Gonsalvo De Cordova
Gonsalvo De Cordova, Dh Kor'd6-nii (gonzalo Hernandez Y Aguilar). A Celebrated Spanish Commander. He Was Born At Montilla, Near Cordova. In 1453 (according To Some In 1443). He Distinguished Himself In The War Waged By Queen Isabella Of Castile Against Portugal And In The War Against The Moors, And Was ...
Gontcharoff
Gontcha.roff, Giin'cha-r5r, Iviuv Alex Androvitch (1s12-91). A Russian Novelist. He Was Born At Simbiesk, Of A Very Wealthy Family. At Ten He Was Sent To School At Moscow, And Visited His Native Place Only During Vacations. In 1831-34 He Finished His Philological Studies At The University, Spent A Year At ...
Gonza Ga
Gonza Ga, Gon-zit'gtl, 'diem/a Antonio (1744-1809). A Portuguese Poet, Horn At Oporto. Having Completed His Law Studies At The Uni Versity Of Coimbra, Which He Attended From 1763 To 1768, Gonznga In The Latter Year Went To Brazil, And After Having Acted For Some Years As Local Magistrate At .beja ...
Gonzaga
Gonzaga, Gen-zillgit, House Of. A Princely Italian Family Whose Members For A Number Of Centuries Ruled Over Mantua And Montferrat. It Claimed Descent From The German Emperor Lothair. The Rule Of The Gonzaga In Mantua Was Established In 1328 By The Final Defeat Of The Bonacossi Family And The Murder ...
Gonzalez
Gonzalez, G6n-safles, Manuel ( 1833-93). A Mexican Soldier, President Of The Republic From 1880 To 1884, Born Near Matamoras, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He Entered The Army At The Age Of Nine Teen, Was Associated With Father Javenta's Guer Rillas In 1843, And Ten Years Later Attained Prom Inence As Reactionary Leader ...
Good Will
Good-will. The Favorable Disposition Or Inclination Of Persons To Extend Their Patronage To A Particular Business, On-account Of The Repu Tation It Has Established. It Is Something More Than The Probability That Old Customers Will Re Sort To The Old Place. It Includes Every Advantage Or Benefit Accruing To A ...
Goodall
Good'all. A Family Of English Artists. En Ward (1795-1870) Was A Line-engraver Chiefly Known Through His Engravings Of Turner's Works, Which He Executed With Great Delicacy And Beauty, And Those Of His Son And Pupil, Frederick ( 1822—) , A Genre Painter In Oil And Water-color, Born In London. His ...
Goodwin Sands
Goodwin Sands. Dangerous Banks Of Shifting Sands Stretching For A Distance Of About 10 Miles Northeast And Southwest, Off The East Coast Of Kent, England, At An Average Distance Of From 5 To 12 Miles From The Shore (map: Eng Land, 11 5). The Sands Are Divided Into Two Por ...
Gooseberry
Gooseberry, Graiz'br-ri Or Gms'-. The Fruit Of A Prickly Shrub Of The Genus Ribes, Order Grossulariacete. The Genus Is Qomnion Throughout The North Temperate Zone, Being Represented By Numerous Species In America, Europe, And Asia, The Great Majority Of Which Belong To North America. Of All These Only Four Or ...
Gopher
Gopher. A Name Of Somewhat Indefinite Significance, Used In Different Localities To Desig Nate Different Animals. It Is A Corruption Of The French Word Gauffre, A Honeycomb, Which Was Applied By The French Settlers In America To Vari Ous Burrowing Animals Which 'honeycomb' The Soil. (1) Any Of Several American ...
Gopher Wood
Gopher Wood. The Wood Of Which Noah's Ark Was Made (gen. Vi. 14). The Word Occurs Only In This Passage, Is Not Found In The Semitic Languages Other Than Hebrew, And Its True Mean Ing Is Not Known. It Has Been Conjectured To Be Akin To The Hebrew Kopher, Bitumen, ...
Gordianus
Gor'dia'nus. The Name Of Three Roman Emperors, Father, Son, And Grandson. The First, Arrromus Goarnaxtis, Surnamed Eats'us (c.158-238 A.d.), Was Descended On The Ther's Side From The Famous Family Of The Gracchi. He Was Remarkable For His Attachment To Literary Pursuits. After Being A'dile, In Which Capacity He Celebrated The ...
Gordin
Gordin, Gar'dyan. Jame M. (1853—). A Jewish Playwright And Journalist, Born In The Government Oflf 2o...ava, Russia. He Was Private Ly Educated, And After A Number Of Years Spent In Teaching Began To Write Short Stories And General Articles For Newspapers In Saint Petersburg And Odessa. From 1886 To 1890 ...
Gore
Gore, Cnnisrornen (1758-1829) . An Ameri Can Lawyer And Politician, Born ,in Boston, The Son Of A Loyalist Who Was Banished In 1773 And Restored To Citizenship In 1787. He Grad Uated At Harvard College In 1776, Studied Law In The Office Of Judge Lowell, And Soon Established Himself As ...
Gorges
Gorges, Gorles, Sir Ferdinando (c.1566 1647). An English Military Officer, Governor For Many Years Of Plymouth, England, And Lord Pro Prietary Of The Province Of Maine; Sometimes Called 'the Father Of English Colonization In America.' He Was Born Probably In Ashton Phil Lips, England. Entered The Army, Served In Nor ...
Gorgey
Gorgey, Gerfge-i, Art H Ur ( 1818— ) . An Hungarian General In The Revolution Of 1848-49. Ile Was Born At Toporez, In The County Of Szepes (zips), January 30, 1818, Received A Military Education, And Was Commissioned A Lieutenant Of Hussars. Finding Garrison Life Monotonous, And Promotion Slow, Giirgey ...
Gorilla
Gorilla. The Greatest Of The Anthropoid Apes (gorilla Savagci), A Native Of The Western Equatorial Coast Of Africa. Its Name Recalls A Curious History. When Hann°, The Carthaginian, Returned From His Voyage Of Exploration Down The West Coast Of Africa, About N.c. 500, He Re Ported That He Had Seen ...
Gorlitz
Gorlitz, Ger'lits. A Town In The Prussian Province Of Silesia, Capital Of The Circle Of G6r Litz, Situated On The Neisse, 62 Miles By Rail East Of Dresden (map: Prussia, F 3). It Has Still Retained In Part Its Old Fortifications. There Are Extensive Modern Quarters. Chief Among The Ec ...
Gorres
Gorres, Gerlres, Johann Josef (1776-1848). A German Scholar And Publicist. He Was Born At Coblenz, January 25, 1776; Studied At The University Of Bonn, And Being Of A. Very Ardent Temperament, Threw Himself Into The Revolu Tionary Movement Which Then Agitated Rhenish Prussia. He First Dreamed Of Uniting The Rhenish ...
Gortchakoff
Gortchakoff, Gorrehtt-k6p. A Russian Family Tracing Its Ancestry To Vladimir The Great And Rurik. Prince Peter Gortchakoff. Governor Of Smolensk, Defended That Town For Two Years (1609.11) Against Sigismund Iii. Of Po Land, Until It Was Taken By Storm.—prince Dm1 Tri Gortchakoff (1756-1824) Was A Celebrated Russian Poet, And Wrotes ...
Gortyna
Gorty'na (lat., From Gk. Norma). An Ancient City Of Importance On The Southern Side Of The Island Of Crete. It Stood On The Banks Of The Small River Lethaus (mitropolipotamo), At A Short Distance From The Sea, With Which It Communicated By Means Of Its Two Harbors, Me Tallum And ...
Gorz
Gorz, Gerts, Or Goritz, Erns. The Capital Of The Austrian Crownland Of Gorz And Gradisca. One Of The Coast Districts; Charmingly Situated In A Fruitful Plain On The Left Bank Of The Isonzo, About 35 Miles North-northwest Of Triest (map: Austria, C 4). Among Its Principal Buildings Are The Cathedral ...
Goschen
Goschen, Ga'shen, George Joachim (1831 —). An English Statesman And Financier, Born In 1831, And Educated At Rugby And Oriel College, Oxford. Entering The Mercantile Firm Of Friih Ling & Goschen, He Paid Especial Attention To Finance, And In 1856 Became Director Of The Bank Of England. A Liberal Member ...
Goshawk As
Goshawk (as. Gbsha Foe, Goose-hawk, From Os, Goose + Ha Foe, Hca For, Hawk). A Ge Niis Of Falcons (astor) Containing Five Or Six Species, Distinguished From The True Falcons By A Lobe Or Festoon, Instead Of A Sharp Tooth, On The Edge Of The Upper Mandible, And By The ...
Goslar
Goslar, Gelsllir. An Ancient Imperial City Of Germany, In The Prussian Province Of Hanover, Situated On The Gose At The Foot Of The Rammels Berg, About 35 Miles South Of Brunswick (map: Prussia, D 3). Goslar Is Rich In Architectural Remains Of Its Former Prosperity And Glory. Its Market Square ...
Gospel
Gospel. In The Liturgical Sense, The Short Selection From The Gospels Which Is Read Or Sung In The Mass And In The Anglican Communion Ser Vice Between The Epistle And The Creed. It Formed A Regular Part Of The Service As Early As The Second Century. For Two Hundred Years ...
Gospel As
Gospel (as. Godspel, Godspell, Ohg. Gotspel, From God, Ohg. Got, God + Spel, Tidings; Proba Bly Corrupted By Popular Confusion With God, God, From Gotspel, Good Tidings, A Translation Of Gk. Daryacov,evangelion, Good Tidings, From Ss,eu, Well Erryaxetv, Angellein, To Announce). The Word Used To Denote (1) The Message Of ...
Gossec
Gossec, Osekl, Frangois-joseph ( 1733 1829). A French Composer, Born At Vergnies In Hainaut. Lie Was A Choir Boy In The Antwerp Cathedral, And Then Went To Paris, Where, Through The Influence Of Rameau, He Was Em Ployed By A Rich Amateur, La Popeliniere, To Direct His Private Orchestra. Gossec ...
Goszczynski
Goszczynski, Feosh-chnn'ske, Seiveryn (1803-76). A Polish Poet, Born In The Govern Ment Of Kiev, Russia. He Was Educated At War Saw, And Was One Of The Foremost Leaders Of The Revolution Of 1830. He Was One Of The Band Of Fugitives Who Subsequently Assembled In Paris, And They Exercised A ...
Goteborg
Goteborg, Ye'te-bar-y', Gothenburg, Or Gottenburg. Capital Of The Lan Of Go Teborg And Bohus, And, Next To Stockholm, The Most Important City Of Sweden, Situated On The River Gota, Four Miles From Its Mouth (map: Sweden, E 8). The Town Is Semicircular In Form, And Lies In A Plain Surrounded ...
Gotha
Gotha, Go'tii. The Capital Of The Duchy Of Gotha And The Second Residenee Of The Dukes Of Saxe-coburg-gotha. Situated On The Leina Canal, 17 Miles By Rail Southwest Of Erfurt (map: Germany, D 3). Gotha Is A Well-built, Pleasant City, Near The Northern Edge Of The Thuringian Forest. It Is ...
Gothenburg System
Gothenburg System. The System Of Regulating The Liquor Traffic At Gothenburg Or Goteborg, In Sweden, Put In Operation In 1865. In 1864 A Committee On Pauperism Proposed As A Remedy That The Sale Of The National Drink —brandy—should, Under The Law Of 1855, Be Bonded Over To A Company To ...
Gothic Language
Gothic Language (lat. Gothicus, From Go Thus, Gk. Gothos, Ebony, Gythdn, From Goth. Goth-people, As. Gotan, Oswed. Gutar, Gotar, Goths; Cf. Dialectic Norweg. Gut, Boy). The Language Spoken By The Goths (q.v.). Excepting The Old Icelandic Runic Inscriptions (see Runes) And A Few Germanic Glosses And Proper Names Preserved In ...
Goths
Goths. The Name Of A Powerful Nation Of An Tiquity, Belonging To The Germanic Race. By Some Writers They Are Thought To Have Had A Scandi Navian Origin, Which Was The Belief Of Their Own Historian, Jordanes. The Earliest Notice Of Them Extant Among The Writers Of Antiquity Is That ...
Gotti
Gotti, Go'te, Girolamo Maria ( 1834— ). An Italian Prelate Of The Roman Catholic Church. He Was Born In Genoa, Where His Father Was A Dock Laborer. He Joined The Carmelite Order At An Early Age, And, Showing An Unusual Bent Toward Physical Science, Was Made Professor Of Mathematics And ...
Gottschalk
Gottschalk, Got'shalk, Or Fulgentilts (c. 805-c. 868). A Prominent Figure In A Theo Logical Controversy Of The Ninth Century. He Was The Son Of Berneo, A Saxon Count, And Was Placed By His Parents At An Early Age In The Monastery Of Fuda. At The Approach Of Manhood He Tried ...
Gottsched
Gottsched, Got'shet, Johann Christopit (1700-66). A Noted German Critic And Author, Who For About Thirty Years Exercised An Almost Undisputed Literary Dictatorship In Germany. He Was Born Near Konigsberg, February 2, 1700, Studied Theology And Especially Philosophy, At The University Of Ktinigsberg, And In 1724 Went To Leipzig, Where His ...
Goujon
Goujon, Gtio'zhon/, Jean (1520 ?-72 ? ) . The Greatest Sculptor Of The Renaissance In France. He Was Also An Architect, Although, As He Always Worked In Conjunction With Great Architects, It Is Not Possible Now To Determine How Much Of The Architecture Of His Works Belongs To Him. The ...
Gounod
Gounod, Goo'nb', Charles Francois (1818 93) . A Distinguished French Composer Of Sacred And Dramatic Music. He Was Born In Paris June 17, 1818, The Son Of An Eminent Painter And En Graver, Who Died In 1823, Leaving His Widow And Family In Comparative Poverty. In His Auto Biographical Memoirs, ...
Gourgues
Gourgues, Gmrg, Dominique De (1530-93). A French Soldier And Adventurer, Born In Mont De-marsan, Gascony. In His Youth He Served In Italy With The French Armies Under Marochal De Strozzi And In 1557 Was Captured By The Spanish At Siena. He Was Condemned To The Galleys, Where He Was Still ...
Gourville
Gourville, Gtx7evelf, Jean Herault De (1625-1703). A French Political Agent, Born At La Rochefoucauld. He Entered The Service Of The Abbe De La Rochefoucauld, Went To Paris With Him, And There Became Secretary To The Prince De Alarsillae (1646). From That Time He Was Deep In All The Political Intrigues ...
Government
Government. Constitution: Hallam, Consti Tutional History Of England (8th Ed., London, 1855) ; May, Constitutional History Of England (3d Ed., Ib., 1871) ; Id., Treatise On The Law, Priv Ileges, Proceedings, And Usage Of Parliament (10th Ed., Ib., 1893) ; Bagehot, English Constitu Tion (ib., 1872; New York, 1882) ; ...
Government
Government. In 1815 The Congress Of Vienna, Which Met To Reorganize Europe After The Na Poleonic Wars, Formed The Thirty-nine Component States Of Germany (kingdoms, Duchies, Free Cities, And Principalities) Into A Confederation Or Bund, Leaving To Each Its Complete Autonomy Except In A. Few Matters Of Common Concern. Its ...
Government And Finances
Government And Finances. Guatemala Has A Democratic Form Of Government, And Is Gov Erned Under The Constitution Proclaimed In 1879. The Executive Power Is Vested In The President (who Is Elected Directly For Six Years And Is Assisted By A Cabinet Of Six Ministers), And By A Council Of State ...
Government Of
Government (of. Government, Gouverne Ment, Fr. Gouvernemcnt, From Lat. Gubernare, To Govern, Steer, From Gk. Kvflepriiv, Kybernan, To Steer). In The Most General Sense, Any Orderly Arrangement And Management Of Affairs, Espe Cially In Human Society. It Is In This Sense That We Employ The Term, In Such Widely Related ...
Government_2
Government. Greece Is A Constitutional Mon Archy, The Kingship Being Vested In The Royal House Of Holstein - Sonderburg - Gliicksburg, Of Which The Present Head Is The King Of Denmark, Whose Second Son, George I. (georgios), Ascended The Greek Throne In 1863. The Legislative Power Is Vested In A ...
Gowrie Conspiracy
Gow'rie Conspiracy. One Of The Most Mysterious Events In The History Of Scotland. It Took Place In August, 1600. John Ruthven, Third Earl Of Gowrie, Was Then Residing On His Estate At Perth, And With Him Lived His Brother, Alexander Ruthven. There Was Ill Feeling At The Time Be Tween ...
Goya Y Lucientes
Goya Y Lucientes, Go"ya A 1tro'thie-an' Tbs, Francisco (1746-1828). The Leading Painter Of The Spanish School In The Eighteenth Cen Tury. He Was Born March 30 Or 31, 1746, Near Saragossa. According To One Tradition, His Family Were Peasants In Extreme Poverty; According To Another, His Father Was A Gilder, ...
Goyaz
Goyaz, Go-ylizi (from The Extinct Indian Tribe Of Guayazes). A State Of Brazil, Bounded By The State Of Maranhao On The North; By Maranhao, Piauhy, Bahia, And Minas Geraes On The East; By Minas Geraes On The South; And By Para And Matto Grosso On The West (map: Brazil, H ...
Gozzoli
Gozzoli, Gat'so-m, Iienozzo (1420-98). A Florentine Painter Of The Early Renaissance. His Real Name Was Benozzo Di Lese, And He Was Born Near Florence. He Began His Career As A Goldsmith, And Assisted Ghiberti On The Bronze Gates Of The Baptistery At Florence. A Pupil Of Fra Angelico, He Assisted ...
Grace
Grace (from Lat. Gratia, Favor). An Expres Sion Frequently Used In The Scripture And Theolog Ical Discussion. Its Distinctive Meaning Is The Idea Of Free And Unmerited Favor. It Is A Benefit Springing Out Of The Liberality And Free-hearted Ness Of The Giver, And Bestowed Without Any Hope Or Expectation ...
Graces
Graces (lat. Gratin', Gk. Xciptres,charites). In Greek Mythology, Originally Goddesses Of Heavenly Light, Who Bring Fertility To The Fields, And Joy To Men. Like All Such Divinities, They Are At First Anonymous And Of Varying Num Ber, And This Is Reflected In The Local Variations In Their Cult And Names ...
Grade Crossing
Grade Crossing. The Intersection Of A Railroad Track Or Right Of Way With A Highway Or Private Road Or Another Railroad. The Corre Sponding Phrase In England Is 'level Crossing.' It Is The Duty Of A Person Using The Highway Or Private Road At Such Crossing To Exercise Due Care ...
Graduation Ml
Graduation (ml. Graduatio, From Grade Are, To Give A Degree, From Lat. Grades, Degree, Step, From Gradi, To Walk). The Art Of Laying Off Scales Of Measurements, As The Tape, Protractor (q.v.), Or Vernier (q.v.). The Simplest Problem In Graduation Is The Dividing Of A Straight Line, Such As The ...
Graefe
Graefe, Grale, Ali3recht Von (1828-70). A German Ophthalmologist. He Was Born In Berlin, Where His Father, Karl Ferdinand Von Graefe, A Noted Surgeon, Held A Professorship At The University. Graefe Took His Medical Degree In Berlin In 1847, And Then Pursued The Special Study Of Ophthalmology In Prague, Vienna, Paris, ...
Graffiti
Graffiti, Graf-fe/te (it., Scribblings). An Interesting And Important Class Of Ancient In Scriptions. The Graffito Is A Rude Scribbling Or Scratching On The Plaster Of A Wall, A Pillar, Or A Door-post. Such Seribblings Are Pretty Commonly Found On The Substructions Of Roman Ruins, As In The Golden House Of ...
Grafting
Grafting (from Of. Graffe, A Sort Of Pen Cil; Slip For Grafting Resembling A Pointed Pencil In Shape, From Lat. Graphium, From Gk. Ypacniov, Grapheion, Pencil, Graving Chisel, From Ypciincv, Graphein, To Write). The Operation By Which The Cut Surfaces Of Two Branches Or Roots, Either From Two Different Plants ...
Graham
Graham, Sir James Robert George (1792 1861). An English Statesman. The Eldest Son Of Sir James, The First Baronet, And Of Lady Catha Rine Stewart, Eldest Daughter Of John, Seventh Earl Of Galloway. He Was Born At Netherby, Cumberland, June 1, 1792. He Was Educated At Westminster School. And In ...
Graham Land
Graham Land. Part Of The Western Coast Line Of That Portion Of The So-called Antarctic Continent Which Lies To The Southward Of South America. It Extends In A Northeast Direction From Near Alexander Island (latitude C. 68° 43' S., Longitude C. 72° W.) About Two Degrees Of Latitude; Its Limits ...
Grail
Grail, Grab Tile Holy (from Of. Graal, Great, From Ml. Cratella, Bowl). The Spelling Varies Greatly In The Old Manuscripts, But In Mod Ern Usage The Most Common English Forms Are Grail And Grata. The Grail Had A History, Which In The Fully Developed Romance Ran Somewhat In This Wise: ...
Grain Elevator
Grain Elevator. A Structure For The Handling, Storage, Or Cleaning Of 'grain During, Or Preparatory To, Its Trans-shipment From Rail Way Cars To Vessels, And Vice Versa. In Exterior Appearance The Modern Grain Elevator Is A Win Dowless Rectangular Structure, Surmounted By A Cupola-like Superstructure. The Main Body Of The ...
Grain Insects
Grain-insects. Several Insects Attack And Damage Stored Grain Of All Sorts. The Most Conspicuous One Is The Caterpillar Of A Small, Grayish-brown And Black Tineid Moth (gelechia Cerealella), Allied To The Clothes-moth And Called 'corn-moth' In Great Britain, But Known In The United States As Fly-weevil And Angoumois Grain Moth, ...
Grainne Ni Mhaille
Grainne Ni-mhaille, Grittily:1 N6 Mil!. Or Granaile (anglicized, Grace O'malley). A Noted Irish Chieftainess And Sea Queen In The Sixteenth Century. She Vas The Daughter Of Owen O'malley, Chief Of His Elan And Admiral Of The Connacht Fleet, And Was Born In West Galway About 1540. During The Elizabethan Wars ...
Grammar Schools
Grammar Schools. In The Middle Ages, When The Existing Schools Were Entirely Under Control Of The Monastic Or The Secular Clergy, A Distinction Was Drawn Between The Singing Schools, Or Those In Which Instruction Was Limited To The Elements Of Reading, Writing, And Singing, And The Grammar Schools, In Which ...
Grammar Of
Grammar (of., Fr. Grammaire, From Lat. Grammatica, From Gk. Ypappartn6c, Grammati Kos, Pertaining To Writing, From Pappa, Gramma, Letter, From Ypcioetv, Graphein, To Write; Ulti Mately Connected With Ger. Graben, Eng. Grave). That Branch Of Linguistic Science Which Investi Gates The Forms Of Speech In A Language Or Group Of ...
Granada
Granada. A Former Kingdom Of Andalu Sia, Spain, Situated Along The Southern Coast, And Bounded On The North By Cordova And Jaen, On The Cast By Murcia, On The South By The Mediter Ranean, And On The West By Seville. It Comprises The Modern Provinces Of Malaga, Granada, And Almeria, ...
Granada_2
Granada. A City Of Spain, Capital Of The Former Moorish Kingdom, And Of The Modern Province Of Granada, About 225 Miles South Of Madrid; On The River Jenil, Near The Centre Of The Province (map: Spain, D 4). It Is Situated About 2200 Feet Above The Sea, At The Base ...
Granadivla
Gran'adivla (sp., Diminutive Of Grana Da, Pomegranate). The Edible Fruit Of Certain Species Of Passion-flower (q.v.). The Common Granadilla (passiflora Quadrangularis) Is Exten Sively Distributed Over Tropical Regions And Much Cultivated. The Plant Is A Luxuriant And Very Ornamental Climber, Often Employed To Form Ar Bors And Covered Walks. It ...
Grand Army Of The
Grand Army Of The Republic. A Patriotic Society Organized In Decatur, Ill., On April 6. 1868. Its Existence Is Primarily Due To Dr. B. F. Stephenson And Chaplain W. J. Rut Ledge, Of The Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, Who, In February. 1864, Conceived The Idea Of Its Formation. The Principal Objects ...
Grand Jury
Grand Jury. The Assembly Of Good And Sufficient Men, Summoned By Order Of The Sheriff To Attend Every Session Of The Peace, And Every Commission Of Over And Terminer And General Jail Delivery In England, For The Purpose Of In Quiring Into The Charges Of Offenses, And Of Re Turning ...
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids. A City And The County Seat Of Kent County, Mich., 30 Miles From Lake Michigan, And 60 Miles West By North Of The State Capital, Lansing; On The Grand River, At The Head Of Steam Navigation, And On The Michi Gan Central, The Lake Shore And Michigan South ...
Grand Remonstrance
Grand Remonstrance. A Manifesto Presented To Charles I. Of England By The House Of Commons In 1041. The Outbreak Of The Irish Rebellion And The Rumored Intrigues Of The King With The Scotch Earl Of Montrose Had Convinced The Leaders Of The Puritan Party That The Hour Had Come When ...
Grand Sergeanty Ml
Grand Sergeanty (ml. Magma Serjean Tia). The Most Honorable Of The Ancient Feudal Tenures. According To Lyttelton, Tenure By Grand Sergeanty Is Where A Man Holds His Lands Or Tenements Of His Sovereign Lord The King By Such Services As He Ought To Do In His Proper Person To The ...
Grandees
Grandees, Gran-dee (sp. Grandes, Great Men). The Name By Which The Most Highly Priv Ileged Class Of The Nobility Of Castile Were Known After The Thirteenth Century. The Honors Of The Grandees Were Hereditary; They Held Lands From The Crown, Were Exempted From Taxation, Could Not Be Imprisoned For Debt ...
Grange
Grange. The Name Popularly Applied To The Patrons Of Husbandry, But In Fact Denoting The Constituent And Subsidiary Lodges Of That Organi Zation. The Society Of Patrons Of Husbandry Was Founded At Washington, D. C., In December, 1867, To Advance The Interests Of Husbandry. The Chief Founder Of The Society ...
Granger Cases
Granger Cases. A Series Of Cases De Cided By The Supreme Court Of The United States In 1876, And Reported In 94 United States Reports At Pages 113 To 187, Inclusive. Their Several Titles Are As Follows: Munn Vs. Illinois; Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Ry. Vs. Iowa; Peik Vs. Chicago ...
Granier De Cassagnac
Granier De Cassagnac, Gra'nyil! De Kit'sk'nyttkf, Adolpiie ( 1808-80 ) . A French Bona Partist And Journalist, Born In Averon-bergelle. He Went To Paris In 1832. His First Work Was As A Literary Critic. He Enthusiastically Espoused The Cause Of The Romanticists, And His Attack On Racine Stirred Up All ...
Granite
Granite (it. Granito, Granite, Grained, From Granire, To Reduce To Grains, From Grano, Lat. Branum, Grain; Connected With Gott). Kafirii, Icel., 011.g. Morn, Ger. Korn, Grain, As., Eng. Corn). An Igneous Rock Or Family Of Rocks Characterized By Acid Composition And Granitic Texture (see Igneous Rocks ) , Containing The ...
Grant
Grant, Sir Francrs (1803-78). -a Scotch Portrait Painter. He Was Born In Edinburgh, January 1s, 1803, And Received His Education At The Harrow School, With The Intention Of Enter Ing The Bar. In 1828 He Relinquished His Profes Sion And Began Painting. His Only Art Instruc Tion Consisted Of Twelve ...
Granvella
Granvella, Griin-vmtpl, Antoine Peere Not, Lord Of (1517-86). A Spanish Cardinal And Statesman. He Was The Son Of Nicholas Perrenot, Lord Of Cr: Myelin. Secretary Of State Under Charles V. And One Of That Emperor's Most In Fluential Ministers, And Was Horn At Ornans In Burgundy, August 20, 1517. He ...
Grape
Grape (from Of. Grape, Cluster, From Ohg. Crapho, Ger. Krapfen, Hook). The Fruit Of Any Species Of The Genus Vitis, Also, In The United States And Canada, Any Plant Of This Genus. In Other English-speaking Countries The Plant Is Designated The 'vine.' Grapes Grow Wild In Egypt, Arabia, Turkey In ...
Grape Cure
Grape Cure. A Method Of Treatment Of Some Diseases And Conditions With A Diet Of Which Grapes Form A Very Large Part. This Treatment Is In Vogue To Some Extent In France, But To A Much Greater Extent In Germany And In Hun Gary, In Which Countries, As Well As ...
Grape Diseases
Grape Diseases. Few Plants Are Subject To As Many And As Serious Diseases As The Grape, And Few Plant Diseases Have Been More Fully Investigated. Diseases Of The Grape Are Caused By Improper Conditions Of Soil And Moisture, But More Frequently By Fungi And Bacteria, Which Are Often Carried From ...
Graphite
Graphite (from Gk. -ypaoh, Graphs, Writing, From 70.0eiv, Graphein, To Write), Black Lean, Or Pluisibaco. A Dark Steel-gray To Black Mineral, Having A Black Streak, Hardness Of 1.2, And Specific Gravity Of 2.25 To 2.27. It Crystallizes In The Hexagonal System, And May Occur In Foliat Ed Form, Massive, Or ...
Graptolite
Graptolite, Grap'to-lit (from Gk. Yparrec, Graptos, Written, Marked 4- 2.10oc, Lithos, Stone). A Class Of Extinct Animals, Allied To The Hydrozoa, Fossil Remains Of Which Are Found In The Lower Paleozoic Rocks, Especially- In Those Of Upper Cambrian, Ordovician, And Silurian Age. The Group Derives Its Name From The Likeness ...
Grass Tree
Grass-tree (so Called From The Grass-like Foliage), Xanthorrhcea. A Genus Of The Natural Order Juncacen, Natives Of Australia, Tasmania, And New Zealand, Which Constitute A Very Pe Culiar Feature In The Vegetation Of That Part Of The World. There Are Six Or Eight Species, Of Which The Widest Known Are ...