Henry of Huntingdon

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• Henry

  ·noun The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induc...

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• Alford, Henry

  (1810-1871) Theologian, scholar, poet, and miscellaneous writer, s. of a clergyman, was b. in Londo...

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• Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount

  (1678-1751) Statesman and philosopher, s. of Sir Henry St. J., b. at Battersea, and ed. at Eton and...

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• Brooke, Henry

  (1703-1783) Novelist and dramatist, b. in Ireland, s. of a clergyman, studied law, but embraced lit...

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• Carey, Henry

  (d. 1743) Dramatist and song-writer, was believed to be an illegitimate s. of George Savile, Marqui...

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• Chettle, Henry

  (1565-1607?) Dramatist. Very little is known of him. He ed. R. Greene's Groat's-worth of Wit (1592)...

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• Cockburn, Henry

  (1779-1854) Scottish judge and biographer, b. (probably) and ed. in Edin., became a distinguished m...

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• Cockton, Henry

  (1807-1852) Novelist, b. in London, is only remembered as an author for his novel of Valentine Vox ...

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• Constable, Henry

  (1562-1613) Poet, s. of Sir Robert C., ed. at Camb., but becoming a Roman Catholic, went to Paris, ...

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• Drummond, Henry

  (1851-1897) Theological and scientific writer, b. at Stirling, and ed. at Edin., he studied for the...

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• Fawcett, Henry

  (1833-1884) Statesman and economist, b. at Salisbury, and ed. at Camb., where he became Fellow of T...

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• Fielding, Henry

  (1707-1754) Novelist, was b. at Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury. His father was General Edmund F., ...

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• Glapthorne, Henry

  (fl. 1640) Dramatist, had a high reputation among his contemporaries, though now almost forgotten. ...

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• Hallam, Henry

  (1777-1859) Historian, s. of a Dean of Wells, was b. at Windsor, and ed. at Eton and Oxf. He was ca...

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• Harland, Henry

  (1861-1905) Novelist, b. of American parentage at St. Petersburg, and ed. at Rome. Thereafter he we...

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• Henry VIII

  (1491-1547) Besides writing songs including The Kings Ballad, was a learned controversialist, and c...

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• Henry, Matthew

  (1662-1714) Commentator, s. of Philip H., a learned Nonconformist divine, was b. in Flintshire. He ...

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• Henry, Robert

  (1718-1790) Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming o...

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• King, Henry

  (1592-1669) Poet, s. of a Bishop of London, was ed. at Westminster School and Oxf. He entered the C...

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• Kingsley, Henry

  (1830-1876) Novelist, brother of the above, ed. at King's Coll., London, and Oxf., which he left wi...

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• Mackenzie, Henry

  (1745-1831) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a physician in Edin., where he was b. and ed. ...

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• More, Henry

  (1614-1687) Philosopher, b. at Grantham, and ed. at Camb., took orders, but declined all preferment...

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• Morley, Henry

  (1822-1894) Writer on English literature, s. of an apothecary, was b. in London, ed. at a Moravian ...

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• Reed, Henry

  (1808-1854) Critic, was Prof. of English Literature in the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He d. in a shipwr...

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• Reeve, Henry

  (1813-1895) Editor, etc., s. of a physician, was on the staff of the Times, the foreign policy of w...

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• Rogers, Henry

  (1806-1877) Critic and theologian, was a minister of the Congregationalist Church, and ultimately P...

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• Timrod, Henry

  (1829-1867) Poet, b. at Charleston, S. Carolina, of German descent, was ruined by the Civil War, an...

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• Vaughan, Henry

  (1622-1695) Poet, b. in the parish of Llansaintffraed, Brecknock, and as a native of the land of th...

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• James, Henry

  (b. 1843) American novelist and critic. A Passionate Pilgrim (1875), The American (1877), The Europ...

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• Of

  ·prep During; in the course of. II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from. III...

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• of

  An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...

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• Ward of Henry de Coventre

  Identified as Vintry Ward (q.v.). ...

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• Ward of Henry de Frowyk

  Identified with Cripplegate Ward (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.259, note). ...

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• Ward of Henry le Bole

  Mentioned in a list of representatives of the Wards, 23 Ed. I. 1295 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.235). Sharpe ...

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• Ward of Henry le Waleys

  Identified with Cornwainer Street Ward (q.v.). ...

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• Beecher, Henry Ward

  (1813-1887) Orator and divine, s. of Lyman B. and bro. of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the mos...

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• Bell, Henry Glassford

  (1805-1874) Poet and historian, was a member of the Scottish Bar, and became Sheriff of Lanarkshire...

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• Henry the Minstrel

  Blind Harry ...

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• Boker, George Henry

  (1823-90) Poet, was in the American Diplomatic Service. Among his dramas, generally tragedies, are ...

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• Buckle, Henry Thomas

  (1821-1862) Historical writer, s. of a wealthy shipowner in London, was b. at Lee in Kent. Though n...

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• Byron, Henry James

  (1834-1884) Dramatist, b. at Manchester, entered the Middle Temple, but soon took to writing for th...

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• Cary, Henry Francis

  (1772-1844) Translator, was b. at Gibraltar, and ed. at Oxf., where he was distinguished for his cl...

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• Clinton, Henry Fynes

  (1781-1852) Chronologist, b. at Gamston, Notts, ed. at Southwell, Westminster, and Oxf., where he d...

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• Dana, Richard Henry

  (1787-1879) Novelist and critic, b. at Camb., Mass., was called to the Bar in 1817. Among his novel...

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• Henry, The Minstrel

  see Blind Harry. ...

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• Horne, Richard Henry or Hengist

  (1803-1884) Eccentric poet, was b. in London, and ed. at Sandhurst for the East India Company Servi...

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• Huxley, Thomas Henry

  (1825-1895) Scientific writer, s. of an assistant master in a public school, was b. at Ealing. From...

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• Ireland, William Henry

  (1777-1835) Forger of Shakespeare manuscripts, s. of an antiquarian bookseller in London. He claime...

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• Kames, Henry Home, Lord

  (1696-1782) Miscellaneous writer, s. of Geo. H., of Kames, Berwickshire, was admitted an advocate i...

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• Knight, Henry Gally

  (1786-1846) A country gentleman of Yorkshire, ed. at Eton and Camb., was the author of several Orie...

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• Lewes, George Henry

  (1817-1878) Philosopher and miscellaneous writer, b. in London, and ed. at Greenwich, and in Jersey...

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• Liddell, Henry George

  (1811-1898) Historian, etc. Ed. at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxf., of which in 1855 he became...

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• Liddon, Henry Parry

  (1829-1890) Divine, s. of a captain in the navy, was b. at North Stoneham, Hants, and ed. at King's...

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• Lister, Thomas Henry

  (1800-1842) Novelist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., was latterly the first Registrar-General for En...

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• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

  (1807-1882) Poet, was b. at Portland, Maine, the s. of Stephen L., a lawyer. From childhood he care...

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• Lyte, Henry Francis

  (1793-1847) Hymn-writer, b. at Ednam, near Kelso, of an ancient Somersetshire family, and ed. at Tr...

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• Manning, Henry Edward

  (1808-1892) Cardinal and theologian. B. at Totteridge, Herts, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf., where he ...

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• Mansel, Henry Longueville

  (1820-1871) Metaphysician, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Cosgrave, Northamptonshire, and ed. at Merc...

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• Milman, Henry Hart

  (1791-1868) Poet and historian, s. of Sir Francis M., a distinguished physician, ed. at Eton and Ox...

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• Newman, John Henry

  (1801-1890) Theologian, s. of a London banker, and brother of the above, was ed. at Ealing and Trin...

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• Pearson, Charles Henry

  (1830-1894) B. at Islington, ed. at Rugby and King's Coll., London, at the latter he became Prof. o...

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• Pye, Henry James

  (1745-1813) A country gentleman of Berkshire, who pub. Poems on Various Subjects and Alfred, an Epi...

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• Robinson, Henry Crabb

  (1775-1867) Diarist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, was articled to an attorney in Colchester. Between 180...

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• Savile, Sir Henry

  (1549-1622) Scholar, ed. at Oxf., where he lectured on mathematics. He was afterwards Warden of Mer...

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• Shaw, Henry Wheeler ("Josh Billings")

  (1818-1885) Humorist, b. in Massachusetts. After working on steam-boats and farming, he became an a...

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• Shorthouse, Joseph Henry

  (1834-1903) Novelist, b. at Birmingham, where he was a chemical manufacturer. Originally a Quaker, ...

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• Spelman, Sir Henry

  (1564?-1641) Historian and antiquary, b. at Congham, Norfolk, studied at Camb., and entered Lincoln...

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• Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope

  (1805-1875) Historian, was b. at Walmer, and ed. at Oxf. He sat in the House of Commons for Wootton...

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• Stoddard, Richard Henry

  (1825-1903) Poet, b. at Hingham, Mass., worked in a foundry, and afterwards in New York Custom Hous...

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• Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of

  (1517?-1547) Poet, s. of Thomas H., 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was ed. by John Clerke, a learned and trav...

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• Taylor, Sir Henry

  (1800-1886) Dramatist, s. of a gentleman farmer in the county of Durham. After being at sea for som...

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• Thoreau, Henry David

  (1817-1862) Essayist, poet, and naturalist, was b. at Concord, Massachusetts. His f., of French ext...

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• Tuckerman, Henry Theodore

  (1813-1871) Essayist, etc., b. in Boston, Mass. He was a sympathetic and delicate critic, with a gr...

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• Underwood, Francis Henry

  (1825-1894) Critic and biographer, b. in Massachusetts, was American Consul at Glasgow and Leith. H...

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• White, Henry Kirke

  (1785-1806) Poet, s. of a butcher at Nottingham. At first assisting his f., next a stocking weaver,...

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• Wotton, Sir Henry

  (1568-1639) Diplomatist and poet, s. of a Kentish gentleman, was b. at Boughton Park, near Maidston...

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• Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles

  D.Litt. (b. 1859) Miscellaneous writer. In a Garden and other Poems (1895), Pages from a Private D...

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• Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie

  (b. 1856) Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...

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• Bullen, Arthur Henry

  (b. 1857) Ed. of Old English writers. Ed. Works of John Day, dramatist (1881), Collection of Old En...

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• Butcher, Samuel Henry

  LL.D., etc. (b. 1850) Scholar. Prose Translation of the Odyssey (1879), with A. Lang, Some Aspects...

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• Dobson, Henry Austin

  LL.D. (b. 1840) Poet and biographer. Poems, Vignettes in Rhyme (1873), Proverbs in Porcelain (1877...

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• Dudeney, Mrs. Henry (Whiffin)

  (b. 1866) Novelist. A Man with a Maid (1897), Folly Corner, Men of Marlowe's, Robin Brilliant, Wise...

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• Haggard, Henry Rider

  (b. 1856) Novelist, etc. The Witch's Head (1885), King Solomon's Mines (1886), She (1887), Jess (18...

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• Hewlett, Maurice Henry

  (b. 1861) Poet and novelist. Earthwork out of Tuscany (1895), The Masque of Dead Florentines (1895)...

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• Jones, Henry Arthur

  (b. 1851) Dramatist. A Clerical Error (1879), The Silver King (1882), Saints and Sinners (1884), Th...

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• Sayce, Archibald Henry

  D.Litt., LL.D., etc. (b. 1846) Orientalist and philologist, etc. Principles of Comparative Philolo...

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• King Henry Yard

  West out of Nightingale lane. In East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810). Former name : "King H...

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• Unheard-of

  ·adj New; unprecedented; unparalleled. ...

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• kind of

  In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....

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• rising of

  More than; upwards of; as, There were rising of a thousand men killed at the battle of Buena Vista.'...

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• Brougham and Vaux, Henry, 1st Lord

  (1778-1868) S. of Henry B. of Brougham Hall, Westmoreland, b. in Edin., and ed. at the High School ...

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• Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.

  (1815-1882) Miscellaneous writer, s. of the above, ed. at Harvard, but on his eyesight giving way s...

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• Hunt, James Henry Leigh

  (1784-1859) Essayist and poet, was b. at Southgate, and ed. at Christ's Hospital. A selection of hi...

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• Kingston, William Henry Giles

  (1814-1880) Writer of tales for boys, b. in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where hi...

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• Layard, Sir Austin Henry

  (1817-1894) Explorer of Nineveh, b. at Paris, s. of a Ceylon civilian. After spending some years in...

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• Myers, Frederic William Henry

  (1843-1901) Poet and essayist, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Keswick, and ed. at Cheltenham and Camb...

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• Rawlinson, Sir Henry Cresswicke

  (1810-1895) Brother of the above, entered the service of the East India Company, and held many impo...

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• Sala, George Augustus Henry

  (1828-1895) Journalist and novelist, b. in London of Italian ancestry, began life as an illustrator...

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• Stanley, Sir Henry Morton

  (1841-1904) Traveller in Africa, b. in America, went to find, and found, Livingstone, and wrote an ...

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• Smeaton, Wm. Henry Oliphant

  M.A. (b. 1856) Novelist, etc. By Adverse Winds (1895), Our Laddie (1897), Treasure Cave of the Blu...

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• Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott

  (b. 1863) Novelist, etc. Lady Faintheart (1890), The Web of the Spider (1891), Diogenes of London (...

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• Wicksteed, Rev. Philip Henry

  (b. 1844) Writer on Dante, political economy, etc. Translation of the Bible for Young People (1882)...

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• Sir Henry Tulce's House

  At the north end of Warnford Court, south of Drapers Gardens (O. and M. 1677). Site now occupied by...

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• Bishops of London, Palace of

  On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373). Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...

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• receivers of droits of admiralty

  Now termed receivers of wreck (which see). ...

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• Beeroth of the children of Jaakan

  (Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31). ...

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• captain of a ship of war

  Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...

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• chamber of a piece of ordnance

  The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...

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• gunner, of a ship of war

  A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...

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• master of a ship-of-war

  An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...

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• muzzle of a piece of ordnance

  The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...

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• Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan

  the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...

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• Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon

  and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH] ...

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• Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach

  [Ecclesiasticus] ...

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• Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner

  (1822-1888) Jurist, ed. at Christ's Hospital and at Camb., where he became Regius Prof. of Civil La...

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• Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry

  LL.D., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1837) Philologist. Ed. of New English Dictionary, Dialect of the Southern ...

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• Pasture, Mrs. Henry de la (Bonham)

  Novelist and dramatist. The Little Squire (1894), A Toy Tragedy, Deborah of Tod's (1897), Catherine ...

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• Angle of entry

  ·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...

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• Angle of incidence

  ·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...

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• Bird of paradise

  ·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...

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• Concert of Europe

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of European concert. ...

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• Corps of Engineers

  ·add. ·- In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the...

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• Jane-of-apes

  ·noun A silly, pert girl; — corresponding to jackanapes. ...

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• Leg-of-mutton

  ·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...

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• Matter-of-fact

  ·adj Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; comm...

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• Men-of-war

  ·pl of <<Manofwar>>. ...

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• Mother-of-pearl

  ·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...

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• Mother-of-thyme

  ·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); — called also wild thyme. ...

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• Out-of-door

  ·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...

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• Volunteers of America

  ·add. ·- A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) b...

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• Wheel of fortune

  ·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...

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• Ancient of Days

  An expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in the sense of e...

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• Atonement, Day of

  The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...

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• Avenger of blood

  (Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...

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• Baale of Judah

  Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Sam....

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• Babel, tower of

  The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...

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• Babylon, kingdom of

  Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central As...

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• Baca, Valley of

  (Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of P...

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• Baptism of Christ

  Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he ...

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• Bashan, Hill of

  (Ps. 68:15), probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan. ...

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• Changes of raiment

  Were reckoned among the treasures of rich men (Gen. 45:22; Judg. 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:22, 23). ...

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• Chiefs of Asia

  "Asiarchs," the title given to certain wealthy persons annually appointed to preside over the religi...

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• Chronicles, Books of

  The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e....

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• Coat of mail

  The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural f...

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• Coming of Christ

  (1) with reference to his first advent "in the fulness of the time" (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2...

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• Consolation of Israel

  A name for the Messiah in common use among the Jews, probably suggested by Isa. 12:1; 49:13. The Gre...

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• Crown of thorns

  Our Lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the Romans (Matt. 27:29). The object of Pilate's guard in...

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• Daniel, Book of

  Is ranked by the Jews in that division of their Bible called the Hagiographa (Heb. Khethubim). (See ...

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• David, City of

  1) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He "dwelt in the fort, and called it th...

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• Decision, Valley of

  A name given to the valley of Jehoshaphat (q.v.) as the vale of the sentence. The scene of Jehovah's...

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• Decrees of God

  "The decrees of God are his eternal, unchangeable, holy, wise, and sovereign purpose, comprehending ...

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• Degrees, Song of

  Song of steps, a title given to each of these fifteen psalms, 120-134 inclusive. The probable origin...

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• Desolation, Abomination of

  (Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; comp. Luke 21:20), is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the Roma...

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• Destruction, City of

  (Isa. 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the ...

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• Drawer of water

  (Deut. 29:11; Josh. 9:21, 23), a servile employment to which the Gibeonites were condemned. ...

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• Ephraim, Gate of

  One of the gates of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 25:23), on the side of the city looking toward ...

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• Ephraim, Wood of

  A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was k...

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• Esther, Book of

  The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...

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• Exodus, Book of

  Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...

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• Ezekiel, Book of

  Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...

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• Ezra, Book of

  This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...

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• Fall of man

  An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...

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• Flame of fire

  Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...

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• Foreknowledge of God

  Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to hi...

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• Forgiveness of sin

  One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the co...

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• Galilee, Sea of

  (Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names. 1) In the Old Testament it ...

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• Gibeah of Judah

  (Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, abou...

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• Gibeah of Phinehas

  (Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A...

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• Gilead, Balm of

  The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Ge...

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• Goodness of God

  A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various ci...

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• Government of God

  See Providence. ...

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• Grace, means of

  An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God t...

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• Habakkuk, Prophecies of

  Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists o...

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• Kingdom of God

  (Matt. 6:33; Mark 1:14, 15; Luke 4:43) = "kingdom of Christ" (Matt. 13:41; 20:21) = "kingdom of Chri...

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• Kir of Moab

  Isa. 15:1. The two strongholds of Moab were Ar and Kir, which latter is probably the Kir-haraseth (1...

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• Lamentations, Book of

  Called in the Hebrew canon 'Ekhah, meaning "How," being the formula for the commencement of a song o...

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• Law of Moses

  Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by ...

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• Mail, Coat of

  "a corselet of scales," a cuirass formed of pieces of metal overlapping each other, like fish-scales...

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• Malachi, Prophecies of

  The contents of the book are comprised in four chapters. In the Hebrew text the third and fourth cha...

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• Man of sin

  A designation of Antichrist given in 2 Thess. 2:3-10, usually regarded as descriptive of the Papal p...

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• Micah, Book of

  The sixth in order of the so-called minor prophets. The superscription to this book states that the ...

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• Mount of beatitudes

  See Sermon on the mount. ...

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• Mount of corruption

  (2 Kings 23:13; Vulg., "mount of offence"), the name given to a part of the Mount of Olives, so call...

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• Nahum, Book of

  Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (B.C. 743). Others, howev...

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• Naphtali, Tribe of

  On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, "Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth go...

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• Nativity of Christ

  The birth of our Lord took place at the time and place predicted by the prophets (Gen. 49:10; Isa. 7...

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• Nehemiah, Book of

  The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the...

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• Nimrim, Waters of

  The stream of the leopards, a stream in Moab (Isa. 15:6; Jer. 48:34); probably the modern Wady en-Ne...

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• Numbers, Book of

  The fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew be-midbar, i.e., "in the wilderness....

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• Obadiah, Book of

  Consists of one chapter, "concerning Edom," its impending doom (1:1-16), and the restoration of Isra...

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• Olves, Mount of

  So called from the olive trees with which its sides are clothed, is a mountain ridge on the east of ...

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• Stream of Egypt

  (Isa. 27:12), the Wady el-Arish, called also "the river of Egypt," R.V., "brook of Egypt" (Num. 34:5...

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• Tabernacles, Feast of

  The third of the great annual festivals of the Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the "feast of...

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• Testimony, Tabernacle of

  The tabernacle, the great glory of which was that it contained "the testimony", i.e., the "two table...

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• Tiberias, Sea of

  Called also the Sea of Galilee (q.v.) and of Gennesaret. In the Old Testament it is called the Sea o...

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• Tongues, Confusion of

  At Babel, the cause of the early separation of mankind and their division into nations. The descenda...

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• Tongues, Gift of

  Granted on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4), in fulfilment of a promise Christ had made to his discip...

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• Tree of life

  Stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opini...

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