Hence
Hence.) The Following Year Is Marked By The Death Of Innocent Iii., Whose Intrigues Had So Much Raised The Papal Authori Ty, And Occasioned So Many Wars In Europe. Besides His Unprincipled Political Conduct, His Character Is Stained By His Cruel Persecutions Of The Albigenses, And The Encour Agement For ...
Henry Briggs
Briggs, Henry, A Celebrated Mathematician, Was Born In 1556, At Warley Wood, Near Halifax, In The West Riding Of Yorkshire. At The Age Of 23 He Left The Gram Mar School, And Went To St John's College, Cambridge. In 1581 He Took His Degree Of Bachelor Of Arts. And Three ...
Henry Brooke
Brooke, Henry, An Ingenious Author, Though Of Eccentric And Irregular Talents, Was Born In Ireland, In The Year 1706. In The Earlier Period Of His Life, He Be Came A Pupil Of The Celebrated Dr Sheridan, And After Wards Prosecuted His Studies At Dublin College, Whence Lie Removed To The ...
Henry Cornelius Agrippa
Agrippa, Henry Cornelius, Celc:brated As One Of The Reformers Of Learning, Was Born On The 14th Septem Ber, 1486, At Cologne, Of The Noble And Ancient Family Of Nettesheym. Following The Profession Of His Ancestors, Who Had Long Been In The Service Of The House Of Aus Tria, He Entered ...
Henry Fielding
Fielding, Henry, The Celebrated English Novellist And Dramatic Writer, Was Born At Sharpham Park, Near Glastonbury, In Somersetshire, On The 22d Of April 1707. His Father, Edmund Fielding, Esq. Who Was Nearly Related To Many Noble And Respectable Families, Served In The Wars Under The Duke Of Marlborough, And Eventually ...
Henry Fr 1nc1s D
Auuesseau, Henry Fr 1nc1s D', A Chancellor Of France, And, According To Voltaire, The Most Learned Magistrate Which That Country Ever Possessed, Was Born At Limoges In 1668. He Filled The Office Of Advocate-gen Oral For 10 Years, And Was Promoted To Dint Of Procureur General In 1700 ; In ...
Henry Home
Home, Henry, Lord Karnes, One Of The Senators Of The College Of Justice In Scotland, And An Eminent Writer Both On Professional And Other Subjects, Was Born In The Year 1696. His Father, George Home Of Karnes, Was A Gentle Man Of An Ancient And Honourable Family, Though Of Small ...
Herald
Herald. In The Histories Of The Heroic Ages, We Find Important Functions Ascribed To Those Officers Whom The Greeks Call Iesievieco-, And The Romans Feciales. Their Cha Racter Is Represented As Sacred And Inviolable ; And In I Lo Their Common Epithet Is "the Divine." Their Duties Were Not Less ...
Heraldry
Heraldry On The Origin Of Armories. 2. No Subject Has Given Rise To Greater Diversity Of Opi Nion Among Antiquarians, Than The Origin Of Armorial En Signs. The Writers Of The 16th And 17th Centuries, Who Still Continue To Be The Chief Authorities On This Subject, Seem In General To ...
Herat
Herat Is A City Of Persia, And Formerly The Capital Of Khorassin. It Is The Ancient Aria Or Artacoana, The Capital Of Ariana. Herat Is Situated In A Spacious And Highly Cul Tivated Plain, Encircled By Lofty Mountains, And Traversed By The River Herirood, Which Runs Into The Caspian Sea ...
Herculaneum
Herculaneum, Is An Ancient City Of Italy, Situated On The Bay Of Naples, And Supposed To Have Been Either Founded By Hercules, Or In Honour Of Him, 1250 Years Be Fore The Christian Era. About 957 Years Later, The Romans Seem To Have Taken Possession Of The City, And To ...
Hercules
Hercules, One Of The Most Illustrious Heroes Of Antiquity, And The First Of The Dii Minorum Gentium, Or Demigods. He Was Descended From The Kings Of Argos ; But In The Pagan Mythology, He Is Said To Have Been The Son Of Jupiter By Alemena, The Wife Of Amphitryon, King ...
Hereford
Hereford Is A Town Of England, In The Hundred Of Grimsworth, 135.1 Miles W. N. W. From London. It Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The River Wye, Over Which It Has A Stone Bridge Of Six Arches, Constructed In The 15th Century. The Streets Are In General Wide ...
Herefordshire
Herefordshire Is An Inland County In The West Of England, And On The Borders Of Wales. It Is Situated Be Tween 51° 53 7", And 52° 29' 43" North Latitude, And 2° 28' 30" And 3° 19' 32" West Longitude From London. It Is Bounded On The North By Shropshire ...
Heresy
Heresy, (lat. Ficeresis, Gr. ;:qeg-“, From Atveu, 1 Chuse,) Signifies An Error In Some Essential Point Of Chris Tian Faith, Publicly Avowed, And Obstinately Maintained ; According To The Legal Definition, Sententia Rerun Divinarum Hunzano Sensu Excogitata,fialanzdocta,et Pertinaciter Dcfensa. Particular Modes Of Belief Or Unbelief, Therefore, Which Have No Tendency ...
Hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite, Is A Living Being Possessing The Organs Of Generation Belonging To Both Sexes. On Surveying The Origin, The Progress, And Decay Of The Animal Creation, There Is Sufficient Reason To Infer, That Na Ture Is Infinitely More Solicitous About Preserving The Differ Ent Genera And Species Than The Individuals ...
Herod
Herod, King Of Judea, Surnamed The Great, On Ac Count Of His Power And Talents, As It Frequently Happens, Rather Than Of His Virtues, Was The Second Son Of Antipater The Idumxan, And Was Born At Ascalon In Judea, About Seventy Years Before The Christian Xra. At The Age Of ...
Herod Agrippa
Agrippa, Herod, Was The Son Of Aristobulus And Berenice,* And Grandson Of Herod The Great. He Was Born About Seven Years Before The Christian Era. After The Death Of His Father, Herod Directed His Education, And Sent Him To Rome. He Was Favourably Received By Tiberius, And Placed About The ...
Herodotus
Herodotus, The Most Ancient Of The Greek Histo Rians Whose Works Are Extant, And Thence Called By Cice Ro The Father Of History, Was Born At Halicarnassus In Ca Rla, In The First Year Of The 74th Olympiad, Or About 484 Years B C. The Name Of His Father Was ...
Herpetology
Herpetology, From Erre7sc, .a Reptile, And Aav65, A Dis Course, Is That Department Of Zoolooy, In Whicn Is Con Sidered The Natural History And Economy Of Reptiles. Under The Term Reptiles, Naturalists Have Generally Comprehended All Those Tribes Of Oviparous Animals Com Monly Called Amrninia, Including Both Oviparous Qua Drupeds ...
Hertford
Hertford Tow N, In The Hundred Of Hertford, In Hertfordshire, Is Pleasantly Situated 21 Miles North From London, On The River Lea, Which Is Navigable For Barges To The Town. The Streets Are Chiefly Neat And Clean, And The Houses Well Built. It Contains Two Parish Churches ; A Handsome ...
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Is An Inland County Of England, Hounded By Bedfordshire And Cambridgeshire Towards The North And West, Buckinghamshire Towards The West, Essex Towards The East, And Middlesex Towards The South. Its Li Mits Are Principally Artificial, Except On The South Cast, Where It Is Separated From Essex By The Rivers ...
Hesiod
Hesiod, One Of The Earliest Greek Poets. Little Is Known Of His Life, And The Few Facts That Have Reached Us Have Occasioned Much Controversy Among The Learned. It Appears That His Father Dius Had Originally Resided At Cuma, A Town Of Lolia In Asia Minor, Whence He Afterwards Re ...
Hexham
Hexham, Is A Market-town Of England, In The County Of Northumberland, Finely Situated On The South Side Of The River Tyne, At The Confluence Of The North And South Tyne. The Two Long Streets, Of Which The Town Consists, Are Nar Row, And Not Well Built ; But The Town ...
Hieres
Hieres, Is A Town Of France, In The Department Of The Var, About Nine Miles East Of Toulon. It Is Situated In A Delightful Valley, About Four Leagues Long And One Broad, Open On The South To The Sea, And Bounded On The North, East, And West, By Lofty Mountains. ...
Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics, (from Ifees, Sacred, And ^/aoptv,) To Carve, Properly Sculptures Or Carvings, (and Hence, By An Easy And Obvious Transition, Paintings Also,) Symbolically Denoting, By Particular Figures And Collocations Of Ex Ternal Or Corporeal Objects, Sacred, Moral, And Religious Truths. Hieroglyphics May Be Considered As A Species, Of Which Symbol ...
Hinckley
Hinckley, Is A Town Of England, In Leicestershire, Situated Near The Borders Of Warwickshire. The Town Is Divided Into The Borough And The Bond Without The Liber Ties. The Limits Of The Borough Were Formerly Those Of The Town, Which Has Been Extended By The Successive Addi Tion Of Four ...
Hippocrates
Hippocrates, Commonly Called The Father Of Phy Sic, Was The Most Renowned Physician Of Ancient Greece, And The Oldest Medical Writer Of Whom There Are Any Au Thentic Works Now Extant. He Was A Native Of The Island Of Cos, Which Had Been Long Celebrated In The Annals Of Me ...