Dea
Bona Dea, In Roman Mythology, A Goddess Concerning Whom A Great Diver Sity Of Opinion Prevails, Even Among The Writers Of Antiquity. She Is Represented By Macrobius, Who Treats At Length Upon Her Nature And Worship, As Synonymous With The Grecian Rhos Or Cybele. The Bona Pea Had Two Temples ...
Bonze
Bonze, An Indian Priest, Who Wears A Chaplet Of Beads About His Neck, And Carries A Staff, Having A Wooden Bird At One End. The Bonzes Of China Are The Priests Of The Fohists, Or Sects Of Fohi ; And It Is One Of Their Established Tenets, That There Are ...
Boreas
Bo'reas, In Grecian Mythology, The Son Of Astrmus And Aurora, And Usually Worshipped As The God Of The North Wind. There Are Few Of The Minor Grecian Divinities Of Whom So Strange And Multi Farious Exploits Are Recorded As Of Bo Rers; And It Is Interesting To Trace To Its ...
Calendar
Cal'endar, N Distribution Or Divis Ion Of Time Into Periods Adapted To The Purposes Of Civil Life ; Also A Table Or Re Gister Of Such Divisions, Exhibiting The Order In Which The Seasons, Months, Festi Vals, And Holidays Succeed Each Other Du Ring The Year. The Word Is Derived ...
Camaites
Camaites, A Sect Among The Jews Who Adhere Closely To The Text And Letter Of The Scriptures, Rejecting The Rabbinical Interpretations And The Cabbala. Car/avan, A Company Of Merchants, Travellers, Or Pilgrims, Who Associate To Gether In Many Parts Of Asia And Africa, That They May Travel With Greater Secu ...
Candeladra
Candela'dra, Were Objects Of Great Importance In Ancient Art; They Were Originally Used As Candlesticks, But After Oil Was Introduced, They Were Used To Hull Lamps, And Stood On The Ground, Be Ing Very Tall, From Four To Seven Or Ten Feet In Height. The Simplest Candelabra Were Of Wood, ...
Canon
Can'on, A Word Of Various Significa Tions, Of Which We Can Only Enumerate The Principal. 1. In Cathedral And Collegiate Churches There Are Canons Who Perform Some Of The Services, And Are Possessed Of Certain Rev Enues Connected With Them. These Are, Strictly Speaking, Residentiary Canons : Foreign Canons Are ...
Ceremonv
Cer'emonv, An Assemblage Of Seve Ral Actions, Forms, And Circumstances, Serving To Render A Thing More Magnifi Cent And Solemn; Particularly Used To Denote The External Rites Of Religious Wor Ship, The Formality Of Introducing Ambas Sadors To Audience, &e.—illaster Of The Ceremonies, An Officer Instituted By James I. For ...
Chaipberlain
Chaipberlain, A High Officer In All European Courts. Originally The Chamberlain Was The Keeper Of The Treas. Nre-chamber ; And This Meaning Of The Word Is Still Preserved, In The Usages Of The Corporations Of London And Other Places, Where The Chamberlain Is The Officer Who Keeps The Money Belonging ...
Chance
Chance, A Term Applied To Events That Are Supposed To Happen Without. Any Known Or Necessary Cause; Or, Rather, Of Which The Cause Is Such That They May Happen In One Way As Well As Another. Thus, When A Piece Of Money Is Tossed Up In The Air, As No ...
Charge
Charge, In A General Sense, Is That Which Is Enjoyed, Committed, Intrusted Or Delivered To Another, Implying Care, Cus Tody, Oversight, Or Duty To Be Performed By The Party Intrusted. Charge. In Civil Law, The Instructions Given By The Judge To The Grand Jury.—in Ecclesiastical Law, The Instructions Given By ...
Chronology
Chronol'ogy, The Science Which Determines The Dates Of Events, And The Civil Distinctions Of Time. The Divisions Of Time Are Either Natural Or Artificial; The Natural Divisions Of Time Are The Year, Month, Week, Day, And Hour, Deduced From The Motions Of The Heavenly Bodies, And Suited To The Purposes ...
Circus
Circus, A Straight, Long, Narrow Building, Whose Length To Its Breadth Was Generally As Five To One. It Was Divided Down The Centre By An Ornamented Bar Rier Called The Spina, And Was Used By The Romans For The Exhibition Of Public Spec Tacles And Chariot Races. There Were Several ...
Civil
Civ'il, An Epithet Applicable To What Ever Relates To The Community As A Body, Or To The Policy And The Government Of The Citizens And Subjects Of A State. It Is Opposed To Criminal: As A Civil Suit, A Suit Between Citizens Alone, And Not Be Tween The State And ...
Classical
Classical, In The Fine Arts, A Term Denoting Such An Arrangement Of A Sub Ject That All The Accessories Or Parts Are Suitable To The General Design, And Such That Nothing Be Introduced Which Does Not Strictly Belong To The Particular Class Under Which It Is Placed. In Antiquity, The ...
Clpent
Clpent, A Person Who Seeks Advice Of A Lawyer, Or Commits His Cause To The Management Of One, Either In Prosecut Ing- A. Claim, Or Defending A Snit In A Court Of Justice.—among The Romans, A Client Meant A Citizen Who Pot Himself Under The Protection Of A Man Of ...
Colise Mi
Colise Mi, An Elliptical Amphithea Tre, At Rome, Built Be Vespasian, It Which Were Statues Representing All The Provinces Of The Empire. And In The Mid Dle Stood That Of Rome, Holding A Golden Apple In Her Hand. This Immense Struc Ture Was 1612 Feet In Circumference, Con Tained Eighty ...
Color
Col'or, The Type Of Color Is Found In. The Prismatic Spectrum Or The Rainbow. In Which We Discover That A Ray Of White Light In Capable Of Lacing Decomposed Into Three Primitive Colors—red, Blue, And Yellow ; These, By Their Mixture, Produce Three Other Colors, Which Are Termed See Ondury ...
Colorist
Col'orist, A Painter Whose Works Are Remarkable For Beauty Of Color. Titian, Correggio, Paul Veronese, Rubens, Van Dyke, Are In The First Rank Of Colorists. The Venetian And The Flemish Schools Have Supplied The Greatest Number Of Colorists, As Well As The Best ; Always Ex Cepting Correggio, The Founder ...
Commerce
Com'merce, In A General Sense, Is The Intercourse Of Natioint In Each Other's Pi:otiose C: Manufactures, In Which Tho Superfluities: Of One Aro Given For Those Of Another, And Then Re-exchanged With Other Nations For Mutual Wants. Coin Melee Is Hnth And Intand. For Eign Commerce Is The Trade Which ...
Common Prayer Book
Common Prayer Book, The Name Given To The Collection Of All The Offices Of Regular And Occasional Worship Accord Ing To The Forms Of The Church Of England. The Basis Of This Book Is To Be Found In The King's Set Forth In 1546 By Henry Viii., Which Was Intended ...
Commons
Commons, The Lower House Of Par Liament, Consisting Of The Representatives Of Cities, Boroughs, And Counties, Chosen By Men Possessed Of The Property Or Qualifications Required By Law. This Body Is Called The House Of Comma/is; And May Be Regarded As The Basis Of The British Constitution. The Origin Of ...
Composition
Composi'tion, In A General Sense, The Putting Together, And Of Sev Eral Things, So As To Form Of The Whole Ono Mass Or Compound-- Composition Of Ideas, An Act Of The Mind, Whereby It Unites Sev Eral Ideas Into One Conception, Or Complex Idea.—in Literature, The Act Of Inventing Or ...
Comptia
Comptia, In Roman Antiquity, An Assembly Of The People, Either In The Comilium Or Campus Llartius, For The Election Of Magistrates, Or Consulting On The Important Affairs Of The Republic. The People Originally Gave Their Votes Vi•d Voce, But In Process Of Time This Was Su Perseded By The Use ...
Congress
Congress, An Assembly Of Envoys, Commissioners, Deputies, &c. From Differ Ent Courts, Who Meet To Concert Measures For Their Common Good, Or To Adjust Their Mutual Concerns. Having Exchanged Their Credentials, The Envoys Of The Differ Ent Powers Carry On Their Negotiations Directly With Each Other, Or By The Inter ...
Consul
Con'sul, In The Roman Common Wealth, The Title Of The Two Chief Magis Trates, Whose Power Was, In A Certain De Gree, Absolute, But Who Were Chosen Only For One Year. The Authority Of The Two Consuls Was Equal ; Yet The Valerian Law Gave The Right Of Priority To ...
Copt
Copt, In Law, Signifies The Transeript Of Any Original Writing, As The Copy Of A Patent, Charter, Deed, Sc. A Common Deed Cannot Be Proved By A Copy Or Coun Te•part, The Original May Be Pro Cured. But If The Deed Be Enrolled, Cer Tifying An Attested Copy Is Proof ...
Courts
Courts, Criminal Courts Of Justice., Established In Germany During The Middle Ages. These Courts Are Com Monly Said To Have Originated In Those Held By The Nissi Dominic', Or Imperial Legates, Sent By Charlemagne Into The Provinces Of His Empire ; Hut Many Cir Cumstances Denote Their Descent From The ...
Coven Ant
Coven Ant, In History, The Famous Bond Of Association Adopted By The Scot Tish Presbyterians In 1638. It Was Framed On The Model Of A Similar Declaration, Which Had Been Twice Solemnly Subscribed In The Early Period Of The Reformation ; But In More Violent Language, And With More Specific ...
Credit
Credit, In Political Economy, Is A Term Used To Express The Lending Of Wealth, Or Of The Means Of Acquiring Wealth, By One Individual Or Set Of Indi Viduals To Another. The Party Who Lends Is Said To Give Credit, And The Party Who Borrows To Obtain Credit. Bence Credit ...
Criticism
Criticism. Has Been Defined "the Art Of Judging With Propriety Concerning Stny Object, Or Combination Of Objects." In A Somewhat More Limited, But Still Ex Tensive Meaning. Its Province Is Con.finod To Literature, Philology, And The Fine Arts; And To Subjects Of Antiquarian, Scientific, Or Historical Investigation. In This Sense, ...
Cross
Cross, In Antiquity, An Instru Ment Of Ancient Vengeance, Con Sisting Of Two Pieces Of Timber, Crossing Each Other, Either In The Form Of A T Or An X. That On Which Our Saviour Suffered, Is Represented On Coins And Other Monuments To Have Been Of The Former Kind. This ...
Crucifix
Crucifix, The Representation Of The Saviour On The Cross, But Especially That Plastic One Seen On The Altars Of Catholic Churches, In The Centre Of Which It Stands, Overtopping The Tapers, And Only Remov Ed At The Elevation Of The Host. Its In Tention Was To Lead The Mind Back ...
Crusades
Crusades, The Name By Which The Wars Or Military Expeditions Were Distin Guished, That Were Carried On By The Christian Nations Of The West, From The End Of The 11th To The En.1 Of The 13th Cen Tury, For The Conquest Of Palestine. They Were Called Crusades, Because All The ...
D2edalus
D2ed'alus, In Fabulous History, The Great-grandson Of Erechtheus King Of Athens, Is Celebrated As The Most Ancient Statuary, Architect, And Mechanist Of Greece To Him Is Ascribed The Inven Tion Of The Saw, The Axe, The Plummet, And Many Other Tools And Instruments; And To Such A Degree Did He ...
Dancing
Dan'cing, May Be Defined To Be A Graceful Movement Of The Figure, Accom Panied By Gestures And Attitudes Indica Tive Of Certain Mental Emotions, And By Measured Steps In Harmony With A Piece Of Music Arranged For The Purpose. The Great Antiquity Of Dancing Is Attested By History, Both Sacred ...
Dash
Dash, In Music, A Small Mark, Thus I, Denoting That The Note Over Which It Is Placed Is To He Performed In A Short And Distinct Manner. Data, =rug Mathematicians, A Term Used For Such Things And Quantities At Are Given Or Known, In Order To Find Other Things Therefrom, ...
Deacon
Dea'con, A Minister Of Religion, Hold Ing, In Protestant Churches, The Lowest Degree In Holy Orders. The First Appoint Ment Of Deacons Is Mentioned In Acts Vi., Where The Apost Les Direct The Congrega Tion To Lock Out Seven Own Of Honest Report, Upon Whom They May Lay Their Hands. ...
Death
Death', A Total And Permanent Cessa Tion Of All The Vital Functions, When The Organs Have Not Only Ceased To Net, But Have Lost The Susceptibility Of Renewed Action. "men," Says Lord Bacon, " Fear Death, As Children Fear The Dark ; And As That Natural Fear In Children Is ...
Dedication
Dedica'tion, The Act Of Consecrat Ing, Or Solemnly Devoting, Any Person Or Thing To The Service Of God, And The Pur Poses Of Religion.—feast Of Dedication, An Anniversary Festival Among The Jews, In Memory Of Judas Maceabatus, Who Repaired And Dedicated Anew The Temple And Altar, Which Had Been Plundered ...
Degree
Degree', In Universities, A Mark Of Distinction Conferred On The Students Or Members Thereof As A Testimony Of Their Proficiency In Arts Or Sciences, And En Titling Them To Certain Privileges. This Is Usually Evinced By A Diploma. The First Degree Is That Of Bachelor Of Arts ; The Second, ...
Description
Description, In Rhetoric, Is Uses To Designate Such A Strong And Lively Rep Resentation Of Any Object As Places It Before The Reader In A Clear And Satisfac Tory Light. The Execution Of This Task, As Is Universally Admitted, Is Attended With Great Difficulty, And Requires No Or Dinary Powers. ...
Despotism
Des'potism, A Form Of Government Where The Monarch Rules By His Solo And Uncontrolled Authority. In Popular Lan Guage, All Governments Are Called Des Potical That Are Administered By One In Dividual Whose Decisions Are Not Con Trolled By Any Representative Assembly Or Recognized Subordinate Authbrities. Thus, We Are In ...
Dialogue
Di'alogue, In Literature, A Compo Sition Or Part Of A Composition In The Form Of A Conversation Between Two Or More Persons. The Dialogue Was The Form Must Generally Adopted By The An Cients For The Conveyance Of Instruction. And Was Considered Equally Applicable To The Most Grave And Philosophical, ...
Diana
Dia'na, In Mythology, The Latin Name Of The Goddess Known To The Greeks By The Name Of Artemis, The Daughter Of Jupiter And Latomt, And Sister Of Apol Lo. She Was The Virgin Goddess Of Tho Chase, And Also Presided Over Health. The Sudden Deaths Of Women Were At Tributed ...
Didascalia
Didasca'lia, A Term In Use Among The Greek Writers Of Antiquity, And Till Within The Last Century Among Almost All The Nations Of Modern Europe, Applied To The Representation Of Dramatic Pieces, Or To Critical Notices Of The Stage, And Of Every Thing Appertaining Thereto. Dldo'llon, In Ancient Architecture, A ...
Dilettant
Dilet'tant, A Term Wholly Natu Ralized In France, England, And Germa Ny ; Signifying An Amateur, Chiefly Of Music, But Also Of The Kindred Sciences. The Dilettant Is One Who Treats Art Em Pirically, A Lover Of Art Who Is Not Satis• Fied With Looking And Enjoying, But Nntst Needs ...
Diora24a
Diora'24a, A Mode Of Painting Or Scenic Representation, Invented By Two French Artists, Daguerre And Benton, And Recently Brought Forward As A Pub Lic Exhibition In All The Principal Cities Of Europe. The Peculiar And Very High Degree Or Optical Illusion Produced By The Diorama Depends Upon Two Princi Pies; ...
Diplomatics
Diplomat'ics, The Science Of Deci Phering Ancient Writings, Assigning Their Date, &c. The Name Is Derived From Di Ploma. Ivritings Of Earlier Date Than The Fifth Century Were Mostly On The Leaves Of The Papyrus, Or Bibles .egyptiaca. Parchment Appears To Have Been First Generally Used In That Century ; ...
Diplonacy
Diplon'acy, In Its Most Re Stricted Sense, Is Used To Express The Art Of Con Ducting Negotia Tions Or Arranging Treaties Between Nations By Means Of Their Foreign Ministers, Or Writ Ten Correspond Ence ; But, In Its Most Extended Sig Nification, It Em Braces The Whole Science Of Negotia ...
Divorce
Divorce', A Separation, By Law, Of Husband And Wife ; And Is Either A Di Vorce A Vincula Matrimonii, That Is, A Complete Dissolution Of The Marriage Bonds, Whereby The Parties Become As Entirely Disconnected As Those Who Have Not Been Joined In Wedlock, Or A Divorce Mensa Et Moro ...
Doggerel
Doggerel, An Epithet Given To A Kind Of Loose, Irregular, Burlesque Poetry, Like That Of Iludibras. Dog'_fil A, A Principle, Maxim, Tenet, Or Setticd Opinion, Particularly With Re Gard To Matters Of Faith And Philosophy; As, The Dogmas Of The Church; The Dog Mas Of Aristotle.—in Theology, Dogma Has Been ...
Dormant
Dor'mant, An Epithet Expressive Of A State Of Inaction Or Sleep. Hence We Speak Of Dormant Animals, Or Such As Re Main Several Months In The Year Appa Rently Lifeless, Or, At Least, In Utter Inac Tivity. The Period Of Long Sleep Gener Ally Begins When The Food Of Two ...
Dove
Dove, The Dove, In Christian Art, Is The Symbol Of The Holy Ghost ; As It Is Represented In Its Natural Form, The Body Of A Snowy Whiteness, The Beak And Claws Red, Which Is The Color Natural To Those Parts In White Doves. The Nimbus, Which Always Surround? Its ...
Dragon
Dragon, In Fabulous History, One Of The Most Famous Mythological Crea Tions Of Antiquity And The Middle Ages. The Position Which This Being Occupies In Fabulous History Presents One Of The Most Singular Phenomena Of The Human Mind, As Its Existence Was Firmly Accred Ited Among The Ancients Of Almost ...
Drama
Dra'ma, (from The Greek Word 6pripa, On Action Or Thing Done ; Derived From The Verb Epee), I Ant Or Do,) Has Been De Fined A Species Of Poem In Which The Action Or Narrative Is Not Related But Represent Ed. The Invention Of The Drama. Is One Of Those ...
Dratery
Dratery, In Sculpture And Paint Ing, The Representation Of The Clothing Of Human Figures; Also Hangings, Tapestry, Curtains, And Most Other Things That Are Not Flesh Or Landscape. Although It Is The Natural Body, And Not Some Append Age Added By Human Customs And Reg Ulations, That Sensibly And Visibly ...
Dreams
Dreams, May Be Defined To He Those Trains Of Ideas Which Occupy The Mind, Or Those Imaginary Transactions In Which It Is Engaged, During Sleep. Dreams Constitute Some Of The Most Curious Phe Nomena Of The Human Mind, And Have In All Ages Presented To Philosophers A Sub Ject Of ...
Duel
Duel, Signified Originally A Trial By Battle Resorted To By Two Persons As A Means Of Determining The Guilt Or Inno Cence Of A Person Charged With A Crime, Or Of Adjudicating, A Disputed Right ; But In Inure Modern Times It Is Used To Signify A Hostile Meeting Between ...
Dumb
Dumb, The Most General, If Not The Sole Cause Of Dumbness, Is The Want Of The Sense Of Hearing; And Nothing Is More Fallacious Than The Idea, That The Want Of Speech Is Owing To The Want Of Mental Capacity. The Necessity Of Com Munication, And The Want Of Words, ...
E Herci 1
Her'ci 1,e:;, In Mythology, One Of The Most Celebrated Personages Of Antiquity, Believed To He The Son Of Jupiter And A Lennon , The Daughter Of Elcctryon, King Of Myeeme. The History :lad Wonderful Exploits Of This Hero Are Su Well Known, That It Would Be Superfluous To Dwell Up ...
E Sysiyi
Sys"i'yi,e, In Architecture, The Disposi Lion Of Columns In N Building Near To Earls Other, Hut Not Quite So Thick As The Pyc Nostyle : The Intercolumnial Ion Being Only Two Diameters Of The Column. Sysy'ti Ia, In Music, Any Combination Of Sounds So Proportioned To Each Other As To ...
Eagle
Eagle, In History, The Symbol Of Royalty ; As Being, According To Philos Tratus, The King Of Birds. I Lessee, In The Scriptures, A Chablman And Egyptian King Are Styled Eagles. The Eagle Was Borne As A Standard By Many Nations Of Antiquity. The First Who Assumed It, Ac Cording ...
East India Cost Pan V
East-india Cost Pan V, " The T;ov Ernor And Company Of Merchants Of Lon Don Trading To The East Indies," The Most Celebrated Commercial Association Either Of Ancient Or Modern Times, Which Has Extended Its Sway Over The Whole Of The Mogul Empire, Was Incorporated Abouf The 42d Of Queen ...
Ecclesia
Eccle'sia, In Ancient History, The Great Assembly Of The Athenian People, At Which Every Free Citizen Might Attend And Vote. This Assembly, Though Nomi Nally Possessed Of The Supreme Authority Of The State From The Earliest Times, Yet Having No Fixed Times Of Meeting, Was But Seldom Convened At All ...
Echinus
Echi'nus. The "egg And Tongue" Or " Egg And Anchor" Ornament, Frequently Met With In Classical Architecture, Carved On The Ovolo. The Type Of This Ornament Is Considered To Be Derived From The Chest Nut And Shell. Emu°, A Sound Reflected Or Reverber Ated From Some Hard Surface, And Thence ...
Eclectics
Eclec'tics. Those Philosophers Who, Without Attaching Themselves To Any Par Ticular Sect, Select Whatever Appears To Them The Best And Most Rational From Each.—the Eclectics Were A Feet Of Greek Philosophers Who Endeavored To Mould The Doctrines Of Pythagoras And Plato, A-nd Blend Them With The Theology Of The Egyptians, ...
Eclogue
Ec'logue, In The Original Meaning Of The Word, The Select Or Choice Pieces Of An Author; Or Extracts Collected Out Of Former Works, Such As Were Termed In Latin Excerpta. It Is Not Known How This Title Was Originally Given To The Pas Toral Poems Of Virgil ; But From ...
Edict
E'dict, An Order Issued By A Prince To His Subjeets, As A Rule Or Law Requiring Obedience. In Roman History We Fre Quently Meet With The Edicts Of The Em Perors And The Edicts Of The Prietors, Con Taining Notices To The People In What Manner They Intended To Execute ...
Education
Educa'tion In Its Most Extended Signification, May He Defined, In Reference To Man, To Be Tbe Art Of Developing And Cultivating The Various Physical, Intel Lectual, And Moral Faculties ; And May Thence Be Divided Into Three Branches— Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Educa Tion. This Definition Is By No Means ...
El Dorado
El Dorado, The Name Given By The Spaniards To An Imaginary Country, Sup Posed In The 10th Century To Be Situated In The Interior Of South America, Between The Rivers Oronneo And Amazon, Said, As The Name Implied, Abounding In Gold And All Manner Of Precious Stones. After The Spanish ...
Elopem Ent
Elope'm Ent, In Law, The Voluntary Departure Of A Wife From Her Husband To Go And Live With Another Man. In Com Mon Acceptation, The Secret Departure Of Any Female With Her Lover, Either To Be Married Or To Lire Together Illicitly. El'oquence, The Art Of Clothing The Thoughts In ...
Emancipation
Emancipa'tion, By The Ancient Roman Law, The Son Stood In The Relation Of A Slave To The Father. By A Fiction Of That Law, The Son Might Be Freed From ',his Relation By Being Three Times Sold Oy The Father. Renee The Ment Of The Son Derived From This Cere ...
Emblem
Emblem, This Word Is Used Frequently As A. Synonym With Attribute, Symbol, Image, And Allegorical Figure. So In Discriminately Are These Terms Employed, That It Becomes A Task Of Great Difficulty To Point Out Their Special Application, And It Toast Be Admitted That. The Shades Of Difference Are So Light, ...
Embroidery
Embroi'dery, The Name Given To The Art Of Working Figures On Stuffs Or Muslins With A Needle And Thread. All Embroidery May Be Divided Into Two Sorts, Embroidery On Stairs And On Mus Lin : The Former Is Used Chiefly In Church Vestments, Housings, Standards, Articles Of Furniture, &e., And ...
Emperoii
Em'peroii, Was Originally Merely The Title Of A Roman General ; But, On The Fall Of The Republic It Was Particularly Ap Plied To The Head Of The State. The Au Thority Of The Roman Emperors Was Form Ed Principally By The Combination Of The Chief Offices Of The Old ...
Enamel
Enamel, A Kind Of Colored Glass, Principally Formed By The Combination Of Different Metallic Oxydes, And Used In Enamelling And Painting In Enamel. Enamels Have For Their Basis A Pure Crystal-glass, Or Frit, Ground Up With A Fine Calx Of Lead And Tin, Prepared For The Purpose, With The Addition ...
Entilisii
Entilisii, The Language Spoken By The People Of England, And Their De Scendants In India, North America, And The British Colonies. The Ancient Inn Gunge Of Britain Is Generally Allowed To Have Been The Same With That Of The Qnulo ; This Island, In All Probability, Having Been First Peopled ...
Epic
Epic, A Poem Of An Elevated Eharae Ter, Describing Generally The Exploits Of Heroes. This Species Of Poetry Claims A Very Ancient Origin, And Is Universally Allowed To Be The Most Dignified An I Ma Jestic To Which The Powers Of The Poet Eon Be Directed. There Are Various Regarding ...
Epic Representation
Epic Representa'tion, The Epos Or Epic Poem, Relates A Grand Event On Which Important Consequences Depend. In Plastic Art, Reliefs On Walls, And Friezes. And Encaustic, And Fresco-painting Which Eon Be Executed On Large Surfaces As Well As Oil-paintings, By Which A Considerable Space On Canvas May Be Filled, Are ...
Epitapji
Epitapji, Literally An Inscription On A Tomb. As Has Been Well Observed, In Scriptions In Honor Of The Dead Are Per Haps As Old As Tombs Themselves ; Though They Were By No Means Bestowed In Such Profusion In Ancient As In Tnodern Times. Among The Greeks, For Instance. This ...
Equity
Equity, In A Moral Sense, Is The Im Partial Distribution Of Justice. So, In An Enlarged View, Blackstone Observes :— " Equity, In Its True And General Mean Ing, Is The Soul And Spirit Of All Law ; Positive Law Is Construed, And Rational Law Is Made By It. In ...
Erse
Erse, The Language Of The Descendants Of The Gaels Or Celts, In The Highlands Of Scotland.—ersc Is A Corruption Of Iris/j. The Highlanders Were Supposed By Their Gothic Neighbors To Be An Irish Colony, And Hence The Name Given To Their Lan Guage. The Highlanders Themselves In Variably Call It ...
Essay
Essay, In Literature, An Attempt ; Species Of Composition. In General, This Title Is Given To Short Disquisitions On Subjects Of Taste, Philosophy, Or Common Life, In This Sense It Has Been Applied To Periodical Papers, Published At Regular Intervals Under A Collective Name. By One Or More Writers, Containing ...
Etacts
Etacts, In Chronology, The Excease, Of The Solar Month Above The Lunar Synod Ical Month, And Of The Solar Year Above The Lunar Year Of Twelve Synodical Months. The °pacts, Then, Are Either Annual Or Monthly. Suppose The New Moon To He On The 1st Of January : Since The ...
Evidence
Evidence, In Its Most General Sense, Means The Proofs Which Establish, Or Have A Tendency To Establish, Any Facts Or Conclusions. It May Be Divided Into Three Sorts, Mathematical, Moral, And Legal. The First Is Employed In The Dem Onstrations Which Belong To Pure Math Ematics; The Second Is Employed ...
Exchange
Exchange', In Commerce, Traffic By Permutation, Or The Act Of Giving One Thing Or Commodity For Another. The Receipt Or Payment Of Money In One Country For The Like Sum In Another, By Means Of Bills Of Exchange. Thus, A In London, Is Creditor To B In New York, To ...
Exeruise
Ex'eruise, The Exertion Of The Body, For Health, Amusement, Labor, Or The At Tainment Of Any Art.. Exercise Increases The Circulation Of The Blood, Attenuates And Divides The Fluids, And Promotes A Regular Perspiration, As Well As A Due Se Cretion Of All The Humors ; For It Acceler Ates ...
Extremity
Extremity, In Its Primary Sense, Signifies The Utmost Point Or Border Of A T Hung. It Also Denotes The Highest Or Fur Thest Degree; As The Extremity Of Pain Or Suffering; Or The Greeks Have Endured Oppression In Its Utmost Extremity.—in Painting And Sculpture, The Extremities Of The Body, Are ...
Ezekiel
Eze'kiel, One Of The Four Principal Prophets. Like Them, He Beers A Book ; But His Own Peculiar Attribute Is A Mond Gate With Towers, Which Is Either Placed In His Hand Or Standing By His Side, And Which Referring To His Vision Of The New Temple, Is The Type ...
Fable
Fa'ble. A Fictitious Narration, Or Spe Cies Of Didactic Allegory, Which May Be Described As A Method Of Inculcating Practicable Rules Of Worldly Prudence Or Wisdom, By Imaginary Representations Drawn From The Physical Or External World. It Consists, Properly, Of Two Parts: Symbolical Representation, And The Appli Cation Of The ...
Fairies
Fairies, Imaginary Beings, Who Oc Cupied A Distinguished Place In The Tra Ditional Superstitions Of The Nations Of Western Europe, And Especially In These Islands. Their English Name Is Proba Bly Derived From " Fair," Or Has The Same Etymology With That Word ; And, Although Some Similarity Has Been ...
Faith
Faith, In Divinity And Philosophy, The Firm Belief Of Certain Truths Upon The Testimony Of The Person Who Reveals Them. The Grounds Of A Rational Faith Are, That The Things Revealed Be Not Con Trary To, Though They May Be Above Natu Ral Reason ; That The Revealer Be Well ...