John
John, Gospel Of. The Fourth Gospel In The Usual Order Of The New Testament Writings. According To Tradition, This Gospel Was Written By The Beloved Disciple, John, In His Old Age, At Ephesus In Asia, Near The End Of The 1st Cen Tury (90-100 A.n.). On This View, The Gospel ...
John_2
John, Epistles Of. Three Short Epistles In The New Testament Traditionally Assigned To The Apostle John. The First And Longest Con Tains No Definite Indication As To Its Author Or Destination. It Lacks The Usual Epistolary Intro Duction And Closing Salutation. Nevertheless, It Is A Genuine Letter And From One ...
John_3
John, Order Of Saint, A Military Religious Order Of Medieval Origin. The Knights Hos Pitallers Of Saint John, Subsequently Known As Knights Of Rhodes, And Lastly As Knights Of Malta, Were Once A Great Power In Christian Europe. The Origin Of The Order Is Unknown, But Most Probably It Was ...
Johnston_3
Johnston, James Steptoe, American Episcopal Bishop: •b. Church Hill, Miss., 9 June 1843. He Was Educated At The University Of Virginia, Served As 2d Lieutenant In The Confed Erate Cavalry During The Civil War, Subsequently Studied Law And Was Admitted To The Bar. After Being Admitted To The Bar He ...
Johnstown
Johnstown, Pa., City, Cambria County, On The Conemaugh River And On The Baltimore And Ohio And The Pennsylvania Railroads, About 80 Miles East Of Pittsburgh. The Little Cone Maugh River And Stony Creek Unite At Johns Town And Form The Conemaugh River. The Area Of The City Is About Five ...
Joint
Joint, In Anatomy, An Articulation Or Con Nection Between Bones. Many Of The Im Movable Joints Are So Close In Their Union That The Two Bones Practically Become One, As In The Dovetailed Sutures Of The Skull. In The Make-up Of A Movable Joint There Are The Two Hones, And ...
Joint Tenants
Joint Tenants, Persons Who Hold Or Own Lands Jointly, By Title Created Expressly By One And The Same Deed Or Will. It Has Been Uni Formly Held By The Courts That A Unity Of Pos Session Derived By Several And Distinct Con Veyances Does Not Constitute A Joint Tenancy, But ...
Jointure
Jointure, Join'tilr, A Settlement Of Lands And Tenements Made To A Woman In Considera Tion Of Marriage, As A Substitute For Dower. Originally It Was A Joint Estate Limited To Both Husband And Wife As A Joint Tenancy And Sub Jected To Survivorship. The Wife Takes Noth Ing Under The ...
Joinville
Joinville, Zhwifi'ver, Francois Ferdi Nand Philippe Louis Marie D'orleans, Prince De, Third Son Of Louis Philippe: B. Neuilly, 14 Aug. 1818; D. Paris, 16 June 1900. He Entered The Naval School At Brest And Was Made Lieu Tenant In 1836. He Distinguished Himself (1838).outside Vera Cruz When The War Was ...
Jokai
Jokai, Maurus, Hungarian Novel Ist: B. Komorn, 19 Feb. 1825; D. Budapest, 5 May 1904. In 1846 He Received His Advocate's Diploma, But Never Practised, And From A Very Early Age Devoted Himself To Literary Work. In 1842 He Produced A Drama, 'the Jew Boy,' In 1846 His First Novel, ...
Joliet
Joliet, Louis, American Explorer: B. Quebec, 21 Sept. 1645; D. Canada, May 1700. He Was Educated At The Jesuit College Of Que Bec, And Subsequently Engaged In The Fur Trade On The Western Frontier, Thereby Becoming Familiar With The Missionaries And Tribes. He Was Selected By The Governor Frontenac To ...
Jolly Beggars
Jolly Beggars, The. 'the Jolly Beggars) Is One Of Many Instances Of Burns Range Of Gifts And Interests. He Had Always Had A Taste, He Says In A Letter, For The Come Pany Of Blackguards, Though He Had No Ambition To Become One. The Poem Is Called A Cantata; And ...
Jonah
Jonah, Book Of. The Book Of Jonah Is Written Concerning A Prophet, Jonah, The Son Of Amittai, Doubtless To Be Identified With The Prophet Of That Name Whose Prediction In The Time Of Jeroboam Ii Is Recorded In 2 Kings Xiv, 25. The Hook Was Written Much Later Than The ...
Jones
Jones, Arthur Edward, Canadian Clergy Man, Educator And Author: B. Brockville, On Tario, 17 Nov. 1838. He Was Educated At Saint Mary's College, Montreal, And Jesuit Scholasti Cates At Amiens And Vals, France, Boston, Ford Ham And Woodstock, United States. In 1857 He Entered The Jesuit Order ; Taught Latin ...
Jones
Jones, John Paul, The First Of The Great American Sea Fighters, And Not The Least Splen Did In The Long Line, Was Born John Paul— The Name Jones Being A Subsequent Assump Tion— On 6 July 1747 On The Estate Of Arbig Land, In The Parish Of Kirkbean, In The ...
Jones_2
Jones, Inigo, English Architect: B. Lon Don, 15 July 1573; D. There, 21 July 1652. He Was The Son Of A Clothworker And Began Life As A Carpenter, But Showing A Taste For Paint Ing, William, Earl Of Pembroke, Supplied Him With The Means Of Visiting Italy For The Pur ...
Jones_3
Jones, Peter, American Indian Mission Ary: B. 1 Jan. 1802; D. 29 June 1856. His Indian Name Was Kahkewaquonaby; His Father Was A White Man Of Welsh Descent Named Augustus Jones, Who Maintained The Closest Friendship With Brant During The Latter's Life. Peter's Mother Was Tuhbenahneeguay, Daughter Of A Chief ...
Jonesboro
Jonesboro, Battle Of And Fall Of At Lanta. After The Battle Of Ezra Church (q.v.), 28 July 1864, General Sherman, Unable Fully To Invest Atlanta, Drew The Fourteenth Corps And Schofield's Army Of The Ohio From The Left And Extended His Lines On The Right Nearly To East Point, About ...
Jonson
Jonson, Ben Or Benjamin, English Poet And Dramatist, Contemporary And Friend Of Shakespeare: B. D. 6 Aug. 1637. Accord Ing To His Conversations With Drummond, His Father Was A Gentleman, Who Lost His Estate Under Queen Mary And Then Turned Minister. Benjamin Was Born After His Father's Death, And His ...
Jordan
Jordan, Camille, French Politician: B. Lyons, 11 Jan. 1771; D. 19 May 1821. He N Was A Pupil Of The Oratoans At Lyons And When Still Young Became Imbued With Royalist Principles, Later Developing Into An Active Op Ponent Of The French Revolution. When Only 20 Years Of Age He ...
Jordan_2
Jordan, Jorsdan, Conrad N., American Financier: B. New York, 20 April 1830; D. There, 26 Feb. 1903. He Entered A Printing Office, But Soon Exchanged This For A Banking Establish Ment, Was Cashier Of A New York Bank In 1864-80, And In 1880-84 Was Treasurer Of The New York, Ontario ...
Jordan_3
Jordan, The Largest River Of Palestine An One Of The Most Celebrated In The World, Called Esh-she-riah Or Esh-sheriah-el-kebir By The Arabs.. It Rises From Three Main Sources At The Foot Of Hermon, And These Upper Streams Unite In Lake Huleh, The Ancient Waters Of Merom. From This Point It ...
Jorn Uhl
Jorn Uhl, Yern-ool, By Gustav Frenssen Is One Of Those Novels, Found In The Literature Of Every Nation, In Which Not A Man But A Well Established National Type Is The Hero. The Author Who Makes Such A Type The Central Figure Of A Romantic Story Is Sure Of Popular ...
Jortin
Jortin, John, English Clergyman Of French Huguenot Parentage: B. London, 23 Oct. 1698; D. Kensington, 5 Sept. 1770. He Was Educated At The Charterhouse School, And At Jesus College, Cambridge, Where He Held A Fel Lowship 1721-28. He Was Ordained In 1723-24. At First, 1723-26, He Held The Living Of ...
Jose
Jose, No-sr. The 'jose' First Published At Madrid 1885) Of The Contem Porary Spanish Novelist, Armando Palacio Valdes (born 1853) Is Not One Of The More Ambitious Of His Works. An Interesting Novelette Of Manners, Portraying Actual Con Ditions Of Life In The Northern Maritime Dis Tricts Of Spain, It ...
Joseph
Joseph, North American Indian Chief Of The Nez Perce Tribe: B. About 1830; D. Nespelim, Colville Reservation, Wash., 21 Sept. 1904. Of Remarkably Fine Physical Build And Endowed With Superb Mental Gifts, Joseph (hinmaton-yalat Kit) Was One Of The Most Remarkable Men Of His Race. In 1863 He Refused To ...
Joseph Ii
Joseph Ii, German Emperor, Oldest Son Of Francis I And Maria Theresa: H. Vienna, 13 March 1741; D. There, 20 Feb. 1790. He Was Elected King Of The Romans In 1764, And On The Death Of His Father, 1765, German Emperor. His Mother Declared Him Coregent In The Hereditary States ...
Josephine
Josephine (fr. Zho-ze-fen), Or Marie Rose, Empress Of The French: B. Trois Islets, Martinique, 23 June 1763; D. Malmaison, Near Paris, 29 May 1814. She Was The Daughter Of Lieut. Joseph Tascher De La Pagerie And Was Married In 1779 To Vicomte Alexandre De Beau Harnais, By Whom She Had ...
Josephus
Josephus, Jo-sefus, Flavius (jewish Name, Joseph Ben Manillas), Jewish Histo Rian: B. Jerusalem, 37 A.d. ; D. About 95 A.d. He Was Carefully Educated And In 64 A.d. He Made A Journey To Rome. On His Return He Found His Countrymen Preparing To Throw Off The Roman Yoke, And Having ...
Joshua
Joshua, Book Of. The First 12 Chapters Of The Book Of Joshua Continue The History Of Israel From The Point Reached At The End Of Deuteronomy, The Death Of Moses, To The Con Clusion Of The Conquest Of Western Palestine; And Chapters Xiii-xxi Tell Of The Division Of The Land ...
Joubert
Joubert, Yow'bert, Petrus Jacobus, Boer Military Officer: B. Kongo, Oudtshoorn District, Cape Colony, 20 Jan. 1834; D. Pretoria, 28 March 1900. After An Elementary Education He Settled As A Farmer In The Wakkerstroom Dis Trict Of The Transvaal, About 1863 Was Elected For That District To The Volksraad, And In ...
Joukovsky
Joukovsky, Zhu-kof'ske, Vasily An Dreievitch, Russian Poet And Translator: B. 1783; D. 1852. He Was The Son Of A Country Land-owner And A Turkish Slave Named Salkha. The Father, Bounine, Turned The Child Over To Andrew Grigorovitch Joukovsky, Who Ulti Mately Gave Him Into The Care Of Madame Iouchkov, Sister ...
Joule
Joule, James Prescott, English Physicist: B. Salford, Lancashire, 24 Dec. 1818; D. Sale, Cheshire, 11 Oct. 1889. He Was Educated By Private Tutors At His Father's House Near Man Chester And Also Received Special Instruction In Chemistry From John Dalton (q.v.). His Father, A Brewer, Was A Man Of Considerable ...
Journal Of The Rev
Journal Of The Rev. John Wes Ley, The. "it Was In Pursuance Of An Advice Given By Bishop Taylor . . . That I Began To Take A More Exact Account . . . Of The Manner Wherein I Spent My Time, Writing Down How I Had Employed Every Hour." ...
Journalism
Journalism, Class Publications. The Story Of American Journalism Is Incomplete Without Consideration Of The Influence Of Maga Zines As Distinguished From Newspapers, Of Technical And Trade Papers, Foreign Language Papers, College Periodicals, And A Long Line Of What Are Called Gclass Publications,o Ranging All The Way From Religious Papers And ...
Journalism
Journalism. Journalism Is A Compre Hensive Term Which Signifies The Business Of Producing A Public Journal. In A General Way It Is Applied To The Vocation Of Making News Papers. Broadly Speaking It Is Both A Business And A Profession, Though The Name Of Journalist As Commonly Understood Is Limited ...
Journalism_2
Journalism, School Of, A College Of Journalism, Endowed By A Gift Of $2,000,000 By Joseph Pulitzer, Editor And Proprietor Of The New York World, To Columbia University, New York, In 1903. With The Advance Of Civ Ilization And General Culture And Intelligence The Demands Upon The Journalists Of The Present ...
Journalists
Journalists, The (
Journey Around My Room
Journey Around My Room (voyage Au Tour De Ma Chambre). We Owe This ((exquisite As The French Admir Ingly Call It, To A Happy Accident. Xavier De Maistre (1763-1852) Having Been Arrested As A Young Officer For Duelling Was Sentenced To Con Finement For Six Weeks. He Wrote 42 Chapters, ...
Joutel
Joutel, Zhoo'tel, Henri, French Pioneer In America: B. Rouen, Late In The 17th Century; D. They Early In The 18th. He Was A Soldier In Eat-ty Life. When La Salle Was Commis Sioned In 1684 To Reconnoitre The Mouth Of The Mississippi By Sea, Joutel Accompanied Him As Intendant. In ...
Joveite
Joveite, Jovit, Is A Ex Plosive Used In Blasting, And As Charges For 'high-explosive Shells, Which Was Invented By J. E. Blomen, Washington, D. C. It Consists Of Nitro-naphthalenes 6 To 8 Per Cent, Nitro Phenols 16 To 30 Per Cent, And Nitrate Of Soda 64 To 76 Per Cent. ...
Juan Fernandez
Juan Fernandez, Joo'an Feeniin-dez (sp. Hoo-in' F6r-nan'deth), A Group Of Islands In The South Pacific Ocean, 300 Miles West Of Chile And Belonging To That Country. They Are Named From A Spanish Pilot Who Discovered Them In 1563 And Obtaining A Grant From His Country Started A Settlement. There Are ...
Juarez
Juarez, Benito Pablo, Dam Hoo-vreth, Mexican Statesman: B. San Pueblo Guelatao, Oajaca, 21 March 1806; D. Mexico, 18 July 1872. He Was Admitted To The Bar In 1834; Became A Judge Of The Civil Court In 1842; In 1847-52 Was Governor Of The State Of Oajaca, In Which Post He ...
Judah
Judah, Ben Samuel, Jewish Mystic: B. Speyer, Probably About The Middle Of The 12th Century; D. 1217. His School At Ratisbon, Founded In 1195, Became Noted Far And Wide And Was Attended By Many Pupils Destined To Become Famous And Influential. So Noted Did He Become As A Moralist And ...
Judah_2
Judah, Tribe Of, One Of The Israelitish Clans Most Frequently Mentioned In The Bible. It Is Supposed To Have Had A Strong Canaamtish Admixture; And By Some Critics The Story Of Judah's Marriage To A Canaanitish Woman Is Believed To Be But An Anecdotal Method Of Re Cordin,g This Fact ...
Judas Maccab2eus
Judas Maccab2eus, Jewish Warrior And National Hero, Who Flourished In The 2d Century B.c. He Was One Of Five Sons Of Mattathias, A Joarib Priest Of Modin, Not Far From Jerusalem. The Father, In 168, Killed The Officer In Command Of The Troops Sent To Modin To Overthrow The Jewish ...
Jude
Jude, Epistle Of. One Of The So-called Catholic (i.e., General) Epistles' Of The New Testament, Whose Author Names Himself 'jude, A Servant Of Jesus Christ, But A Brother Of Thus Reverently Contrasting His Blood Relationship To James, The Head Of The Jerusalem Church (acts Xv, 13; Xxi, 18; Gal. Ii, ...
Judge
Judge, Public Officer To Whom Is Commit Ted The Exercise Of Judicial Power Of The State In The Administration Of Justice In Its Courts. It Is His Province To Decide Questions Of Law, And In Cases In Which Facts Are To Be Decided By A Jury To Instruct The Jury ...
Judges
Judges, Book Of. This Book In The He Brew Bible Derives Its Name From The Deliverers Whose Exploits It Records. In Its Present Form, The Book Is The Product Of That Active Era Of Historical Interpretation Inaugurated By The Publication Of Deuteronomy In 621 A.c. (see Deuteronomy). The Narrative Of ...
Judgment
Judgment, The Decision Rendered By The Authority To Which A Question Or Issue Has Been Submitted For Determination. In A More Re Stricted Sense, The Decision By A Court Of Law Of An Issue Raised By Parties Litigant, Or The Determination And Declaration By Such Court Of A Legal Right. ...
Judicature Acts
Judicature Acts, In English Law, A Number Of Statutes, Dating From 1873, Simplify Ing Procedure And Consolidating Numerous Courts Into One Supreme Court Of Judicature. Demurrers Were Abolished, And Important Changes Made In The Rules As To The Right Of Trial By Jury. The Acts In Question Are 36 And ...
Judicial Separation
Judicial Separation, The Termina Tion By Process Of Law Of The Conjugal Rights And Obligations Of Husband And Wife. In Many Countries Where Divorce Is Either Not Recog Nized At All Or Is Very Difficult To Obtain, Judicial Separation Affords A Legal Relief Against, If Not A Remedy For, Intolerable ...
Judiciary
Judiciary, The Body Of Judges Or Mag Istrates Who Exercise Their Authority Either Singly Or As Tribunals, Interpreting The Laws Which The Legislatures Make And The Executives Execute. The Highest Courts In All Countries, And Those Mostly Of An Intermediate Character, Are Held By A Bench Of Judges, Rather Than ...
Judson
Judson, Adoniram, American Mission Ary: B. Malden, Mass., 9 Aug. 1788; D. At Sea, 12 Aug. 1850. He Was A Member Of The First American Board Of Commissioners Of Foreign Missions, Consisting Of Five Members. Sent To London To Confer With The London Missionary Society, He Was Captured, On The ...
Juel
Juel, Jens, Jool, Yens, Danish Statesman: B. 15 July 1631; D. 1700. He Joined The Suite Of Count Christian Rantzau, With Whom He Visited Vienna And Ratisbon In 1652. Five Years Later Juel Was Sent As Minister To The Polish Court. Here He Was Not Successful In Deterring King John ...
Juengling
Juengling, Angling, Frederick, Amer Ican Wood Engraver: B. 1846; D. 1889. He Was One Of The Founders And The First Secretary Of The American Society Of Wood Engravers (1881). In His Art He Was One Of The Most Consistent Advocates And Practicers Of The New American System Of Wood Engraving ...
Julian
Julian, Jootlyan (flavius Clalydius Juli Anus), Roman Emperor, Surnamed The Apos Tate: B. Constantinople, 17 Nov. 331; D. 26 June 363. When Hardly Six Years Old His Father And Several Members Of His Family Were Murdered By The Soldiers Of His Cousin, The Emperor Constantius. He Was•hrought Up In The ...
Julian_2
Julian (cesarini), Cardinal, Churchman: B. 1398; D. In Or After Battle Of Varna, 10 Nov. 1444. Born Of Noble Family And Edu Cated At The University Of Perugia, He Became Professor Of Jurisprudence At Padua. Through The Good Will Of The Pope He Was Advanced Rapidly, Finally Being Made Cardinal ...
Julius
Julius C/esar. This Play Was First Pro Duced About 1601, Though Not Printed Until 1623 With The Publication Of The First Folio. It Is In A Sense A Continuation Of The Historical Plays, The Background Of Rome Being Substituted For That Of England. At The Same Time It Is The ...
Jullien
Jullien, Zhulyfin, Adolphe, French Mu Sical And Dramatic Critic: B. Paris, 1845. He Graduated In Law Taking, At The Same Time, Very Extensive Studies In Music Which He Continued After Graduation. He Began Writing For Mu Sical Journals, And In Addition To Musical Criti Cisms And Chronicles He Contributed Short ...
Jung Deutschland
Jung-deutschland, More Properly Das Junge Deutschland, A Literary And Political Movement In Germany Culminating In 1835, And Not Related With The Simultaneous And More Important Movements Known As Young Italy And Young Europe. There Never Was Much Organization Or Consultation Between The Writers Composing It (heine, Laube, Gutz Kow, Mundt, ...
Jungle Books
Jungle Books, The, That Is To Say, The Two Volumes Entitled, (the Jungle Book) And (the Second Jungle Book,' In Which Rudyard Kipling Has Collected Most Of His Stories Wherein Animals Are Leading Actors, Were Originally Pub Lished 2 June And 16 Nov. 1894. The First Volume, The Jungle Book,' ...
Juniper
Juniper, A Genus (juniperus) Of Orna Mental Evergreen Trees And Shrubs Of The Family Juniperacea', Consisting Of About 40 Species, Dis Tributed Mainly Throughout The Cooler Parts Of The Northern Hemisphere. The Species Have Branches Which Spread In All Directions From The Main Trunk And Limbs, Small, Rigid, Needle-like Or ...
Junius
Junius, Letters Of, A Remarkable Series Of Political Letters That Were Published In London Public Advertiser Over The Pseudonym Of °junius," Between 21 Jan. 1769 And 21 Jan. 1772. These Epistles Greatly Stirred The English Political World, For They Were Written With A Wide And Intimate Knowledge Of Affairs, Shrewd ...
Jupiter
Jupiter, The Largest Planet Of The Solar System, And The Fifth (excluding The Asteroids) In Order Of Distance From The Sun. Its Mean Diameter Is About 86,500 Miles; Polar Diameter About 83,000; Its Mean Distance From The Sun 483,300,000 Miles; Its Period Of Revolution Round It 11 Years 10a Months; ...
Jurassic
Jurassic, A Term Used To Indicate The Second Period Of The Mesozoic Era And The Sys Tem Of Rocks Formed At That Time. Jurassic Is Preceded By Triassic And Followed By Creta Ceous. The Formations Of This Period Take Their Name From Their Prominent Exposure In The Jura Mountains; But ...
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction Includes Both The Right To Exercise Authority (imperium) And The Field Within Which Such Authority May Properly Be Exercised (dominium), Whether Its Limits Be Territorial Or Personal. In Early Law, Jurisdic Tion In The Second Sense Was Rather Personal Than Territorial, And The Same Must Be True Wherever Distinct ...
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence. The Use Of This Term 1 As An Equivalent For Is Confusin And Apt To Conceal Its Real Import. °medical Uris Prudence,* So Called, Is Not Even Law, Ut A Compilation Of Facts, Taken From The Science Of Medicine, Which May Be Useful In The Determina Tion Of Questions ...
Justice
Justice (french, Justice, Latin, Justitia), One Of The Cardinal Virtues Of The Greeks And The Romans. It Seems To Have Been A Person Ification Of Social And Moral Duty, That Is, Of The Moral Law, Which Might Or Might Not Cor Respond With The Temporal Law. Justice Was The Highest ...
Justice_2
Justice. John Galsworthy's Play 'jus Tice' Belongs To That Imported School Of Drama That Found Some Lodgment In England And America During The First Years Of The 20th Century And Accompanied The Movement For Re Pertory Theatres To Play To The Few Rather Than To The Many. While It Deals ...
Justice_3
Justice, Department Of, In The United States, An Executive Branch Of The Government, The Supreme Head Of Which, The Attorney-gen Eral, Is Appointed By The President And Con Firmed By The Senate. He Is A Member Of The Cabinet, According To The Provisions Of The Act Of Congress Of 19 ...
Justice_4
Justice, Legal, A Term Used In Two Senses, One Of Which Makes It Equivalent To The Justice Meted Out By The Administration Of The Law, And The Other Of Which Considers It As The Equivalent Of The Moral Right In A Question At Issue, Irrespective Of The Attitude Taken By ...
Justification
Justification. Under This Head Fall Many Intricate Problems Toward The Solution Of Which Theology Contributes In Its Discussions Of That Very Abstract Subject: Grace. The Term Explains Itself And No Matter Where It Is Applied The Fundamental Idea Is The Same And Means Pardon, Acquittal, Readjustment, Restoration. In Divinity It ...
Justinian I Flavius Anicius
Justinian I (flavius Anicius Justin 'arius), Surnamed The Great, Emperor Of The East : B. Of Gothic Peasant Parentage At Taure Shim, Illyricum, Probably 11 May 483 A.d. ; D. 14 Nov. 565. Patronized By His Uncle, Justin I, Who, From A Thracian Peasant, Had Become Em Peror, He So ...
Jute
Jute. Two Species Of Plants Yield The Jute Of Commerce, Corchorus Capsularis And C. Olitorius. They Are Tall Shrubs, 8 To 15 Feet High, The Fibre Being Produced In The Bark, And Known As Bast Fibre. Supposed To Be Indige Nous To India, Where The Species Grows Wild, Cultivated To ...
Juvenal Decmus Junius Juvenalis
Juvenal (decmus Junius Juvenalis), A Famous Roman Satirist. E Evidence For His Life, While Fairly Abundant, Is Of So Dubious And Conflicting A Character That It Is Impossible To Reconstruct The Poet's Career With Any Certainty. It Is Probable, However,. That He Was Born At Aquinum, About 55 A.d., And ...
Juvenals Satires
Juvenal's Satires. The 16 Satires Of The Roman Poet Juvenal (about 55 To 135 A.d.) Were The Product Of His Maturer Life. None Of Them Was With Certainty Composed Before The Year 100 A.d. For The Most Part, They Are Poems Of Moderate Length, Seldom Ex Ceeding 300 Lines. Several ...
Juxon
Juxon, William, English Prelate, Arch Bishop Of Canterbury: B. Chichester, Sussex, 1582; D. London, 4 June 1663. He Was Edu Cated At Oxford, Took Orders And After Hold Ing Church Livings (in 1609 At Oxford, And Then In 1614 At Somerton) In 1621 Succeeded Laud As President Of Saint John's ...
K As A Symbol
K As A Symbol. It Has Numerous Sig Nifications, According To The Connection In Which It Is Used. Thus, For Instance, K In Chemistry Stands For Lcalium Or Potassium. In Heraldry And Titulary Honors It Stands For Knight, As For Example, K.b., Knight Of The Bath ; K.g. Knight Of ...
Kaalund
Kaalund, Kalfind, Hans Vilhelm, Dan Ish Poet: H. Copenhagen, 1818; D. 1885. He Studied Painting And Sculpture, And Wrote Poetry At The Same Time. But His Success In The Latter So Far Surpassed His Achievements In The Former That He Decided In 1838 To Make Literature His Life Work. For ...
Kabul
Kabul, Ica-boor, Or Cabool, Afghanis Tan, Capital Of The Country And Of The Province Of Kabul, Situated At The Western Extremity Of A Spacious Plain, In An Angle Formed By The Ap Proach Of Two Ranges Of Hills, And (with The Exception Of A Suburb) On The Right Bank Of ...
Kafiristan
Kafiristan, Fz-ris-tan' ( Persian, Eland Of The Infidel0), A Region Of Central Asia Northeast Of Afghanistan, On The South Slope Of The Hindu Kush, And Having As Its Southern Boundary The Kabul River. Formerly The Name Was Vaguely Given To A Much Greater Territory; It Is Now Restricted To A ...
Kagoshima
Kagoshima, Ica'go-shema, Japan, A City In The Island Of Kiushiu, Capital Of Satsuma Province And Of The Prefectural Ken Of The Same Name, On The Northwest Shore Of Kago Shima Bay. The Town It Well Built And Is An Important Industrial Centre With A Considerable Export Trade. The Celebrated Satsuma ...