Holbein
Holbein, Jot-tic, Or Hans, An Eminent Painter, Was Born At Basle, In Switzerland, In The Year 1498. He Was Instructed In The Art By His Father John Holbein, Whom He Very Soon Surpassed. Holbein Was The Particular Friend Of The Celebrated Erasmus. At His Request He Visited Lon Don, Where ...
Holland
Holland, One Of The Provinces Of The Kingdom Of The Netherlands, And, Before The Formation Of That Kingdom, The Most Considerable Of The United Provinces Of The Nether Lands, Is Bounded On The West By The German Ocean, Or North Sea; On The North By The Zuydet Zee, Which Sepa ...
Holy Island
Holy Island, Is An Island Situated About Two Miles From The Coast Of Northumberland, But Belonging, In All Civil Matters, To The County Of Durham : (see Durham, Vol Viii. P. 201. Col. 2.) It Is Situated Opposite To The Mouth Of The Brook Lindis, From Which It Received The ...
Holyhead
Holyhead, Is A Sea-port And Market-town Of North Wales. It Is Situated On A Small Island, On The North-wcst Side Of The Island Of Anglesey, And Denominated In British Carr Cybi, Or The Fortified Place Of Cybi. The Town Con Sists Of One Principal Street, With Detached Buildings. The Collegiate, ...
Home
Home, Jourr, A Clergyman Of The Church Of Scotland, But Best Known To The Public As Author Of One Of The Most Classical Tragedies In The English Language, Was A Descend Ant Of One Of The Ancestors Of The Earl Of Home. It Was Once Reported, That He Had Some ...
Homer
Homer., (the Grecian Poet.) Without Leaning To The Faith Of Those Who Have Denied The Existence Of Homer, We Cannot Avoid Noticing The Remarkable Circumstance Of His Existence Having Been Called In Question. Both Learning And Ingenuity Have Been Employed In Attempting To Prove, That Neither The Iliad Nor The ...
Honey
Honey Is A Saccharine Vegetable Secretion, Most Abun Dant In The Nectarinm Of Flowers. Some Authors Consider It An Elementary Principle Of All Vegetables Without Excep Tion : They Suppose That It Exists In Every Part Of Plants, And That Their Life Is Dependent On Its Presence. We Do Not ...
Honiton
Honiton, A Burgh And Market Town Of England, In Devonshire, Is Situated In A Delightful Vale, Upon A Gentle Eminence, On The South Side Of The River Otter, Command Ing A Fine View Of The Surrounding Country, Which Is Ex Tremely Beautiful. It Consists Chiefly Of A Spacious And Handsome ...
Hooghly
Hooghly, A River In Bengal, And The Port Of Cal Cutta, Is Formed By The Junction Of The Cossimbazar And ..tellinghy, The Two Westernmost Branches Of The Ganges. The Ilooghly, Though By No Means The Largest Branch, Has The Deepest Outlet To The Sea, And Is Considered By The Hin ...
Hooke
Hooke, Llonent, An Eminent Natural Philosopher, 'was Born At Freshwater, On The West Side Of The Isle Of Wight, On The 18th July 1635, And For The First Seven Years Of His Life Was In A Very Infirm State Of Health. His Father, Who Was The Minister Of The Parish, ...
Hooker
Hooker, Rictunan, An Eminent English Divine, Was Born At Heavitree, Near Exeter, In The Year 1553, Or, Ac Cording To Wood, In 1554. His Parents, Who Were By No Means In Affluent Circumstances, Intended To Educate Hint For Some Mechanical Trade ; Hut His Schoolmaster At Exe Ter, Having Discovered ...
Horace Benedict De Saussure
Saussure, Horace Benedict De, The Soil Of Ni Cholas De Saussure, Celebrated For His Agricultural Writings, Was Born At Geneva In 1740. From Conches, Where His Father Resided, About Half A League From Ge Neva, Young Saussure Went Daily To Geneva To Receive The Rudiments Of His Education. His Leisure ...
Horatio Viscount Nelson
Nelson, Horatio Viscount, Was Born 29th Sep Tember, 1758, At Burnham Thorpe, A Village In Norfolk Shire, Of Which His Father Was Rector. Catharine Suck Ling, The Mother, Was Grand-daughter To An Elder Sister Of Sir Robert Walpole ; And To This Connection Nelson Owed The Name Horatio, Bestowed In ...
Horology
Horology Is The Art Of Constructing Machines For Suring Time. The Word Is Derived From The Greek (through The Latin Horologium,) Compounded Of Zfa, All Hour, And Avyw, To Read Or Point Out ; Hence Zfoopyrov, A Machine For Indicating The Hours Of The Day. Long Before Sun-dials Were Invented, ...
Horticulture
Horticulture, Is To Be Understood The Whole Management Of A Garden, Whether Intended For The Production Of Fruit, Of Culinary Vegetables, Or Of Flowers. The Formation Of A Garden May Be Included Also, To A Cer Tain Extent, Under This Subject : Draining, Inclosing, And The Forming Of Screen Plantations ...
Hottentots
Hottentots, An Extraordinary People In The South Ern Extremity Of Africa, Originally Occupying The Territo Ries Around The Cape Of Good Hope. They Are Altoge Ther An Insulated Tribe, Confined To A Small Corner Of The African Continent, And Bearing No Resemblance Either To The Negro Race Along The Western ...
Hudsons Bay
Hudson's Bay, Lying Between 55° And 65° Of North Latitude, Is About 250 Leagues In Length, And 200 At Its Great• Est Breadth. It Is 140 Fathoms Deep In The Middle, And Is Navigable During Four Months In Summer, But Is Filled, All The Rest Of The Year, With Shoals ...