Algarotti
Algarotti, Cots R, W As Bon' At Venice, Of A Re Spectable Lamily, On The 11th Deceinher, 1712. At The Age Of 1.1, After His Father's Death, He Was Sent To Bo Logna, And Prosecuted His Studies, Under The Care Of Eu Stachio Manfredi, And Francis Zanotti. The Latter In ...
Algarvia Algarva
Algarva, Algarvia, Algarvez, Is The Most Southern Province Of Portugal, And Still Retains The Title Of A Kingdom. It Is Bounded On The South And West By The Atlantic Ocean ; On The East By The Guadiana, Which Separates It From Andalusia; And, On The North, It Is Separated From ...
Algiers
Algiers, The Capital Of The Kingdom Of Algiers, Probably The Ancient Lcosium, Is Built On The Declivity Of A Hill In The Form Of An Amphitheatre, Presenting, When Viewed From The Sea, A Beautiful And, Magnificent Spec Tacle. It Is Not More Than Half A League In Circum Ference, Yet ...
Algiers
Algiers, One Of The Most Considerable Kingdoms In That Part Of The Northern Coast Of Africa, Which Is Now Called Barbary, Comprehends Part Of Ancient Mauritania, Particularly What Was Called Mauritania Cxsariensis, And Ancient Numidia. It Derives Its Present Name From Its Metropolis, Which The Turks Call Algezair, Al-jezair, Or ...
Algonquins
Algonquins, A Savage People Of North America, Inhabiting A Part Of Lower Canada, And Formerly Occu Eying The Whole Of The Country Distinguished By That ,carte. They Are Originally The Same People With The Kitlistinons, And Probably Also With The Chippe Ways ; For Their Language Has So Close A ...
Alhambra
Alhambra, The Palace Of The Moorish Kings, In The City Of Granada. It Had Its Name From The Red Co Lour Of The Building, The Word Alhambra Signifying A Red House. This Palace And Fortress (for It Was Most Admirably Adapted For Both) Is Said To Have Been Begun In ...
Alhazen
Alhazen, A Learned Arabian, Who Flourished In Spain About The Beginning Of The Twelfth Century. No Particulars Of His Life Have Been Transmitted To The Pre Sent Day. He Wrote A Treatise On Optics, And Another On Astrology ; The Former Of Which Was Published In 1572, In The Thesaurus ...
Ali Bey
Ali Bey, The Name Of An Eastern Adventurer, Who At Tracted For Some Time Considerable Attention In Europe, Being Considered As The Founder Of A New Dynasty In Egypt. In A Short Time, However, All His Projects Were Overturned, And Lie Is Now Only To Be Classed With Those Rebellious ...
Alicuda
Alicuda, Anciently Ericosa, One Of The Lipari Isles, On The Northern Coast Of Sicily. The Houses, Which Oc Cupy Only The East And South-east Part Of The Island, Are Built With Pieces Of Lava, And Scarcely Admit The Light Of Day. They Are Situated On The Declivity Of The Mountain, ...
Alien
Alien, From ...menus, A Foreigner, Is A Person Born Out Of The Kingdom, And Therefore Under The Dominion Of A Foreign Power. By The Laws Of This Country, Children Born In A Foreign Kingdom, Whose Fathers Are Denizens, Or Natural Born Subjects At The Time Of The Births Of Their ...
Alis
Ali's, A Celebrated Chain Of Mountains, Extending From The Gulf Ol Genoa In A Kind Ol Semicircular Form Through Swisserland, And Terminating On Toe North Of The Adriatic, Occupying A Space Of Near 600 Miles. Much Labour And Ingenuity, As Usual, Have Been Em Ployed In Tracing The Origin Of ...
Alkalis
Alkalis Are A Class Of Chemical Bodies Distinguish Ed By The Following Properties: They Impress The Tongue With A Peculiar Acrid Taste, Which Has Been Termed Caus Tic Or Urinous, A Sensation Commonly Considered As The Contrary Of Sour; They Have A Strong Affinity For Water, With Which They Combine ...
Allah A Bad
Allah A Bad, Anciently Prueg, Or Piyag, The Capi Tal Of The Province Of The Same Name, Siwated At The Confluence Of The Junina And Ganges. According To Dr Robertson, This City Stands 011 The Same Ground With Palibothra, The Ancient And Famous Capital Of The Prasii; And It Must ...
Allan
Allan, Davin, A Celebrated Historical Painter, Who Has Been Called The Hogarth Of Scotland, Was Born At Alloa On The 13th 1744, 0. S. At An Early Age He Exhibited Uncommon Proofs Of Mechanical Skill, Which Was First Observed And Encouraged By A Mr Stew Art, Collector Of The Customs ...
Allan Rants Ay
Rants Ay, Allan, A Scottish Poet Of Considerable Ce Lebrity, Was Born At Leadhills In Lanarkshire, In October 1686. His Father Was Occupied In The Management Of Lord Hopetoun's Mines ; But Having Died Early, And His Widow Having Married Again, Their Son Allan Seems To Have Been Employed Till ...
Allectus
Allectus Was The First Minister And Confidential Servant Of Carausius, Who Reigned In Britain After That Island Was Declared To Be Independent Of Rome, A. D. 287. Prompted By Ambition To Usurp The Regal Dignity, As Well As Desirous To Avoid The Punishment Of His Crimes, Lie Put Carausius To ...
Allegany Mountains
Allegany Mountains, Otherwise Called Tin. Alla/aches, From A Tribe Of Indians Who Live On The Banks Of The Apalachicola, A River Which Proceeds From These Mountains, Are A Part Of That Extensive Range Which Is Situated Between The Atlantic, The Mississippi, And Tin. Lakes Of North America; And Which Runs ...
Allegiance
Allegiance, (ligrantia, From Ligare, Alligarr, To Bind,)* A Term First Used By The Leudists, To (know That Legal Tic, By Which Subjects Are Bound To Their Sovereign Or Liege Lord. The Tie Itself Is, No Doubt, Substantially Implied In The Very Nature Of Government; But The Form, As Well As ...
Allegory
Allegory, In Composition, A Figurative Mode Of Writing, Which Consists In Selecting Something Analogous To A Subject, Instead Of The Subject Itself ; And Describ Ing At Length The Particulars Belonging To The Former, In Such A Manner As To Illustrate What We Mean To Enforce Respecting The Latter. It ...
Allen Ba Thurst
Ba Thurst, Allen, Earl Bathurst, Was Born In Westminster In The Year 1684, His Father Was Sir Benjamin Bathurst Of Pauler's Perry ; And His Mother Was Frances, Daughter Of Sir Allen Apsley Of Apsley. Having Completed His Grammatical Edu Cation, He Was Entered, At 15 Years Of Age, In ...
Alleyn
Alleyn, Low A R D, A Celebrated Comedian In The Reigns Of Elizabeth And James 1. Ile Was Born In Lon Don, On The 1st Of September, 1566, Of Respectable Pa Rents. Allen) Was The Contemporary Of Shak,peare, And Was An Original Actor In Sonic Of His Inimitable Plays. He ...
Alliteration
Alliteration, The Repetition Of The Same Letter, At The Beginning Or Any Emphatic Part Of A Word, At Cer Tain Short Intervals. According To Some Critics, There Is Much Beauty In Alliteration Properly Managed ; Accord Ing To Others, If It Be At All An Ornament It Is One Of ...
Alloa
Alloa, A Sea-port Town In Scotland, In The County Of Clackmannan, Situated Upon The North Side Of The Frith Of Forth. Till Very Lately Alloa Was Ill Supplied With Water, As Is Generally The Case With Towns Which Are Built On Coal Strata ; But It Has Been Recently Brought ...
Alm Ansor
Alm Ansor, Was The Second Caliph Of The Abas Sides, And Succeeded His Brother In The Year 753. No Sooner Was He Seated On The Throne, And Proclaimed Ca Liph In Anbar, The Capital Of The Moslem Empire, Than His Uncle Abdallah-ebn-ali Laid Claim To The Sovereignty. And Levied A ...
Almagro
Almagro, Son Of Diego De Almagro And An Indian Woman, Was About Sixteen Years Of Age At The Time Of His Lather's Death ; And Was Left Heir To His Estate, As Well As Successor To His Gm Lit. But He Was Dispossessed Of Both By Pizarro, And Confined As ...
Almamon
Almamon, A Celebrated Astronomer, And One Of The Caliphs Of Bagdad, Was The Second Son Of The Caliph Ilarun-al-raschid, And Was Born In The Year 786. Who Died In S09, Endeavoured To Provide For The Tranquillity Of His Subjects, By Appointing His Children To Reign In Succession ; But The ...
Almanza
Almanza, A Small Town In New Castile, In Spain, Remarkable For The Battle Fought In Its Neighbourhood, In 1707, In Which The French, Under Marshal Berwick, De Feated The Allies Under The Marquis De Las Minos, And The Earl Of Galway, And Secured The Spanish Throne For Philip The V. ...
Almeyda
Almeyda, Dori Francis, The First Portuguese Viceroy Of The East Indies. After The Portuguese Had Been A Short Time Settled In India, The Mahometans Foreseeing That Their Interference Would Ruin Their Com Merce, Succeeded In Exciting The Jealousy Of The Samo Rin, (the Title Of The Sovereign Who Reigned At ...
Almohedes
Almohedes, The Name Of An African Dynasty, Which Succeeded That Of The Morabitcs, Or Almoravides, In Barbary, About The Beginning Of The 12th Century. (see Aloinus.) This Dyn&sty Was Founded By Abdal Lab, An Obscure Berber Of The Tribe Of Muzaniada, Whose Popularity As A Preacher Inspired Him With The ...
Alnioravides
Alnioravides, In History, A Tribe Of Arabs, Who Retired From Their Native Country, And Occupied A Dis Trict Of Africa, Under The Pretence Of Devoting Them Selves To The Rigid And Sci Upulous Observance Of The Precepts Delivered To Them In The Koran. Hence They Took The Name Of Morabites, ...
Alnwick
Alnwick, The County Town Of Northumberland, In England, 30 Miles From Berwick, And 84 From Edin Burgh, On The North ; 35 From Newcastle, And 310 From London, On The South, The Principal Streets Lead In Nearly A Straight Line To A Spacious Square, Which Forms A Very Convenient Market-place; ...
Alphabet
Alphabet, The Usual Or Customary Series Of The Several Letters Of A Language. The Word Is Derived From Ccapa And Ptra, The First And Second Letters Of The Greek Alpha Bet. Letters Being, Properly Speaking, Written Marks For Denoting The Elemental Sounds Of Which Spoken Lan Guage Is Composed, The ...