Adam
Adam, The First Man, And Original Progenitor Of The Human Race. The Account Of His Creation Given By Mo Ses, Independently Of Its Inspired Authority, Possesses Every Evidence Of Authenticity That Can Be Reasonably De Sired. Though Short, It Is Comprehensive, And Even Minute ; Not, Like The Heathen Traditions, ...
Adam Smith
Smith, Adam, A Celebrated Scottish Moral And Political Philosopher, Was Born At Kirkaldy. In Fife Shire, On The 5th June 1723. Ile Was The Only Child Of Mr. Smith, Comptroller Of The Customs In That Town, And Who Had Formerly Been Private Secretary To The Earl Of Loudon, When He ...
Adam_2
Adam, Ron Elul', An Eminent Architect, Born At Edin Burgh In 1728. He Seems To Have Enjoyed A Talent For Architecture By Inheritance, As The Works Of His Grand,, Father Arc Said To Have Been Peculiarly Characterized By Taste ; And The Genius Of His Father, William Adam Of Maryburgh ...
Addisons
Addison's Campaign. The Loss Sustained In This Battle By The Vanquished, Was Immense. " By Several Letters Intercepted, (says The Duke Of Marlborough, Writing To The Duke Of Shrewsbury,) Going From The Enemy's Camp At Det Tingen To Paris, Dated The 19th Instant, They Own, That This Battle Has Cost ...
Admiral
Admiral From Ata.seccaioc, Which Is Again Derived From The Arabic Word .thneer, A Prince, And Aac, The Sea, Is A Person Who Holds An Office As A Judge Or President Of A Court For The Trial Of Maritime Causes, And The Regu Lation Of Maritime Affairs ; And Has The ...
Adonia
Adonia, Solemn Feasts In Honour Of Venus, And In Memory Of Adonis. They Were Annually Celebrated, With Peculiar Solem Nity, In The Temple Of Venus At Byblos In Syria, At The Season When The Water Of The River Adonis Was Changed Into Blood. This Uncommon Appearance, Which Afforded Such A ...
Adoption
Adoption, An Act By Which Any One Takes Another Into His Family, Owns Him For His Son, And Appoints Him His Heir. The Origin Of It Is Obvious And Natural. As The Principle Of Lineal Descent, And The Influence Of Pa Rental Affection, Are Peculiarly Strong, It Is Reasonable To ...
Adoration
Adoration, An Act Of Worship, Strictly Due To The Supreme Being Only ; But Performed To Other Objects Also, Whether Idols Or Men. The Forms, Times, Objects, And Places Of Adoration, Are Different In Different Coun Tries, According To The Customs And Religions Which Pre Vail In Them. The Origin ...
Adrian Iv
Adrian Iv., (l'ope) The Only Englishman Who Ever Attained That Dignity, Was Raised To The Pontificate A. 1). 1151. His Original Name Y As Nicholas B•oke Spere, A Native Of Near St Albans, In Hertford Shire. Being Refused Annlission Into The Monastery At St Albans, W Here His Lather Had ...
Adrian Vi
Adrian Vi., (pope) Succeeded Leo X., A. D. 1522. Ile Was A Native Of Utrecht, Of An Obscure Fain Ilv, And Ed Ucated Gratuitously C,t Louvain. Of Consider Able Literary Talents, He Devoted Linsself To The Study Of Scholastic Theology, And Became Distinguished As A Sub Tle Defender Of The ...
Adultery
Adultery, A Violation Of Conjugal Faith By C•imi Nal 11 Itcitou Rse Nvitli Any Person, Either Married Or Gle. When An Unmarried Person Is One Of The Ing Parties, He Is Supposed 10 Be Equally Guilty Of This Emus . Nations Have Considered The Criminality Of Adul Y To Consist ...
Adventure Bay
Adventure Bay, The Name Which Captain Cooke Gave To A Bay In The Southern Part Of New Holland, Cal Led Van Diemen's Land. At The Buttons Of Adventure Bay There Is A Beautiful Sandy Beach, Apparently Formed By Particles Which The Sea Washes From A Fine White Sand Stone. In ...
Advocate
Advocate, A Pluallcr. In England, Pleaders Are Atyled Barrinters At Law. The Qualnicaiion For Siod The English Bar Is Eating- A Certain Number Of Dinners, At The Common Table Of One Or Other Of The Inns Of Court In London. In Scotland, The Fat Tiny Of Advo Cates Enjoy The ...
Adze
Adze, Or Anoica, The Name Of A Cutting Tool, With A Thin Arched Blade, Like A Portion Of A Spherical Surface, And With Its Edge At Right Angles To The Handle. The Ax Is Capable Of Cutting Only In A Vertical Direction ; Hut The Adze May Be Employed Either ...
Aebf
Aebf; It May Be Proved As Before, That Either The Single Attraction Of One Towards The Other, Or The Mu Tual Attraction Of Both Towards Each Other, Will Be As The Distance Of The Centres Ps. If Spheres Are Dissimilar And Inequable In Proceed. Ing Directly From The Centre To ...
Aerial Perspective
Aerial Perspective, The Relative Colours Of Visible Objects, As Modified By Distance, By Accidental Varieties Of Light, And By The Intervention Of Atmosphere. This Term Is, However, More Generally Employed, To Signify The Art Of Imitating These Colours In Painting. The Laws By Which This Art Is Regulated, By No ...
Aeroliths
Aeroliths, From Rile, The Air, And Ar905, A Stone, A Name Recently And Very Improperly Given To The Mine Ral Substances Which Have Fallen From The Atmosphere. See Meteoric Stones. (w) Co:fp The Air, And Yuvroo7, The Art Ror Is The Science Of Navigating The Air By Of Balloons. This ...
Aerostation
Aerostation. In Our Article On Aeronautics Vol. I. We Have Given A Very Full Account Of The History Of Aerial Navigation, And Of The Method Of Constructing, Filling, And Using Balloons, As Well As The Different Pieces Of Apparatus Connected With Them. Since That Article Was Printed, No Essential Improvements ...
Aeu Tocw
Aeu Tocw Vvv Wares. It Is Not Likely That A Race Rf Female Warriors Ever Existed ; Nor Are They Now And Where To Be Found. Straho Is Still More Explicit, And Seems Indignant That Such An Absurdity Should Have Obtained Currency So Long : His Authority Is Entitled To ...
Affection
Affection, In The Philosophy Of Mind, Denotes A Feeling Excited By Some External Cause Or Agent, Which Is Accompanied By Pleasure Or Pain, And Prompts Us To Communicate To The Cause Of The Feeling, A Correspond Ing Enjoyment Or Suffering. Affection May Be Distin Guished From Appetite And Desire, By ...
Affinity
Affinity, In Law, Is That Degree Of Kindred Or Con Nexion Which Subsists Between One Of Two Married Per Sons, And The Blood Relations Of The Other. It Is Only By Affection That This Tic Is Created; For There Is No Real Kindred. A Person Cannot, By Legal Succession, Reap ...
Afghans
Afghans, In History, A Fierce And Untractable Peo Ple, Who Inhabit The Mountainous Country On The Borders Of Persia, And Occupy A Region Extending From The Cas Pian Sc A To The Indus On The East, And From The Same River To Cachmir On The West. This Region Comprehends Four ...
Africa
Africa, One Of The Four Great Into Which The World Has Been Divided ; Ranking Next Alter Asia And America In Point Of Size; But, In Political And Moral Estimation, Inc Meanest Quarter Of The Globe. It Is Bounded On The North By The Mediterranean Sea, Which Separates It From ...
Africa Dacia Scythia Sicilia
Africa. Dacia. Scythia. Sicilia. Rc.) On All Coins Of This Description, The Genius Of A Pro Vince Is Exhibited In The Act Of Presenting A Crown, Or A Small Chest. Among The Ancient Greeks, It Was Cus Tomary To Present To Princes And Great Men Golden Crowns, With A View ...
Agathocles
Agathocles, The Sicilian Tyrant, Was Born At Thermx, In Sicily', B. C. 361. He Was Of Mean Parent Age, And Even Followed The Occupation Of A Potter. After Various Adventures, In Which He Was A Soldier, A Robber, And A Pirate, We Find Him At Last Commander In Chief Of ...
Agimere
Agimere, A Country In The East Indies, Bounded By Giia On The Cast, By Delhi Oil The North, By Guzerat On The South, And On The West By The Great Sandy Desert Of Agim•r•, Stretching Along The Eastern Banks Of The Dus For Nearly 5000 British Miles, With A Breadth ...
Agis Iv
Agis Iv. King Of Lacedemon, And Colleague Of Leo Nidas, In The Government Of Sparta, Was The Son Of Eu Damidas, And The Sixteenth Lineal Descendant From A Gesi Laus. Historians Affirm, That He Was A Youth Of Singular Promise ; And That In Matures Age, He Prepared, By The ...
Agitation
Agitation Of The Waters Of Lakes, &c. A Natur,ll Phenomenon, Which Generally Accompanies Earthquake Though Agitations Have Sometimes Been Perceived When No Motion Of The Earth Was Felt. A Very Reinal Kable Phenomenon Of This Kind Was Observed By Dr Fleming, On The Morning Of The 12th September 1784, In ...
Agows
Agows, A People In Abyssinia, Who Arc Divided Into Two Nations ; The One Caned The Agows Of Damot, From Their Vicinity To That Province ; The Other The 'i'cheratz Agows, From Tchera, A Town And District Near Lasta And Begcmder. (see Abyssinia.) Though Possessed Of A Country Abounding With ...
Agra
Agra, The Most Extensive Province, Or Soubah, Iii Hindustan; Hounded On The North By Delhi, On The East By Oik., On The South By Malwa, End On The West By Agim•re. It Contains Thirteen Circars, Or Counties, Which Again Arc Subdivided Into 203 Pergunnalis, Or Hun Dreds. Agra Yields A ...
Agricola
Agricola, Cnnius Justus, A Celebrated Roman Gtneral, Who Long Waged War Against The Ancient Inha Bitants Of Britain. Ile Was The Son Of Julius Grwcinus, And Born In The Year 40. His Father Was Put To Death By Caligula, And His Mother Afterwards Murdered In A Pira Tical Excursion By ...
Agriculture
Agriculture Claims A Pre-eminence Above Manufac Tures And Commerce, From Its Seniority And Superior Usefulness ; And, To Use An Expression Of The Celebrated Sully, May Be Regarded As The Breasts From Which The State Derives Its Support And Nourishment. Manufac Tures And Commerce Originally Owed Their Existence To Agriculture, ...
Agrigentum
Agrigentum, Called By The Greeks .leragas, A -eity On The South-east Of Sicily, The Site Of Which Is Now Partly Occupied By Girgenti. The Principal Part Of Agrigentum, Next To Syracuse, The Largest City In The Island, Was Situated In The Vale ; But Its Citadel Stood Near The Top ...
Agrippa
Agrippa Menentes, Was Born Of A Plebeian Family, But Soon Rose To The Highest Rank In The State. Ile Was Consul At Rome A. U. 251, B. C. 503, And Obtained The Honours Of A Triumph For A Decisive Victory, Which He Gained Over The Sabines. In The Disputes Which ...
Agrippa_2
Agrippa, The Younger, Son Of Agrippa Herod, Was At Rome When His Father Died ; And Claudius Was At First Disposed To Give Him All The Dominions Which His Father Had Possessed ; But As Agrippa Was Then Only 17 Years Of Age, He Kept Him Four Years At His ...
Ahab
Ahab, King Of Israel, Was The Son And Successor Of Omri. He Married Jezebel, The Daughter Of Ethbaal, King Of The Sidonians ; And Was Persuaded By Her To Es Tablish In Israel The Idols Baal And Ashtaroth. The Pro Phet Elijah Reproved Him For His Idolatry, And Predicted A ...
Ahaz
Ahaz, King Of Judah, Succeeded His Father Jotham; And His Reign Was In Every Respect. Unfortunate And In Glorious. He Was Scarcely Seated On His Throne, When His Kingdom Was Invaded By The United Forces Of Rezin King Of Syria, And Pekah King Of Israel. Ahaz Was Struck With The ...
Ahitopiiel
Ahitopiiel, A Celebrated Character In Scripture. He Was At One Time David's Most Intimate Friend And Counsellor; But Afterwards Became His Most Inveterate Enemy ; For After Absalom Had Succeeded In Exciting A General Disaffection To His Father's Government, Ahi Tophel Instantly Joined Him, And Became The Most Active Of ...
Aiontseizrat
Aiontseizrat, Is The Name Of A Mountain Of Spain, In The Province Of Catalonia, Celebrated For Its Hermitage, And As A Place Of Resort For Pilgrims. It Is Said To Be About 24 Miles In Circumference, Stretching From W. To E. Along The Right Bank Of The River Llobre Gat, ...
Aix La Chapelle
Aix-la-chapelle, (urns 4,pien,cis, Or Aquis P:ranum,) A Free And Imperial City Of Germany, In The Circle Of Westphalia, And Dutchy Of Juliet's, And Capi Tal Of The Department Of Roer. It Is Distinguished From Aix, The Chief City Of Provence, By The Addition Which Appears At The End Of Its ...
Ajutage
Ajutage, Is Generally Synonymous With The Aper Ture Through Which Water Issues From A Vessel ; Though It Is Most Frequently Employed To Signify A Small Piece Of Metal, Through Which Jet D' Eaux Are Projected. Sc, Hydrodynamics. (w) Aix, In Geography, A City Of France, And Capital Of The ...
Akbah
Akbah, A Celebrated Saracen Conqueror, Who Over Ran The Whole Of Africa, From Cairo To The Atlantic Ocean. At The Beach Of Tern Thousand Of The Bravest Arabs, He Marched From Damascus, And Gradually Increased His Army By Numbers Of The Barbarians, Whom He Had Con Quered And Converted. Amid ...
Akbar
Akbar, Eitican, Sultan, One Of The Mogul Em Perors, Was Born In 15.12, And Succeeded To The Throne Of Father In 1556. After Quelling Several Insurrections, Which Marked The Beginning Or His Reign, Lie Completed The Castle Of Agra, At The Expense Of 2,000,500 Rupees, Expended One Million And A ...
Akensi De
Akensi De, Mane, Who Has Been Styled The British Lucre Tins, Was Born At New Eastle-upoli-t Y , The 9th Day Of November 1721, Ilis Lathe R, A •substantiui Butcher In That Town, Was A Presbyterian Dissenter ; And Seems To Have Destined His Son Fur The T Lexical Office ...
Akenside
Akenside, Inscription For The Bust Of Shakespeare.. Our Ingenious Countryman Wood* Had A Higher Opinion Of The Authority Of The Work In Question ; And Although Some Allowance May Be Made For The Gratification Of The Traveller, In Finding That Theory Respecting Homer's Histo Ry, Which He Had Himself So ...
Aktia
Aktia, Zec. The Oly Mpic, Thian, Actian Gum( S, Etc. A Sperinien Of These Will Be Lound In A Coin Of Pe Rinthus In Plate Ccccxx. Fig. 13. In The Roman Coins, On The Other Hand, There Is More Of The Historical And The Symbolical. We Shall Have Oc Casion ...
Ala Manni
Ala Manni, Lein], Celebrated By His Compost Tions In The Lighter Species Of Poetry, Was Born Of O Noble Family, At Florence, On The 28th October, 1.195 Under The Tuition Of Jacopo Diacceto, He Made Such Progress In His Studies At The University Of Florence, As To Outstrip All His ...
Alabaster
Alabaster, The Came Applied By Ancient And Dern Artists To Certain Kinds Of Gypsum And Calc-sinter. The Kinds Of Gypsum Arc The Compact And Foliated ; And These, Cm Account Of Their Softness, And The Delicate Lish They Receive, Have Been Long Employed In Statuary, And Frequently Also For Vases, ...
Alans
Alans, A Fierce And Warlike People, Of Asiatic, And Probably Of Tartar Origin. Their Early Residence Ap Pears To Have Been Near The Districts Of Oula And Solem Skoi, And The Mountainous Country Where The Jairk Takes Its Rise ; But They Aft, R•.% Aids Migrated Towards The South, And ...
Alaric I
Alaric I., King Of The Vi,igoths, And Sprung From The Noble Race Of The Cold, Who Fielded Only To The Amali In The Fame Which Arises From Barbarous Valour. He First Became Distinguished A. D. 376. When He Pas Sed The Danube At The Head Of 200,000 Men ; And, ...
Alascani
Alascani, The Name Of A Religious Sect, Who Took Their Name From John Alasco, A Polish Nobleman, And A Near Relation Of The King Of Poland. He Was Originally A Bishop Of The Church Of Rome, And Purchased The Valuable Library Of Erasmus, When That Learned Man Was Lying On ...
Alauda
Alauda, Lin. &c. Labs. Bill Straight, Short, Conical ; Upper Mandible Arched, Of Equal Length With The Under, And Without A Notch ; Nostrils At The Base Of The Bill Ovoid, And Covered By Small Feathers, Projecting Forward ; The Three Anterior Toes Quite Divided, And The Claw Of The ...