Romance
Romance Is Defined By Dr. Johnson " A Military Fa Ble Of The Middle Ages ; A Tale Of Wild Adventures In Love And Chivalry." A Distinguished Author Of Our Own Time* Considers This Definition As Not Sufficiently Comprehen Sive, And Substitutes 4 4 A Fictitious Narrative In Prose Or ...
Rome
Rome, The Ancient Capital Of The Roman Empire, And Now The Metropolis Of The Papal Dominions, And The Residence Of The Pope, Is Built Chiefly On The Left Or Eastern Bank Of The Tiber, Which Here Runs In A Southerly Direction. The Area Enclosed By The Walls Of Rome Approaches ...
Rommaking
Rom:making Is A Highly Important And Useful Art, By Which A Great Number Of Delicate Fibres Are Com Bined Together. The Fibres Most Commonly Used In The Manufacture Of Ropes, Are Those Of Hemp, The Best Kinds Of Which Come From The South Of Russia, And Are Imported Into England ...
Romsey
Romsey, A Market Town In Hampshire, Is Situated On The River Test Or Anton, Between Salisbury And Southampton. The Principal Public Buildings Are The Audit-house, Which Is A Large Square Building, Support Ed By Pillars, And Standing Near The Centre Of The Town: The Town-hall, Which Is A Small Old ...
Roof
Roof Is The Name Given To The Covering Of A House Or Building Of Any Kind, Of Whatever Materials The Roof Is Composed; But In Carpentry, It Is Limited To The Timber Work Or Framing By Which The External Cover Ing Of The Roof Is Supported. In Our Article On ...
Rosa
Rosa, Monte, A Short Account Of This Celebrated Mountain Has Already Been Given In Our Article Alps. Monte Rosa Is The Highest Mountain In Europe Ex Cepting Mont Blanc. From A Mean Of Various Mea Sures Taken With Accuracy, The Height Of Mont Blanc Is 2461.8 Toises, While That Of ...
Roscommon
Roscommon, In Geography, An Inland County Of Ireland. In The Province Of Connaught. It Is Bound Ed. By The River Shannon For Its Whole Length On The East, And This Fine River Separates It From Leitrim, Longford, 'westmeath, And The King's County ; On The South-west It Is Bounded By ...
Rosin Bitumen
Bitumen, Rosin, Tallow, Pitch, Coal,—..the For Mer Four Are Used Only In Military Fireworks, And Re Quire No Particular Notice. Coal Is Recommended In Many Of The Receipts For Ornamental Works, As Produc Ing Dark, And Even Black Flames. It Is Always Either Useless Or Pernicious. The Flame Which It ...
Roslin
Roslin, The Name Of A Very Small And Ugly Vil Lage In The County Of Midlothian, Celebrated For The Beauty Of The Scenery In Its Neighbourhood, And For The Castle And Chapel Of Roslin. The Castle Stands On A Bold And Lofty Rock, Rising From The Banks Of The North ...
Ross Shire
Ross-shire, One Of The Northern Counties Of Scot Land, Extends Across The Island. On The East Coast It Terminates In A Point; But Extends Along The Western Side About Sixty Miles Directly North And South. This County Is Deeply Indented By Arms Of The Sea; And, On The West Coast, ...
Rotherham
Rotherham, The Name Of A Market-town And Parish Of England, In The West Riding Of Yorkshire. It Is Situated In A Valley On The River Don, At Its Junc Tion With The Rother, The Former Being Crossed By An Elegant Stone Bridge. The Streets Of The Town Are Ou The ...
Rothesay
Rothesay, A Royal Burgh Of Is Situa Ted On A Bay Of The Same Name, On The North-east Side Of The Island Of Bute, And Is The Chief Town Of The County Of Bute. It Is Governed By A Provost, Two Bailies, A Clean Of Guild, A Treasurer, And Twelve ...
Rotterdam
Rotterdam, A City And Sea-port Town Of Hol Land, Situated On The North Bank Of The Maese, About 20 Miles From Its Mouth. The Town Is Traversed In A North-west Direction By The 'totter, A Small River Which Here Falls Into The Maese. Rotterdam Is Built In The Shape Of ...
Rouen
Rouen, A City Of France, And The Capital Of The Department Of The Lower Seine, Formerly Of Norman Dy, Is Pleasantly Situated In A Fertile And Agreeable Country On The Right Bank Of The Seine. The Town, Which Is Of An Irregular Oval Form, Is Two Miles Long And One ...
Roxburghsiiire
Roxburghsiiire. This County Evidently De Rives Its Name From The Ancient City And Castle Of Rox Burgh, Which Stood In The Beautiful Peninsula Formed By The Junction Of The Tweed And Teviot, Opposite To Kelso, But Of Which Scarcely A Vestige Now Remains. It Is Also Sometimes Called Teviotdale, As ...
Ruddiman
Ruddiman, Titomits, A Celebrated Scottish Wri Ter, Was Born At Raggel, In The Parish Of Boyndie, In Banffshire, In Oct. 1674. After Receiving A Good Clas Sical Education At The Parish School, Young Ruddiman Was Ambitious Of Pushing His Education At College. He Had Heard Of The Annual Competition At ...
Rugby
Rugby, Anciently Rocheberie, A Town Of England In Warwickshire, Has An Elevated Situation On The South Side Of The Avon, And About A Mile From The Place Where It Receives The Rivers Swift And Dove. The Town Is Neat, And The Streets, Which Are Irregular And Badly Paved, Are Disposed ...
Rutlandshire
Rutlandshire, One Of The Interior Counties Of England, Is Bounded On The North, North-west, West, And South-west, By Leicestershire; On The South And South-east By Northamptonshire; And On The East And North-east By Lincolnshire. It Is Nearly Of A Circular Figure, And Is The Smallest County In England. Its Su ...
Saint Athanasius
Athanasius, Saint, Flourished In The Fourth Century, And Was The Renowned Champion Of Ortho Doxy Against The Arians. We Have No Certain Ac Counts Of His Parentage ; And All That We Know Of His Younger Years, Is, That He Was A Native Of Egypt, And Probably Distinguished By His ...
Saint Augustine
Augustine, Saint, Named Also Aurelius Augustinus, Was Born In The Year 351, At Tagasta, A Small Town Of Africa, In The Inland Part Of Numi Dia. His Father, Whose Name Was Patricius, Though Possessed Of Little Wealth, Was Held In Considerable Estimation By His Fellow-citizens, And Filled For Some Time ...
Saint Basil
Basil, Saint, Surnamed The Great, Was Born Is Caesarea, In The Year 326, And Became Bishop Of That City. Having Studied At Constantinople, He Went To Athens To Perfect•himself In That School Of Science ; And His Studies Being Completed, He Returned To His Na Tive Country In 355, And ...
Salamanca
Salamanca, A City Of Spain, In The Province Of Leon, Is Situated In The Form Of An Amphitheatre On The Declivities Of Three Hills, And On The Banks Of The Tormes, Which Washes Its Walls, And Flows Through Its Beautiful Planes. This River Is Crossed By A Stone Bridge Of ...
Salem
Salem, A Sea-port Town Of The United States, And Capital Of Essex County In Massachusetts. It Is Sup Posed To Be The First Town In Point Of Magnitude In The Commonwealth, And Nearly The Oldest, It Having Been Settled In 1628. The Most Populous Part Of The Town Is Situated ...
Salisbury
Salisbury, A City Of England, In Wiltshire. It Is'situated In A Broad Valley Near The Junction Of Three Rivers, The Avon, The Nadder, And The Willey, The Waters Of Which Are Conducted Through Every Street By Means Of Small Brick Canals, And Thus Not Only Pro Mote Health And Cleanliness, ...
Saloniki Salonichi
Salonichi, Saloniki, Anciently Thessalonica, Is A Large And Handsome Seaport Town Of European Turkey In Macedon, Situated At The North End Of A Gulf Of The Same Name. The Town Is Built On The De Clivity Of A Steep Hill, And Is Encompassed With A Lofty Stone Wall, Which Ascends ...
Salt
Salt, A Name Which, Though Generally Applied To All Crystallized Substances That Are Easily Soluble In Water, And Even To Those Which Are Not Soluble, Is Em Ployed In Common Life To Designate The Muriate Of Soda In Whatever Way It Is Obtained. As The Various Che Mical And Mineral ...
Salta
Salta, Situated At S. Lat. 24° 50', On The Road From Buenos Ayres To Upper Peru, 950 Miles North-north Westwa•d Of The Former. This City Was Founded In April, 1582, And Has For Its Territorial Boundaries, Those Of Jujuy, Tucuman, A Ttacama, And The Great Chaco Of Potosi. The Population ...