Be Rbice
Be Rbice, The Name Of A River Of South Ameri Ca, In The Province Of Guiana, Which Runs From South To North, And Discharges Itself Into The Atlantic Ocean. It Is Chiefly Remarkable For An Extensive Set Tlement Formed Upon Its Banks, In The Beginning Of The Seventeenth Century, By ...
Bear
Bear, A Wild Animal Of The Mammalia Tribe, Of Which Naturalists Have Enumerated Nine Different Spe Cies. In This Enumeration, However, They' Include Several Animals Which Have Very Few Properties In Common With The Bear, And May With Greater Pro Priety Be Reduced Under Different Classes ; Such Are The ...
Beard
Beard, The Hair Which Grows Upon The Chin And Contiguous Parts Of The Face, In Males, And Some Times, Though Rarely, In Females, At The Age Of Puber Ty. The Growth Of The Beard, In Men, Is A Sign Of Maturity, Or Approaching Manhood ; And Takes Place. At The ...
Beausobre
Beausobre, Isaac De, An Eminent French Protestant Divine, Was Born At Niort In Swisserland, On The 8th Of March 1659. Little Is Known Of His Ancestors, But That They Were Originally From Pro. Vence, And Had Taken Refuge In Swisserland From The Massacre Of St Bartholomew. From His Tenderest Years ...
Beauty
Beauty, In Its Most General Sense, Denotes, Any Quality, Or Assemblage Of Qualities, In Objects, Which Arc Calculatec•to Excite In The Observer, Emotions Of Delight And Complacency. In A More Limited And Appropriate Sense, Beauty Is Restricted To Those Qua Lities Of Objects Which Excite.in The Mind A Species Of ...
Beaver
Beaver, In Zoology, The English Name Of The Castor Fiber Of Systematic Naturalists. The Gene Ric And Specific Differences Of The Beaver Tribe, And The Peculiarities Of Structure That Distinguish The Common Bearer From Other Quadrupeds, Will Be Given Under Mammalia ; But In The Present Article We Propose To ...
Bec Ket
Bec Ket, Tito Nias A, Archbishop Of Canterbury, Was The Son Of Gilbert Becket, Sheriff Of London,• And Was Born In That City A. D. 1119. Being Des Tined For The Church, He Prosecuted His Studies At Oxford With Great Assiduity And Success ; From Thence He Was Removed To ...
Bedford
Bedford, A Very Ancient Town In The Central Part Of England, And The Capital And Only Borough Town In The County Of The Same Name, (see Bed Fordsuireo Is Situated On Both Sides, But Principally On The North Side Of The Ouse River, Which Is Naviga Ble From The Eastern ...
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire, Is An Inland County Of Eng -land, Bounded On The S. W. And W. By Buckingham -shire, On The N. W. And N. By Northamptonshire,.on :the N. And N. E. By Huntingdonshire, On The E. By -cambridgeshire, And On The S. E. • And S. By Hert Fordshire. It ...
Begemder
Begemder, A Rich And Valuable Province In Abyssinia, Is Bounded On The North By Balysan, A District Adjoining To Samen ;. On The East By Lasta And Angot ; On The South By Amhara, Which Runs Paral Lel To It, And From Which It Is Separated By The River Bashils ...
Beiieim Behem
Behem, Beiieim, Boeiime, Beiiin, Or Beiiin• Ira, Martin, A Navigator And Geographer Of The Fifteenth Century, To Whom The Credit Of Discovering America Has Been Ascribed, In Preference To The Claims Of Christopher Columbus. Behem Was Born At Nuremberg, In Germany, Of A Noble Family, Some Branches Of Which Are ...
Beiiring Beering
Beering, Beiiring, Or Bentxo's Island, Lies In The North Pacific Ocean, In 55° North Lat. And About 167° Of East Long. : The Southern Extremity Bearing North The Harbour Of St Peter And St Paul, 192 Miles Distant. It Is 104 Miles In Length, And 15 In Breadth : The ...
Beira
Beira, A Province Of Portugal, Divided Into The Upper And The Lower Beira. It Is Bounded On The North, By The River Douro, Which Separates It From The Pro Vinces Of Entre Douro A Minho, And Tralos Montes. The Ocean And Part Of Estremadura Limit' It On The West ; ...
Belfast
Belfast, A Large Flourishing Town Of Ireland, In The County Of Antrim, And Capital Of The Province Of Ulster, Situated At The Mouth Of The River Lagan, Which Separates It From The County Of Down. The Lower Part Of The Town Is Not Elevated More Than Six Feet Above High ...
Belgrade
Belgrade, The Alba Grax0runi• Of The An Cients, Is The Capital Of Servia In Turkey, And Is Situ Ated On The Declivity Of A Hill, At The Junction Of The Save With The Danube. The Streets Of Belgrade Are Covered With Wood, To Shelter The Inhabitants When Engaged In Their ...
Belisarius
Belisarius, Supposed To Have Been Born And Educated In Thrace, Was First One Of The Private Guards, And Afterwards The Chief Commander Of The Armies Of Justinian. He Was First Entrusted With The Command Of A Body Of Troops On The Persian Fron Tiers ; And About Four Years Afterwards, ...
Bell
Bell. If Any Definition Be Required Of What Is So Well Known, And In Such General Use As A Bell, It May Be An Inverted Vas 2, Which, Struck With A Clap Per, Is Employed Singly As A Signal, And When Com Bined, Either In Churches Or As A Musical ...
Bell Rock
Bell Rock, The Name Of A Rock In The German Ocean, Formerly Called The Scape, And The Inch Cape. The Word Scape, In Reference To This Rock, May Be Considered A Corruption Of Scamp, Or Sea/p, A Bed Of Shell Fish ; Or As Arising From A Resem Blance Which ...
Belleisle
Belleisle, An Island Of France, In The Depart Ment Of Morbihan, Situated In The Bay Of Biscay, About Six Leagues From The Coast Of France. It Is About Six Leagues Long, And Two Broad, And Is So Stir. Rounded With Sharp Pointed Rocks, That There Are On Ly Three Places, ...
Bencoolen
Bencoolen, A Sea Port Town On The South West Coast Of The Island Of Sumatra. After. The Eng Lish Had Lost The Pepper Trade Of Bantam, They Form. Ed A Settlement Here In 1685, Anti Fort York Was Built By The East India Company In 1690. As The Town And ...
Benedictines
Benedictines, An Order Of Monks, Insti Tuted A. D. 529, By Benedict Of Nursia, From Whom They Had Their Name. The Object Of The Founder Was To Establish An Order Which Should Be Distinguish Ed By The Mildness Of Its Discipline, And The Regulari Ty Of Its Members ; And ...
Benediction
, Benediction, In A General Sense, Is The Act. Of Blessing, Or Of Praying To God For A Divine Bles Sing ; But It Is Also Used To Signify Praise, Or A Grate Ful Acknowledgment Of Blessings Received. Hence It Has Been Applied To The Act Of Saying Grace Both ...
Bengal
Bengal, The Most Eastern Province Of Hindostan, ... And One Of The Fifteen Sonbahs, Into Which That Em Pire Was Divided In The Reign Of Acbar Is Situated On Each Side Of The River Ganges.. It Is Bound Ed On The North, By Asam, Bootan, And Balm- ; On The ...
Bengal Stripes
Bengal Stripes, Known Also By The Appella Tion Of Gingham, Is One Of The Numerous Varieties Of The Cotton Manufacture Which Have Been Derived From Indian Sources, And Recently Cultivated To Very Great Extent In Britain. A Very Near Relative Of The Writer Of This Article, Was The First Person ...
Benin
Benin, Sometimes Called Great The Most Extensive In Guinea, Is Bounded On The North By Gago, Nigritia, And A •chain Of Moun Tains ; On The South By The Gulf Of Guinea ; On The West By The Kingdom Of Ardra ; And On The East By Mujak And Istanna. ...
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin, Benjamin, The Celebrated American Po Litician And Philosopher, Was Born At Boston In New Eng Land, In The Year 1706. He Was The Youngest Son Of Josiah Franklin, A Silk Dyer In Northamptonshire, Who Removed To America In 1682, Where He Embraced The Occupation Of A Soap-boiler And Tallow-chandler, ...
Benjamin Jonson
Jonson, Benjamin, (or, As His Name Is Commonly Ab Breviated, Bey) The Dramatic Poet, Was Born In The Early Part Of The Year 1574. His Grandfather Was A Man Of Some Family And Fortune, Originally Settled At Annandale In Scot Land, From Which Place He Removed To Carlisle, And Was ...
Benjamin Robins
Robins, Benjamin, A Celebrated English Mathe Matician, Was Born At Bath In The Year 1707. Although His Parents, Who Were Quakers, Were Not Able To Give Him Much Education, Yet, From The Native Vigour Of His Own Mind, He Initiated Himself Into Various Branches Of Knowledge, Particularly Mathematics. His Friends ...
Benjamin West
West, Benjamin, The Youngest Son Of John And Sarah West, Was Born In The Township Of Spring Field, In The County Of Delaware, Then A Part Of Chester County, Pennsylvania, On The 10th Of Octo Ber 1733. The West Family Emigrated From England With William Penn On His Second Visit ...
Ber Trees
Ber Trees. These Subjects, Though Not Strictly Of One Nature, Are So Connected Together, That They May With Pro Priety Be Treated Of In One Chapter. The Majority Of Enclosures In Britain Being Made By Planting Thorn Hedges; And As All Woods And Plantations Should Be Com Pletely Fenced, So ...
Bergia
Bergia, A Genus Of Plants, Of The Class Decan- Dria, And Order Pentagynia. Sec Botany. (w) ' Bergman, Torbern, Sir, A Celebrated Swe Dish Chemist, Was Born At Catharineberg, In The Pro Vince Of West Gothland, On The 20th March 1735. His Father, Who Was Receiver Of Finances In The ...
Berkshire
Berkshire, One Of The Most Beautiful Of The Inland Counties Of England, Is Bounded On The North By The Thames, Which Divides It From Oxfordshire On The Westward, And Buckingham On The Eastward ; On The East By Part Of Surrey And By The Thames, Which There Separates It From ...
Berlin
Berlin, A City In Germany, The Capital Of Bran Denburg, And The Residepee Of The Prussian Court, Is Situated On The Banks Of The Spree, A Considerable Stream Which Falls Into The Havel, One Of The Tribu Tary Rivers Of The Elbe. The Situation Of Berlin Is By No Means ...
Bern
Bern, A Town Of Switzerland, And The Capital Of The Canton Of The Same Name, Is Situated On The Banks Of The River Aar, Which Almost Encircles The Town. The Principal Streets Of This City Are Long, Broad, And Gently Curved. The Houses Are Nearly Uniform, And Of The Same ...
Bernard Albinus
Albinus, Bernard Sizq::iteo, Or Smornot, One Of The Most Eminent Of The Foreign Anatomists. And Pro Fessor Of Anatomy And Surgery At Leyden, Was Horn At Frankfort Upon The Oder, In The Year 1698. Ile Recei Ved The First Part Of His Education At Leyden, Where Hi.. Father, Bernard Albinus ...
Bernard De Montfaucon
Montfaucon, Bernard De, A Celebrated French Antiquary, Was Born At Soulagc, In Languedoc, On The 17th Of January, 1655. His Parents, Distinguished Among The Nobility Of Those Pails, Usually Resided At The Chateau Of Roquetaillade, Where He Lived Till The Age Of Six Ye,rs. His Education Was Then Entrusted To ...