Scotland
Scotland Occupies The Northern Portion Of The Island Which Constitutes Great Britain, And Is Divided From England By A Line Which Is Partly Physical And Fixed, Partly Political And Conventional. To The West This Physical Division Is The Water Of The Solway Firth, Se Parating The Ancient Kingdom Of Galloway ...
Scotland The
Scotland. The Early History Of Scotland, Like That Of All Other Countries, And Like That Of Britain In General, Is Lost In Obscurity. Hence Fable Has As Usual Been Substituted For Reality, And Hence We Have Not Been Without The Appearance At Least Of An Early History. That These Fables ...
Sculpture The
Sculpture The Principle Of Imitation Is Founded Deep In The Nature Of Man—in Nations—as In The Individual Early Beginning To Manifest A Decided And Happy Influence. In The Fine Arts, This Principle Supplies At Once The Source Of Inspiration, And, To A Certain Extent, The Standard Of Excellence. Viewed In ...
Seaton Delaval
Seaton Delaval. The Main Building Is Of The Castle Sort, With Turrets At The Angles, And Projections At The Middle Of The Sides, But Has Doric Rusticated Columns And A Pediment, Also Ionic Columns In The Other Front ; The Face Of The Wall Is Plain. The Lower Row Of ...
Seceders
Seceders, The Name Given To A Numerous And Highly Respectable Body Of Presbyterians Who Have Seceded Or Withdrawn Themselves From The Establish Ed Church Of Scotland. This Secession Took Place In August, 1733, In Consequence Of A Decision Of The General Assembly, Carried By The Casting Vote Of The Moderator, ...
Segovia
Segovia, A Town Of Spain, In Old Castile, And Capital Of A Province Of The Same Name, Is Situated On A Rocky Eminence Between Two Steep Valleys, One Of Which Is Watered By A Brook Called Clamares, And The Other By The River Erosma, Which Is Crossed By Five Handsome ...
Seim
Seim!, Eager To Relieve Himself Of Every Compe Titor To The Throne, Devoted To Death All His Brothers And Nephews. Fierce And Cruel In His Disposition, He Was Well Inclined To Indulge To The Full His Im Patient And Fiery Janissaries In Their Love Of Conquest And Plunder. Ishmael, The ...
Selien
Seli)en, Joux. Honoured By Grotius With The Ap Pellation Of The " Glory Of England," Was An Eminent Scholar And Politician. He Was Born At Salvington In Sussex In 1534. Ile Was Educated At Chichester, And After Studying Four Years At Oxford, He Entered The Inner Temple, Where He Acquired ...
Selkirk
Selkirk, A Royal Burgh Of Scotland, And Capital Of The County Of The Same Name, Is Finely Situated On A Commanding Eminence Below The Confluence Of The Rivers Yarrow And Ettrick, And About I& Mile Above The Junction Of Their United Streams With The Tweed. This Town Has Of Late ...
Semidiurnal Arc
Arc, Semidiurnal. See Astronomy. Arc, (joan Of), Otherwise Called The Maid Of Or Leans, A Celebrated Heroine Of France. Henry V. Of England, On His Death-bed, Had Appointed His Brother, The Duke Of Bedford, Regent Of That Part Of France Which He Had Conquered By His Arms. Bedford Had Determined ...
Seneca
Seneca, Lucius Ann:elis, A Celebrated Ancient Philosopher, Was Born At Corduba In Spain, About The Beginning Of The Christian Era. He Was Educated At Rome, And His Father, Who Was Himself Eminent As An Orator, Instructed Him In The Study Of Eloquence. The Study Of Philosophy, However, Soon Engrossed All ...
Seneca_2
Seneca, River Of The United States, In New York, Is Formed By The Outlets Of Canandaigua, Crooked, Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco, And Skeneatelas Lakes. The Western And Remote Source Of The Seneca River Is Mud Creek, Rising In The Western Part Of On Tario County, And Flowing First North, Thence North ...
Seneca_3
Seneca, Lake Of The United States In New York, Extending In A Direction Of Nearly North And South, From N. Lat. 23' To 42° 54', And Nearly On The Meridian Of Washington City. It Is 36 Miles Long, And From 11 To 21 Miles Wide, With Depth Sufficient For The ...
Sennaar
Sennaar, One Of The Divisions Of Nubia In East Ern Africa, Is Bounded By Abyssinia On The East And South, On The West By Darfur, And On The North By Dongola And The Independent Districts Of Nubia. The Part Of Sennaar Between The Nile And The River Ta Cazze Formed ...
Serampore
'serampore, A Town Of Bengal Belonging To Denmark. It Is Agreeably Situated On The West Bank Of The Bhagarutti Or Hoogly River. The Territory Which Belongs To It Is About A Mile Long And Half A Mile Broad, Stretching Along The Banks Of The River. The Houses Are Seldom Above ...
Seringapatam
Seringapatam, Or, Siri-runga-patan, A Cele Brated City Of Hindoostan, And Formerly Capital Of The Province Of Mysore. It Is Situated At The Height Of 2,412 Feet Above The Level Of The Sea, At The Upper End Of An Island In The River Cavery, Four Miles Long, And Four And A ...
Serpentar1us
Serpentar1us, Shaw, Etc.; Yultur Serpentarius, Lin. Gyrogeranus, Illig. And Temm. ; Messenger, Secre Tary, &c. Bill Shorter Than The Head, Thick, Strong, Curv Ed From Near Its Origin, Furnished With A Cere At The Base, And Depressed At The Point ; Nostrils Somewhat Remote From The Base Of The Bill, ...
Several
Several Important Facts Concerning Sound Must Have Been Known At A Very Early Period. The Tuning Of The Lyre, And Various Other Instruments, Which Are Coeval With The Remotest Antiquity, Necessarily Implies An Ac Quaintance With The Fact, That As We Diminish The Length Of Musical Strings, Or Increase Their ...
Seville
Seville, Anciently Hisrams, A Large City Of Spain, In Andalusia. It Is Situated On A Beautiful And Exten Sive Plain On The Banks Of The Gaudalquivir. The City Is Of A Circular Form, And Is Surrounded By An Old And High Wall, Consisting Of Indurated .cement, About Five Or Six ...
Sharp
Sharp, Abraham, A Celebrated English Mathe Matician And Astronomer, Was Born In 1651, At Lit Tle Norton, Near Bradford. Having Been Apprenticed To A Merchant In Manchester, Lie Devoted All His Lei Sure To Mathematics, And Acquired Such A Passion For Them, That, With The Consent Of His Master, He ...
Sharpe
Sharpe, James, Archbishop Of St. Andrews, Was Born In 1618, And Was Descended From A Respectable Family In The County Of Banff. Being Intended For The Church, He Was Educated At The University Of Aber Deen. In 1638, When The Solemn League And Covenant Was Formed, Lie United With Several ...
Shawl Goat
Shawl Goat, Is The Name Given To The Goat Of Thibet, Which Is Merely A Variety Of The Common Goat. Its Wool, However, Is Celebrated For Its Excel Lent Quality, Being The Material From Which The Fine Indian Shawls Are Manufactured. As Some Attempts, Though Unsuccessful, Have Been Made To ...
Sheerness
Sheerness, A Sea-port And Market Town Of Eng Land, On The Isle Of Sheppey And County Of Kent, Is Situated At The Mouth Of The River Medway. In Order To Defend The Entrance Of This River, A Fort Was Erected At Sheerness In The Time Of Charles Ii. In 1667 ...
Sheffield
Sheffield, A Large Manufacturing Town Of Eng Land In Yorkshire, Is Situated On An Eminence At The Confluence Of The Sheaff And Don, Each Of Which Is Crossed By A Stone Bridge, That Of The Former Consist Ing Of' One Arch, And The Other, Called Lady Bridge, With Six Arches. ...