Alphonso I Or Don
Alphonso I. Or Don Alonso Enriquez, The First King Of Portugal, Was Born In The Year 1109. 1k Was The Son Of Henry Count Of Burgundy, And Of Theresa, Daughter Of Alphonso Vi., King Of Leon And Castile. His Father Had Received, As A Dowry With His Wife, The Greater ...
Alps
Alps And Appenines.) Italy Is Intersected By Rivers In Almost Every Direction. The Most Considerable Are—the Po, Which Rises From Mount Vesula, About 30 Miles South-west From Turin, (at Which City It Is 1200 Feet Broad,) Flows Through A Course Of 300 Miles, Waters 50 Cities In Its Progress, Receives ...
Altar
Altar, A Pile, Constructed In Various Forms, And Of Various Materials, On Which Sacrifices Were Offered. Altars Are No Doubt Of Very High Antiquity: They Are Supposed By Many To Be As Ancient As Sacrifices Them Selves, Which Appear To Be Nearl) Coem Al With Worship. It Does Not, Lion ...
Alvares De Luna
Alvares De Luna, In Biography, High Treasurer To John Ii. King Of Castile, And A Remarkable Favourite Of That Prince. He Was Born In 1388, And Was The Ille Gitimate Son Of Alvaro De Luna, A Nobleman Of Arragon, And Of An Inferior Woman, Whose Character Was That Of The ...
Am Alaric
Am Alaric, One Of The Kings Of The Visigoths. At The Age Of Live Years He Succeeded To The Throne Of His Father Alaric 11., But The Sovereignty Being Usurped By His Natural Brother Gensalaic, He W As Compelled To Fly For Shelter To Spain. His Grandfather Theodoric, King Of ...
Am Nionius
Am Nionius, Surnamed •acca•, From His Formet Profession A Porter, Was The Founder Of The Eclectic Philosophy At Alexandria. Lie Was Born Of Christian Parents, And, According To Some, Continued Through Life To Profess Christianity ; But Porphyry And Others Claim Him As A Convert To Paganism. Eusebius Defends Him ...
Amaiianus
Amaiianus Marceli.inus,a Valuable Roman ]his Torian. He Entered Early Into The Military Profession : He Attached Himself To Ursicinus, Master Of The Horse To Constantius, And Accompanied Him, About 370, In Several Expeditions To The East. On These Occasions, He Ren Dered Some Essential Services To His Patron, Having Dis ...
Amalasontha
Amalasontha, Queen Of Italy, And Daughter Of Theodoric, King Of The Ostrogoths, Was Distinguished By Her Talents And Virtues, As Well As By The Misfortunes Which Marked Her Short And Unhappy Reign. She Was Horn In 1498, And Was Married In 1515 To Eutharic, The Last Descendant Of The Amali, ...
Amalekites
Amalekites, A Powerful People Of Arabia Petrxa, Are Generally Considered As The Descendants Of Amalek, The Son Of Elephaz, And Grandson Of Esau. (gen. Xxxvi. 12. 16.) It Is Not Easy, However, To Conceive How They Could Have Become A Numerous Tribe In The Space Of Two Generations ; And ...
Amaltheo
Amaltheo, The Name Of Three Brothers, Who Were All Distinguished In Italy As Latin And Italian Poets. They Were The Sons Of Francesco Amaltheo, Professor Of Belles Lettres At Sadie, And Flourished About The Middle Of The Sixteenth Century. Girolamo, Or Jerome, Was Horn At Oderzo, In The Trevisan, In ...
Amasiah
Amasiah, King Of Judah, Succeeded His Father Joash In Tne 25th Year Of His Age ; And In The Year Behave Christ 839. At The Commencement Of His Reign, He Showed Sonic Reverence To Divine Authority ; And When He Punished The Murderers Of His Father, He Spared Their Families ...
Amasis
Amasis, A King Of The Egyptians, Began To Reign In The Year Before Christ 569. From The Station Of A Com Mon Soldier, He Became One Of The Principal Officers In The Court Of Apries. A Number Of The Egyptians Having Rebelled Against The Authority Of That Prince, Amasis Was ...
Amazonia
Amazonia, A Large Country In South America, So Called From The Amazons, Or Female Warriors, By Whom It Was Said To Be Inhabited. Amazonia Is About 1400 Miles Long, And 900 Broad ; Extending From The Equator To About 20° S. Lat. And Bounded On The North By Terra Firma, ...
Amazons
Amazons, Originally Called The Alaragnon, A River Of South America, Which Takes Its Name Front A Race Of Savages Without Beards, Who Inhabit Its Banks, And Who Were At First Regarded As Women By The Europeans. It Is One Of The Largest In The World, And Is Distinguished By The ...
Amazons_2
Amazons, In Ancient History, A Nation Of Female Warriors, Who Are Said To Have Formed A Society From Which Men Were Entirely Excluded. Authors, However, Are Not Perfectly Agreed On This Point : Some Inform Us, That The Amazons Killed All Their Male Children As Soon As They Were Born ...
Ambassador
Ambassador, The Representat'i've Of One Sove Reign Power At The Court Of Another. As This Is The Character In Which An Ambassador Has Always Been View Ed, Great Difficulties Have Occurred In The Asiatic King Doms Concerning The Reception Of Envoys From The Vice Roys Of The Dutch And English ...
Amber
Amber, (bernstein, Germ.; Succin, Cambe,./.1mbre ?aune, Fr. ; Succinum, Lat.) Is A Yellow-co Loured Inflammable Mineral, Divided By Werner Into Two Sub-species, Viz. White And Yellow, Which Are Distin Guished From Each Other By Colour, External Surface, Lustre, Fracture, And Transparency. During Pulverization It Gives Out A Slight And Not ...
Ambergris
Ambergris, Sometimes Also Called Grey Amber, Has An Ash-grey Colour, Marked With Yellowish, Brown, And White Streaks. It Occurs In Irregular Shaped Masses, Which Have A Compact Texture ; Its Specific Gra Vity Varies From 0.78 To 0.92, According To Brisson. Bouillon La Grange Found Its Specific Gravity From 0.849 ...
Amboyna
Amboyna, One Of The Principal Of The Molucca Islands, And The Only One In Which Cloves Are Permitted To Be Cultivated. It Is Situated In The Archipelago Of St Lazarus, In S. Lat. 42', And 128' Cast Of London. It Lies About 120 Leagues Cast Of Batavia ; And Is ...
Ambracia
Ambracia, A City Of Thespotia, In Epirus. It Was Built On The River Aractus, And From Its Vicinity To The Gulf Of Arta, That Inlet Was Called The Sinus Ambracit: No Traces Of This City Remain Zt Precent: Hut The Gt1j Graphical Por,ition Of Arba In Upper Albania, Seems To ...
Ambrose
Ambrose, St, Was Born At Arles, Where His Father Resided As Governor Of Gaul; And While He Lay In His Cradle, A Swarm Of Bees, It Is Said, Were Seen To Settle On His Lips. This Is Considered As Having Been A Pro Phetical Indication Of His Eloquence ; And, ...
Ambrose_2
Ambrose, Isanc, A Presbyterian Clergyman Of Great Learning And Piety. He Was Born In 1591 ; But His Parentage Is Unknown. He Appears, However, To Have Been Liberally Educated ; And Is Said, By His Biographers, To Have Studied The Classics And Belles Lett•es With Much Attention. He Was Thoroughly ...
Ambrosius Auizelianus
Ambrosius Auizelianus, A General Of The Ancient Britons, Though Of Roman Extraction. Ile Was Brought Up At The Court Of Aldroen Of Armorica ; And Was Sent By That Prince Into Britain, At The Head Of 10,000 Men, With A View To Aid The Southern Inhabitants Of The Island Against ...
American Academies
American Academies. An Academy In America, Similar To Those In Europe, Had Been In Contemplation Before The Commencement Of The American War, But It Was Not Carried Into Effect Till The End Of The Year 1779. At That Time, Notwithstanding The Pressure Of War, A Number Of Gentlemen Applied To ...
American Law There
American Law There Is In Fact, Properly Speaking, No General Law Of There Is In Fact, Properly Speaking, No General Law Of The United States Of America, Except The Federal Constitu Tion, And The Statutes Enacted By Congress In Pursuance Of It. Of Course It Extends Only To Such Subjects, ...
Amml R At
Amml R At 0 Scmetu, Surnamed The Elder, A Cele Brated Historian, Was Born At Lecca, In The Of Naples, On The 27th September 1531, Of A Noble Family. At The Age Of L6, He Was Sent To Naples To Study Law, For The Profession Of Which His Father Had ...
Ammoniac
Ammoniac. This Substance Is A Gum Resin, Ob Tained From A Plant Of The Genus Ferula. Dioscorides Says, It Is The Juice Of A Kind Of Ferula, Growing In Bar Bary, And That The Plant Which Produces It Was Called Agasyllis. Pliny Calls The Plant, Whence It Flows, Met O ...
Ammonites
Ammonites, A People Of Ccelo-syria, Who Were Descended From Amnion, Or Ben-ammi, The Son Of Lot, (gen. Xix. 38 ; Jos. ..lutir . I. I. C. 11.) They Attacked A Gigantic Tribe, Called Zanzummim, Or Zuzim, Who Dwelt In The Mountainous Part Of Gilead, And Took Possession Of Their Country ...
Amos
Amos, One Of The Minor Prophets, Was Contempora Ry With Hosea, And Prophesied About 780 Years Before Christ. He Was By Profession A Herdsman, And Appears To Have Been Born In The Territories Ol Israel ; But, After Being Driven From Bethel, (amos Vii. 10, &c.) He Re Tired To ...
Amphibia
Amphibia, In Zoology, The Third Class Of Animals In The Linnaan System. These Animals Are Characterised By Having Vertebra, And Cold Blood, Respiring By Means Of Lungs ; And Being Destitute Of Hair, Feathers, And Mamma. The Amphibia, From The Peculiar Structure Of Their Organs, And The Power Which They ...
Amphibious
Amphibious, In Natural History, A Term Applied To Those Animals Which Possess, In A Considerable De Gree, The Power Of Living With Equal Facility Both On The Land And In The Water; But, In Technical Language, It Is Confined To Those Animals Which Constitute The Amphibia Of Naturalists. Strictly Speaking, ...
Amphion
Amphion, The Name Of Two Different Princes, Who Lived During The Fabulous Era Of ; One, The Son Of An Unknown Father, By Antiope, Daughter Of Nyeteus, King Of Bccotia; The Other, Son Of Jasus, King Ol Orchomenos, By Persephone, Daughter Of Mitts. Amphion, The Son Of Antiope, Was Renowned ...
Amphitheatre
Amphitheatre, Called Sometimes Visorium, An Edifice Of An Elliptical Form, Resembling Two Theatres Turned Towards Each Other, With A Spacious Area In The Middle, On Which Were Exhibited Various Kinds Of Games And Spectacles, Particularly Combats Of Gladiators And Wild Beasts. To Conceal The Blood Shed In These Com Bats, ...
Ampiiictyons
Ampiiictyons, The Deputies Of The Principal States Of Greece, Who Formed A General Council, Similar To The States-general Of Holland, Or The Diet Of The German Umpire. It Is Remarkable, That Though This Institution Indicates A High Degree Of Political Wisdom, And A Cur Rett And Extensive View Of The ...
Amsterdam
Amsterdam, An Island In The Indian Sea. E. Long. 76° 54'; S. Lat. 38° 42'. Part Of The Crew Of An Ameri Can Vessel, Who Had Been Left On This Island For The Pur Pose Of Collecting The Skins Of Seals And Sea-lions, With Which Its Shores Abound, Were Found ...
Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Principal City In Holland, Though Not The Scat Of Government, I4 Situated At The Conflux Of The River .amstel With A Branch Of The Zuyder-zee, Which, From Its Form, Is Called The Y, Or Wye. Its Name Was Originally Amstelredam, The Damn Or Dyke Of The Am Stel. ...
Amurath Iii
Amurath Iii. Secured His Advancement By The Now Established Practice Of Devoting To Death All The Other Males Of The Deceased Sultan's Family. This Prince Was Even More Superstitious Than His Father; And Every Action Of His Reign Was Prompted And Regulated By The Reveries Of Astrology. He Timidly Yielded ...
An Glin
An Glin G Is A Mode Of Taking Fish, By A Hook, Baited With Worms, Minnows, Flies, &c. Either Natural Or Artificial, Which Is Attached To A Line, Generally Of Plaited Or Twisted Horse Hairs, Depending From A Tapering Stick, Sometimes In One Piece, But More Usually Jointed, Called An ...
Anabaptists
Anabaptists, In Church History, A Sect Whose Origin It Is Difficult To Trace, But Which Produced Terri Ble Commotions In Switzerland, Holland, And Germany, About The Time Of The Reformation. The Distinguishing Doctrine Of This Sect, And From Which It Derived Its Name, Is The Invalidity Of Infant Baptism, And ...
Anacharsis
Anacharsis, A Scythian Philosopher,who Flourish Ed About 600 Years Before The Christian Aera. His Father, Who Was A Man Of Note In His Nation, Had Married A Gre Cian Lady, By Whom Her Son Was Instructed In The Greek Language, And Inspired With A Taste For The Literature Of Her ...
Anacreon
Anacreon, A Famous Grecian Lyric Poet, And The Father Of That Lighter Species Of Versification Which Is Employed In Celebrating The Influence Of Love, And In Recommending The Careless Enjoyment Of Convivial Plea Sures. The Authentic Particulars Of The Life Of This Celebrated Bard Are Few. But The Industry And ...
Analogy
Analogy, In Philosophy, A Certain Relation, Corres Pondence, Or Agreement, Between Several Things In Some Respects, Which Yet Differ In Others. It Includes, There Fore, A Resemblance Joined With Some Diversity ; And, According To The Schoolmen, Its Foundation Is Laid In The Proportion Of Several Things, Contemplated As Proceed ...