Missions
Missions. In This Article We Propose To Give A General View Of The Attempts Made By The Protestant Churches For The Propagation Of Christianity Among Heathen Nations : Of The Principal Missions Established By The Church Of Rome, Some Account May Be Found In Our History Of Those Countries Which ...
Mississippi
Mississippi, One Of The United States Of North America. Situation And .extent.—having The Mississippi And Pearl Rivers On The West ; The 35th Degree Of N. Lat. Or The State Of Tennessee, North ; The State Of Alabama On The East ; And The Gulf Of Mexico, And N. Lat. ...
Mississippi River
Mississippi River. This Immense Stream, Form Ing A River Of The First Order, Deserves Particular Notice In An Elementary Work. Under The General Term Mis Sissippi, We Include Not Only That River Properly So Call Ed, But Every Secondary, Or Confluent Body Of Water Which Enters Into, Or Contributes To ...
Missouri River
Missouri River. See Mississrprx Basin, P. 623. .missour I, One Of The United States Of North America. Situation And .extent.—the State Of Missouri Is Bounded, North-east And South-east, By The Mississippi River; South By The Territory Of Arkansaw ; And West And North By The Western Unappropriated Territory Of The ...
Mistry
Mistry. The Salt, Which Now Receives The Name Of Alum, Was Not Known To The Ancients ; The ?/iimen Of The Romans, From The Description That Has Been Given Of It, Appear Ing To Have Been Rather A Sulphate Of Iron, Or At Least To Have Contained A Considerable Portion ...
Mnemonics
Mnemonics (ars Mnemonica, From The Greek Pow.ca,v, Memor,) Signifies, In The More General Sense Of The Word, The La‘‘ S Which Regulate The Exercise Of The Faculty Of Memory ; In Its More Limited Signification, It Means A System Of Rules To Assist The Memory, By Means Of Association, In ...
Mobile
Mobile, A River Of The United States Of North America, In The State Of Alabama, Is Formed By The United Streams Of Tombigby And Alabama Rivers. The Extreme North-west Sources Of Tombigbee Are In The State Of Mis Sissippi, Near The South Line Of Tennessee, From Whence The Different Branches ...
Modena
Modena, (mutina,) A City Of Italy, Situated In North Latitude 44° 38' 51"; And East Longitude, Rec Koned From The Meridian Of Ferro, 28° 34' 59". This City Is Situated On The Via Emilia, In The Plea Sant Plain Of Lombardy, And Is The Capital Of The Duchy Of Modena. ...
Modern
Modern Scclpture• In The Preceding Columns We Have Traced The His Tory Of Ancient Art Till Genius Appeared No Longer To Animate Its Efforts. It Is Not Intended To Assert That Art Itself Became Extinct; It Is Impossible To Conceive The Existence Of A People. Rich And Luxurious, Among Whom ...
Moffat
Moffat, The Name Of A Town And Parish Of Scot Land, In The County Of Dumfries. The Town Is Situated On The East Side Of The River Annan, At The Head Of A Plain Or Valley Extending Upwards Of 20 Miles Along The Banks Of The River. The Principal Street, ...
Moldavia
Moldavia, A Country Of Europe, Bounded On The North And North-east By Poland And The River Dneister ; On The South By Bessarabia And The Danube ; And On The West By Wallachia, Transylvania, And Branches Detach Ed From The Carpathian Mountains. Its Extreme Length Is Computed At 230 Miles, ...
Mollus Ca The
Mollus Ca. The History Of The Great Division Of Animals To Which The Term Mollusea Is Now Exclusively Confined, Was Investigated In A Very Imperfect Manner By The Earlier Naturalists. They Attended Merely To The Characters Furnished By The External Appearance, And Consequently Formed Their Systematical Divisions Without Regard To ...
Mollusca 685
Mollusca. 685 Ium, With An Eye At The External Base. The Anus Is Situ Ated At The Branchial Indentation On The Left Side. The Penis Is Situated On The Right Side Of The Neck. It Is External, With A Crooked Blunt Lateral Process Near Its Extremity. The Mouth Is In ...
Mon Real
Mon !'real, A Town Of North America, In Lower Canada, Is Situated On An Island Formed By The River Ottawas And The River St. Lawrence. The Island Is 32 Miles Long By 10 Broad, And Is Very Productive In All Kinds Of Grain, Vegetables, And Fruits. The Town, Which Derives ...
Monachism
Monachism. The Origin Of Monachism Cannot Be Traced Higher Than The Middle Of The Third Century Of The Christian Era, Though Roman Catholic Writers Have Erroneously And Unsuccessfully Endeavoured To Prove, That The Ascetics, Who Were Not Uncommon Long Before This Period, Were Monks. The Monastic State Originated In The ...
Monaciius
Monaciius. Descriptio. Animal Avarum, Fat Idum, Innnundum, Siticulosum, Iners, Incdiam Potius Tolerans Pant La Loren: ; 'vivunt E Rapina Et Questu ; Mundum Sui Tan Tam Causa Creatum Ease Preedicant ; Colunt Clandcsti Ne, Nuptias Non Celebrant, .fietus E.rponunt ; In Pro. Priam Specicm Serriunt, Ct Hostem Ex Insidiis Diuntur. ...
Monaghan
Monaghan, An Inland County In Ireland, In The Province Of Ulster, Is Bounded On The North By Armagh And Tyrone ; On The East By The Former County And Louth ; On The South By Cavan And Louth, And On The West By Fermanagh. It Is The Smallest County In ...
Mongalla Zambnl7e
Zambnl7e, Mongalla,quiloa, Mon'i Baza, Melinda. And The Country Of The Monozmugi. Ajan Contains The Republic Of Brava, And The Kingdom Of M Ag A Doxa. Adel Is An Extensive Kingdom, Occupying The Whole Ex Tent Of The Coast To Which It Gives Name. See Adel. 5. In Central Africa, According ...
Monitor
Monitor. The Monitor Is Another Amphibious Genus, Which Is Found In The Fossil State. It Has Been Formed By Cuvier To Receive Animals Which Differ From The Crocodiles In Some Important Circumstances; And He Considers It As Interme Diate Between Those Which Have A Short Tongue, And Whose Palate Is ...
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire, A Maritime County In The South-west Of England, Is Bounded On The North-east By Herefordshire, From Which It Is Separated By The River Mynnow; On The East By Gloucestershire, From Which It Is Divided By The Wye ; On The South-east By The Xstu Ary Of The Severn, Which ...
Monongahela
Monongahela, A River Of The United States Of North America, Rises In Randolph County, Virginia, In Terlocking With The Sources Of The Great Kenhawa At N. Lat. 38° 30'. Its Course Is Nearly South 80 Miles, To Where It Receives The West Branch, From Lewis And Ilar Risen Counties. Below ...
Monopterus Gigas A
Monopterus Gigas. A. New Genus, Established On A Very Bad Specimen Of A Fossil Fish, Which Bloch Thinks To Be Rather A Cyprinus. That Our Ichthyological Readers May Judge What Reliance Is To He Placed On These New Gene Ra And Species, In Which M. Blainville's Work Abounds, Respecting Which ...
Mont Blanc
Blanc, Mont, A Lofty Mountain In France, And 'the Highest Of The Pennine Alps, Is Situated In The Duchy Of Faucigny, Formerly A Part Of The King Of Sardinia's Dominions, But Now Subject To The Empe Ror Of France. It Receives Its Name From The Im Mense Mantle Of Snow, ...
Montaigne
Montaigne, (michel De) A Celebrated French Writer, Was Born At The Chateau De Montaigne, Near Ber Gerac, Upon The Dordogne, On The 28th Of February, 1533. He Was The Third Son Of Eyquem, A Man Of Rank And Probity, Who Appears To Have Discharged The Paternal Duties With Extraordinary Care. ...
Montesquieu
Montesquieu, (charles De Secondat, Baron Of) And Likewise Of La Brede, Was Born At The Mansion-house Of The Latter Estate, Near Bordeaux, On The Lath Of Ja Nuary, 1689. His Father, At One Time A Soldier, Had Soon Relinquished That Profession : And Young 'montesquieu Was Early Destined To The ...
Montgom Er Ysii Ire
Montgom Er Ysii Ire, An Inland County In North Wales, On The North Touches On Denbigh And Merion Ethshires ; From The Former, It Is In Part Divided By The River Tannatt ; On The South, It Is Bounded By Radnor Shire ; On The West, By Merionethshire And Cardigan ...
Montpellier
Montpellier, Moxs Pessulanus, Or Mons Pestellarius, A City Of France, And Capital Of The De Partment Of Herault, Is Finely Situated Upon A Height, Which It Entirely Covers. Its Houses Rise In The Form Of An Amphitheatre, And The River Lez Waters The Rich Plain On Which It Stands. The ...
Montrose
Montrose, A Royal Burgh, And Maritime Town In The County Of Forfar, Is Situated At The Mouth Of The River South Esk, 70 Miles North From Edinburgh, In 34' Of North Latitude, And 2° 10' Of West Longitude From London. The Ancient Name Of Montrose, According To Bocce, Was Celurea ...