Ancona
Ancona, A City And Seaport Town Of Italy, And Capital Of A Marquisate Of The Same Name, Situated On A Small Isthmus On The Gulf Of Venice. This City Is Said To Have Been Built In The Year 408 A. C. By The Svracu Sans, Who Sought An Asylum From ...
Andalusia
Andalusia, The Bcetica Of The Ancients, (from Vandalitia, The Ancient Name Of Beetica, Or Handabisia, Which, In The Arabic, Signifies The Region Of The Even Ing, Or, According To Others, From Vandalusia, The Coun Try Of The Vandals,) Is A Large Province Of Spain, Which Was Formerly Divided Into Higher ...
Andaman
Andaman, Isles, The Name Of A Cluster Of Islands, In The Gulf Of Bengal, Opposite To The Coast Of Malacca, Stretching From North To South. One Of Thes'e Islands, Which Is About 140 Miles Long, And 20 Broad, Is Called The Great Andaman. It Is Surrounded With A Broken And ...
Ande S An
Ande S An Extensive Chain Of Mountains, Running Almost Paral Lel To The Western Coast Of South America, And Usually Called, By The Spaniards, Cordillera De Los Andes. Whether We Consider The Great Extent Of This Range Of Mountains, (in Which Respect It Is Superior To Any Chain Yet Known, ...
Andernach
Andernach, The Antoniacum Of The Ancients, Was Formerly A Town Of Germany, In The Electorate Of Co Logne, But It Now Belongs To France, And Is Situated Near The Rhine, In The Department Of The Rhine And Moselle. Andernach Was One Of The Fortresses Built By Drusus, As A Check ...
Andrea Del Sarto
Sarto, Andrea Del, Whose Real Name Was Van Nucchi, A Celebrated Painter, Was The Son Of A Tailor, And Was Born At Florence In 1488. He Studied The Elements Of His Profession Under Giovanni Barite, With Whom He Continued Three Years. He Then Entered The School Of Pietro Cosimo, Where ...
Andrew Ellicott
" Andrew Ellicott. " His Excellency, Manuel Gayoso De Lemos."t To This Communication, A Not Very Polite Note Was Returned, And Neither Day Nor Place Was Named To Receive The Credentials Of The United States' Commissioner; Who, On The 27th, Addressed Him Self Directly To The Governor General Of Louisiana, ...
Andrew Melville
Melville, Andrew, A Learned Scotsman, And One Of The Most Distinguished Successors Of John Knox In The Prysbyterian Church, Was The Youngest Of Nine Sons Of Richard Melville Of Baldovy, In Forfarshirc, And Was Born On The 1st Of August, 1545. In His Second Year, He Lost His Father At ...
Androides
Androides, In Illechanics, From Ayq A Man, And Eid`og Form ; A Machine Resembling The Human Figure, And So Contrived As To Imitate Certain Motions Or Actions Of The Living Man. It Is Considered As The Most Perfect Or Difficult Of The Automata Or Self Moving Engines : Because The ...
Andronicus I
Andronicus I, Was The Younger Brother Of John, The Son Of Isaac, And The Grandson Of Alexius Comne Nus. Ile Was Remarkable For The Strength And Beauty Of His Person, His Dexterity In Arms, Persuasive Elo Quence, And Ferocious Courage. "in Every Deed Of Mis Chief," Says Gibbon, "he Had ...
Andros
Andros, Now Andro, One Of That Cluster Of Islands In The Archipelago, Which Were Called The Cyclades, Lies Between Negro-pont And Tino, And Is About 15 Miles From Delos. It Is Said To Have Derived Its Name From Andrius, One Of The Generals Appointed By Rhadaman Thus To Govern The ...
Aneiioscope
Anei\ioscope, From Oeve•-05, The Wind, And Cs.oz-eto, Observe, Is Properly An Instrument For Observing The Direction Of The Wind, Or The Point Of The Compass From Which It Blows ; Though It Has Been Confounded With The Word Anemometer, And Sometimes With Hygrometer. It Is Synonymous With The Words Plagoscope ...
And Dreaming We Of
Of Sleep, And Dreaming. W'e Have Now Been Considering The Functions And Pow Ers Of The Living Body As Acting According To Certain Gene Rat Laws, And Proceeding In A Regular Course Without In Terruption Or Deviation. But This, We Are Aware, Is By No Means The Case; We Are ...
And Penal Code Penitentiary
Penitentiary, And Penal Code Of Pennsylva Nia. The Following Is A Short Statement Of The Penal Code Of Pennsylvania. By A Law Of April 22, 1794, It Was Enacted, That No Crime, Except Murder Of The First Degree, Should Be Punish Ed By Death. Alders, Abettors, And Counsellors, Are Held ...
And Them Definitions Of
Definitions Of Solids, And Them Pnorewries. A Prism Is A Solid, The Ends Of Which Are Similar And Equal Parallel Plane Figures, And The Sides Parallelo Grams ; And If The Ends Of The Prism Are Perpendicular To The Sides, The Prism Is Called A Right Prism, But If Otherwise, ...
And Of The Objects
Of The Objects Of Gardening, And Or Tile Ples By Which These Objects Are Attained. From The Remarks In The Preceding Chapter, The Reader Will Be Prepared To Include Under The Objects Of Gardening, As A Generic Term, All The Various Purposes, Useful As Well As Ornamental, Of A Country ...
And On Formations On
On The Formation Of Rocks, And On Formations Having Now Described The Different Kinds Of Struc Ture Which Occur In The Crust Of The Earth, We Shall Next Treat Of The Formation Of Mountain Rocks, And Of The Revolutions Which The Earth Is Alleged To Have Expe Rienced During Its ...
And The Passions We
Of Volition, And The Passions. We Have Frequently Had Occasion To Refer To The Ope Rations Of The Will, And To The Connexion Which It Has With The Action Of The Muscles, Upon Which Is Founded The Division Of Muscular Motions Into The Two Classes Of Voluntary And Involuntary. It ...
And The Rights Thence
Of Transaction's With Fortagn Nations, And The Rights Thence Arising. 1. A Natural Consequence Of The Liberty And Independ Ence Of Nations Is, That Every Sovereign Has A Right To Make In His Own Dominions Whatever Arrangements He May Judge Proper For The Internal Security Of The State ; Whether ...