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kp-eb0713-067904-0250 | MAGGIORE, Lago, a beautiful lake, situated on the confines of Switzerland and Italy, on the south side of the Alps. It is about fifty miles long, and four or five miles broad, and is bent into a very irregular figure. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-067905-0250 | MAGGOT, the common name of the fly-worm bred in flesh, from the egg of the great blue flesh-fly. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-067906-0250 | MAGI, or Magicians, an ancient religious sect in Persia, and other countries, who maintained that there were two principles, one the cause of all good, the other the cause of all evil; and, abominating the adoration of images, they worshipped God only by fire, which they looked upon as the brightest and most glorious s... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-067907-0250 | MAGIC (Magice, Jbla ι yι∕α), in its ancient sense, the science or discipline and doctrine of the Magi, or wise men of Persia.
The origin of magic and the magi is ascribed to Zoroaster. Salmasius derives the very name from Zoroaster, who, he says, was surnamed Mag, whence Magus. But others, instead of making him the au... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068301-0302 | MAGICIAN, one who practises magic, or has the power of performing wonderful feats by the agency of spirits. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068302-0302 | MAGINDANAO, the most southerly of the Philippine Islands, in the Eastern Seas, and situated principally between the sixth and tenth degrees of north latitude. It is of an extremely irregular shape, and may be estimated at 300 miles in length by 105 in average breadth. This island is of a very singular shape, having thr... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 7 9' N 124 40' E | MAGINDANAO |
kp-eb0713-068401-0315 | MAGISTERY, an old term in chemistry, given to precipitates. Thus, magistery and precipitate are synonymous; formerly precipitate was a general term, and magistery applied to particular precipitates, such as the magistery of bismuth, and the like. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068402-0315 | MAGISTRATE, any public officer to whom the executive power of the law is committed, either wholly or in part. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068403-0315 | MAGLIABECHI, Antonio, a person of great learning, and remarkable for an amazing memory, was born at Florence in the year 1633. His father died when he was only seven years of age. His mother had him taught grammar and drawing, and then put him as apprentice to one of the best goldsmiths in Florence. When he was about s... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068404-0315 | MAGLIANO, a town of the province of Mondovi, in Piedmont, containing 1680 inhabitants. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068405-0315 | MAGLOIRE, St, a native of Wales, in Great Britain, and cousin-german to St Sampson and St Mallo. He embraced a monastic life, and went into France, where he was made abbot of Dol, and afterwards provincial bishop in Bretagne. He subsequently founded a monastery in the island of Jersey, where he died on the 14th of Octo... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068406-0315 | MAGNAC-LAVAL, a town of France, in the department of the Upper Vienne, and arrondissement of Ballac, situated on the river Brame, and containing 2850 inhabitants. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068407-0315 | MAGNANIMITY denotes greatness of mind, particularly in circumstances of trial and adversity. It has been justly observed, that it is pride in the good sense, and the noblest way of acquiring applause. It renders the soul superior to the trouble, disorder, and emotion, which the appearance of great danger might excite; ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068408-0315 | MAGNESIA, a town of Asia Minor, situated on the Maeander, about fifteen miles from Ephesus. Themistocles died at Magnesia, which was one of the three towns given him by Artaxerxes, “to furnish his table with bread.” It is also celebrated for a battle which was fought there, 190 years before the Christian era, between t... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0713-068409-0315 | MAGNETICAL Island, an island in the Southern Pacific Ocean, near the north coast of New Holland, discovered by Captain Cook in 1770, and so named from its having some effect on the compass. Long. 213.22. W. Lat. 19. 8. S.
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... | 19 8' S 213 22' W | MAGNETICAL |
kp-eb0713-068501-0328 | MAGNETISM.
The word magnetism is derived from the Greek word μaγwiς i a name given to the loadstone or native magnet, an ore of iron well known to the ancients. The term μαγνης itself is said to be derived from one Magnes, a Greek shepherd, who observed on Mount Ida the attractive power which the loadstone exercised u... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-000101-9835 | MAGNETISM, ANIMAL.
THE term Animal Magnetism has been employed to denote an agency or influence to which certain singular phenomena, occurring, or said to occur, in the economy of particular individuals, have been supposed to be attributable. The phenomena which;this agency has been conceived to produce in those to wh... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002401-0134 | MAGNIFYING, the making objects to appear larger than they naturally are; and hence double convex lenses, which have the power of doing this, are called magnifying glasses. See Optics. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002402-0134 | MAGNITUDE, whatever is made up of parts locally extended, or that has several dimensions; as a line, surface, solid, and the like. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002403-0134 | MAGNOLIA, the Laurel-leaved Tulip Tree, a genus of plants belonging to the polyandria class, and in the natural method ranking under the fifty-second order, Coadunatoe. See Botany. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002404-0134 | MAGNUS Campus, in Ancient Geography, a tract lying towards Scythopolis, or Bethsan, in Galilee, beyond which it extends into Samaria. It is also called Esdraelon, and is thirty miles long and eighteen broad, having Samaria with Mount Ephraim to the south, the Lake Genesareth to the east, Mount Carmel to the west, and L... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002405-0134 | MAGO, the name of several Carthaginian generals. See the article Carthage. -z Mago, in Ancient Geography, a citadel and town of the Balearis Minor, or Minorca, now Mahon. Long. 4.6. E. Lat. 39. 5. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002406-0134 | MAGONTIACUM, Mogontiacum, or Mogontiacus, truncated afterwards by the poets to Mogontia, Magun-tia, and Moguntia, a town of Gallia Belgica, now Mayence, situated at the confluence of the Rhine and the Maine. Long. 8. E. Lat. 50. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002407-0134 | MAHABALIPURAM, a town of Hindustan, in Southern[7:14:25] India, in the province of the Carnatic. It is noted for the celebrated ruins of ancient Hindu temples in the vicinity, dedicated to Vishnu, generally called the Seven Pagodas, though it is not known for what reason, as no such number exists here. There is a high ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 12 23' N 78 18' E | MAHABALIPURAM |
kp-eb0714-002501-0147 | MAHANUDDY, or the Large River, a river of Hindustan, which has its source in the province of Gundwana, though the exact spot is not known. It proceeds with a very winding course towards the Bay of Bengal, crossing the province of Orissa; in the province of Cuttack it receives the contributions of the Sollundee, the Gai... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002502-0147 | MAHE, a town of Hindustan, on the sea-coast of the Malabar province, and the principal French settlement on the coast. It is situated at a short distance from Tellicherry, on the banks of a river, which is navigable for large boats a considerable way up the country. Small vessels can also cross the bar, where there is ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 11 42' N 75 38' E | MAHE |
kp-eb0714-002503-0147 | MAHIE, the name given by the inhabitants of Ota-heitê to their bread-fruit when made into a kind of sour paste, which, in consequence of undergoing a fermentation, is found to keep a considerable time, and supplies them with food when no ripe fruit is to be had. When, therefore, they see a great show of new fruit on th... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002504-0147 | MAHIM, or Mahaim, a town of Hindustan, situated on the northern point of the island of Bombay. It formerly possessed a small fort, which was the defence of the channel running between it and Salsette. Here is the tomb of a Mahommedan saint, with a mosque attached to it; also a Portuguese church, with a college for Roma... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 19 39' N 72 48' E | MAHIM |
kp-eb0714-002505-0147 | MAHMUDABAD, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Gujerat. This place was founded by Sultan Mahmoud of Gujerat in the fourteenth century. It contained many stately edifices, and was surrounded with a brick wall fourteen miles in extent; but of these there are now few remains. Long. 72. 52. E. Lat. 22. 47. N. It is al... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-002506-0147 | MAHOMMED, Mohammed, or Mahomet, surnamed Abul-Cassem, prophet and legislator of the Moslemins, and founder of the Arabian empire, as well as of the religion to which he has given his name, was born at Mekka on the 10th of November 570 of our era, according to the more probable opinion. He came into the world under cons... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-003201-0238 | MAHOMMEDANISM, the system of religion established by Mahommed, and still adhered to by his followers. (See Mahommed, and Koran.) Mahommedanism is professed by the Turks, Persians, and several nations amongst the Africans, and by many amongst the East Indians.
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kp-eb0714-004001-0342 | MAHON, a city in the island of Minorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Portus Magonis of the ancients, said to have derived its name from the Carthaginian general Mago, and now conferring its name on the eldest son of the Earl of Stanhope, whose gallant ancestor took it during the war of the Spanish succession. Before E... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004002-0342 | MAHOOR, a district and town of Hindustan, in the province of Berar, situated in about the twentieth degree of north latitude. The district contains part of a high tableland between the Wurdah and the Godavery Rivers. The town is situated in longitude 78. 33. east, and latitude 20. 4. north. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004003-0342 | MAHRATTAS. The Mahratta state comprehended a country in Hindustan, very extensive, and of great natural strength, being interspersed with mountains, defiles, and fortresses, and well adapted for defensive war. It extended across the peninsula of India, and, generally speaking, was in possession of the peishwa, Nagpoor ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004101-0355 | MAHRISCH-KROMAU, a town of the circle of Znaym, in the Austrian province of Moravia, situated on the river Rokitna. There is here an ancient castle belonging to the Lichtenstein family, with a curious collection of antique weapons and armour; and in the church is the burial-place of that house. It contains 204 houses, ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004102-0355 | MAHRISCH-TRUBAU, a city of the circle of Olmutz, in the Austrian province of Moravia, situated on the river Trzebowa. It contains a castle belonging to Prince Lichtenstein, a cathedral, a college, 462 houses, and 3614 inhabitants. It is well built, is surrounded with walls, and has manufactures of fine cloth. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004103-0355 | MAHWAH, or Mawee, in Botany, an East Indian tree, so called by the natives of Bahar and the neighbouring countries, but the Sanscrit name of which is Madhuca, or Madhudruma. It is of the class of the polyandria-monogynia of Linnaeus, but of a genus not described by him. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004104-0355 | MAHY, a river of Hindustan, in the province of Malwah and district of Oojain, not far from the source of the Chumbul, which, after a course of 280 miles, including its windings, falls into the Gulf of Cambay. In very few places does it attain to any considerable depth. The banks are inhabited by an uncivilized Hindu tr... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004105-0355 | MAIA, in fabulous history, the daughter of Atlas and Pleione, and the mother of Mercury by Jupiter. She was one of the Pleiades, the most luminous of the seven sisters (see Pleiades). Maia is also a surname of Cybele, i | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004106-0355 | MAIDA, a town of the kingdom of Naples, in the province of Calabria Ulteriore II. It stands on the river Pesipo, about ten miles from Squillace, and contains four churches, a nunnery, and 1860 inhabitants. It suffered very severely by the earthquake of 1783. In the neighbourhood there are several marble quarries, and s... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004107-0355 | MAIDEN, an instrument anciently used for beheading criminals. Of the use and form of this instrument an account has been given by Pennant. “It seems to have been confined to the limits of the forest of Hardwick, or the eighteen towns and hamlets within its precincts. The time when this custom took place is unknown; whe... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004201-0368 | MAIDENHEAD, a market-town of the county of Berks and hundred of Cookham, twenty-six miles from London. It is finely situated on the river Thames, over which is a beautiful bridge. The town is not a parish, but stands in two, viz. Bray and Cookham. It was incorporated by James I., and was governed by a mayor and ten ald... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004202-0368 | MAIDEN-NEWTON, a pleasantly situated town in the county of Dorset, 126 miles from London and seven from Dorchester. It has a fine old church, with a tower surmounted with battlements. Being a good hunting country, there are several hunting boxes in and around it. It stands on the river Frome. The population amounted in... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004203-0368 | MAIDSTONE, a town of the county of Kent, in the hundred of that name and lathe of Aylesford, thirty-one miles from London. It stands on the river Medway, in a district of great fertility, but peculiarly eminent for the production of hops. The river is navigable for small craft to its junction with the sea at Sheerness.... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004204-0368 | MAH Inductio, an ancient custom, in obedience to which the priest and people of country villages went in procession to some adjoining wood on a May-day morning, and then returned in a kind of triumph, with a May-pole, boughs, flowers, garlands, and other tokens of the spring. This May-game, or rejoicing at the coming o... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004205-0368 | MAIL (maille), a term primarily applied to the meshes or holes in network.
Coat of Mail, called also a habergeon, was a sort of shirt composed of interlaced iron rings, and anciently worn under the waistcoat, to serve as a defence against swords and poniards. There were also gloves of mail.
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kp-eb0714-004206-0368 | MAILCOTTA, a town of Hindustan, in the Mysore rajah’s territories, situated upon a rocky elevation, commanding a view of the valley watered by the Cavery. It is one of the most celebrated places of Hindu worship. The large temple is a square building of great dimensions, entirely surrounded by a colonnade, though a mea... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004207-0368 | MAILLA, Joseph-Anne-Marie de Moyriac de, a learned Jesuit, was born in the castle of MaiDac, in Bugey, on the borders of Savoy, and appointed a missionary to China, whither he proceeded in 1703. At the age of twenty-eight he had acquired such skill in the characters, arts, sciences, mythology, and ancient books of the ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004208-0368 | MAILLEZAY, a town of France, in the department of Vendée and arrondissement of Fontenay. It is situated on an island formed by the rivers Autise and Sèvre-Niortaise, and is somewhat unhealthy, but contains 1450 inhabitants. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004209-0368 | MAIM, Maihem, or Mayhem, in Law, a wound by which a person loses the use of a member that might have been a defence to him; as when a bone is broken, a foot, hand, or other member cut off, or an eye put out; though the cutting off an ear or nose, or breaking the hinder teeth, was formerly held to be no maim. It was ena... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004210-0368 | MAIMONIDES, Moses, a celebrated rabbi, called by the Jews the Eagle of the Doctors, was descended of an illustrious family at Cordova in Spain in 1131. The early [7:14:43]part of his education was undertaken by his father, who afterwards placed him under the tuition of Rabbi Joseph, the son of Megas, a person on whose ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004301-0381 | MAINE, one of the United States of North America, is situated between the parallels 43. 5. and 48. 3. north latitude, and extends from 66. 49. to 70. 55. west longitude. It is bounded on the north by Lower Canada, on the east by New Brunswick, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by New Hampshire. It is ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004501-0407 | MAIN-SAC, a market-town of France, in the department of Creuse and arrondissement of Aubusson, containing 245 houses and 1540 inhabitants. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004502-0407 | MAINTENON, Madame de, a French lady of extraordinary fortune, who from a very low condition was at last raised to be the wife of Louis XIV. She was descended from the ancient family of D’Aubigné, born in 1635, and baptized Frances d’Aubigné. Her parents by misfortunes being unable to support her, she was intrusted to t... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004503-0407 | MAIRAN, Jean Jacques d’Ortous de, descendet from a noble family at Béziers, was born in that city ir 1678, and died at Paris on the 20th of February 1771, al the age of ninety-three. He was one of the most illustrious members of the Academy of Sciences and of the Frenel Academy. Being early connected with the former, h... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004601-0420 | MAIRE, Streights le, a passage to Cape Horn, situated between Terra del Fuego and Staten Island, which, being discovered by Le Maire, obtained his name. It is now, however, less made use of than formerly, ships going round Staten Island as well as Terra del Fuego. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004602-0420 | MAISON-BLANCHE, a town of the department of the Saone and Loire, and arrondissement of Macon, in France, on the verge of the department of the Rhone, containing 2200 inhabitants. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004603-0420 | MAISSY, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Ba-hore and district of Battiah, fifty-four miles north from Patna. Long. 85. 7. E. Lat. 26. 20. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004604-0420 | MAISTRE, Louis Isaac le, better known by the name of Sacy, formed from that of Isaac, was born at Paris in 1613. After a course of study under the direction of the Abbé de Saint Cyran, he was admitted to the priesthood in 1648, and soon afterwards chosen director of the religious house of Port Royal des Champs. But thi... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004605-0420 | MAITEU, a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, supposed to have been first discovered by Quiros in 1606.
The island is in subjection to the sovereign of Otaheité. Long. 148. 12. W. Lat. 17. 53. S. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004606-0420 | MAITTAIRE, Michael, an eminent classical editor, of a foreign family, was born in 1668. He was educated at Westminster school, where Dr Busby kept him to the study of Greek and Latin some years longer than usual. He then gained another powerful friend in Dr South, canon of Christ Church, who made him a student of that ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004701-0433 | MAIXENT, St, a city of France, of the department of the Deux Sevres and arrondissement of Niort, situated on the navigable river Sèvre-Niortaise. Though it suffered much in the Vendécan war, it has been re-established, and contains 610 houses, with 4200 inhabitants, who are occupied in making serges, hats, and hosiery. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004702-0433 | MAIZE, or Indian Corn. See Botany. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004703-0433 | MAJESTY, a title given to kings, which frequently serves as a term of distinction. The word seems composed of the two Latin words, major, greater, and status, state. The emperor is called Sacred Majesty, Imperial Majesty, and Caesarean Majesty; the king of Hungary is styled His Apostolic Majesty; the king of Spain is t... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004704-0433 | MAJOR, in the art of war, the name of several officers of different ranks and functions.
Major- General. See General. Major of a Regiment of Foot, the officer next to the lieutenant-colonel. His business is to take care that the regiment be well exercised, to see that it marches in good order, and to rally it in case ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004801-0446 | MAJORCA, or, as called by the Spaniards, Mallorca, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, of the group anciently distinguished by the name of the Baleares, on account of the great reputation of the inhabitants as slingers. According to D’Anville, these islands were first settled by a colony of Phoenicians, who transferred... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004901-0459 | MAJORI, a sea-port town of the kingdom of Naples, in the province Principato Citeriore, containing four churches and five monasteries, with 2668 inhabitants. There is much coarse paper made here, which gives employment to fifteen mills. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004902-0459 | MAKARIEW, a circle of the Russian province Kostroma. It extends from 58.7. to 59. north latitude, and from 43. 10. to 44. 4. east longitude. It is a poor district, and affords very little corn, but some flax and hemp. The capital, of the same name, is situated on the river Unsha, which is navigable but a few months in ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004903-0459 | MAKEWARA, a small town of Hindustan, in the province of Delhi and district of Sirhind, within four and a half miles distance of the Sutleje river. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004904-0459 | MAKHNOWKA, a circle of the Russian province of Kiew, extending in north latitude from 49. 22. to 49. 56. and in east longitude from 38. 20. to 39. 33. It has a most excellent soil, with rich fattening meadow land. The capital, a city of the same name, is situated on the river Gnilopiat, 975 miles from St Petersburg. It... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-004905-0459 | MALABAR. This tract of country extends along the western coast of India, from Cape Comorin to the river Chandragiri, in lat. 12. 30. north. The British province of Malabar is a particular portion of this tract, which is situated between the 10th and 13th degrees of north latitude. Io the north it is bounded by the prov... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005101-0485 | MALACA, in Ancient Geography, surnamed Foederatorum by Pliny, a maritime town of Baetica (a Carthaginian colony according to Strabo), so called from malaclι, signifying salt; now Malaga, a port of Granada in Spain. Long. 4. 45. W. Lat. 36. 40. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005102-0485 | MALACCA, an extensive region of India beyond the Ganges, consisting of a large peninsula, connected, by the isthmus of Kraw, about ninety-seven miles in breadth, with the province of Tenasscrim to the north, whilst on all other sides it is bounded by the Eastern Ocean, having on the west the Indian Ocean and the Strait... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005201-0498 | MALACHI, or the prophecy of Malachi, a canonical book of the Old Testament, and the last of the twelve lesser [7:14:53]prophets. Malachi prophesied about 300 years ^before Christ, reproving the Jews for their wickedness after their return from Babylon, charging them with rebellion, sacrilege, adultery, profaneness, and... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005301-0511 | MALACIA, a languishing disorder incident to pregnant women. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005302-0511 | MALACOPTERYGEOUS, in Ichthyology, an appellation given to fishes having the rays of their fins bony at the extremities, but not pointed like those of acanthop-terygeous fishes. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005303-0511 | MALACOSTOMOUS Fishes, those destitute of teeth in the jaws, called in English leather-mouthed, as the tench, carp, bream, and the like. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005304-0511 | MALAGA, a city of Spain, in the kingdom of Granada, and province of Andalusia. There are few spots more beautiful, and few regions more fertile, than that in which this place is situated. It is on the sea-coast, on a rich and well-watered plain, sheltered by high mountains from the northerly and easterly winds, and ope... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005305-0511 | MALAMOCCO, a town of Italy, in the delegation of [7:14:54] Venice. It is situated on a tongue of barren land, but has a spacious and secure haven, defended by two forts. Near to this place was formerly celebrated the ceremony of the marriage of the Doge of Venice with the Adriatic Sea. It contains 1140 inhabitants. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005401-0524 | MALATIA, a town of Asia Minor, situated in a fine plain, about fifteen miles west of the Euphrates. It stands between that river and the Melas, on the site of the ancient Mclitene, now in ruins. The modern town is populous. It is situated ninety miles west-north-west of Diarbekir. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005402-0524 | MALATIVOE, a town and fortress of Ceylon, advantageously situated on the bank of a small river. The inhabitants are chiefly fishers, or traders in cattle, sheep, and poultry, which they dispose of to the garrison, and Europeans settled at Trincomalee∙ Long. 81. 7. E. Lat. 9. 17. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005403-0524 | MALAUCENE, a town of France, in the department of Vaucluse and arrondissement of Orange, situated on the river Grauze. It contains 520 houses, and 2680 inhabitants, who spin silk, extract much olive oil, and carry on manufactures of cloth and leather. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005404-0524 | MALAVILLY, a town, or rather a large mud fort, of Hindustan, in the territory of Mysore, and separated into two portions by a transverse wall. About two miles southwest is a reservoir, where Tippoo was defeated in an action with General Harris. He afterwards destroyed this place, and only about 500 houses have been re-... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005405-0524 | MALCHIN, a town of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in the province of Gustrow, on the river Peene. It is surrounded with walls, and contains 424 houses, with 2640 inhabitants, who are chiefly occupied in the manufacture of linens. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005406-0524 | MALDA, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Bengal and district of Rajemahal, situated on a river which communicates with the Ganges. It is a place of great trade, and produces much silk. It is fifty-six miles north by west from Moorshedabad. Long. 88. 4. E. Lat. 25. 3. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005407-0524 | MALDEGHEM, a town of the Netherlands, in the province of East Flanders and arrondissement of Eccloo. It is situated on the river Eede, and contains 470C inhabitants. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005408-0524 | MALDIVE Islands. This large chain of low islands and rocks, formed from coral, in the Indian Ocean, extends from the equinoctial line to the eighth degree of north latitude, and is situated between the seventy-second and seventy-fourth degrees of east longitude. The greatest breadth of the range is said to be from twen... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005409-0524 | MALDON, a town of the hundred of Dengey, in the county of Essex, thirty-seven miles from London. It stands in a low but pleasant district, upon the river Blackwater, at the spot where another river joins it, and where they form a harbour for small vessels. In the former of these rivers many oysters are taken and sent t... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005410-0524 | MALE, the principal of the Maidive Islands, in the Indian Ocean, situated nearly in the centre of them, and about four miles in circumference. It is the most fertile of the whole, and contains a town, which is the residence of the prince. Long. 73. 10. E. Lat. 6. 20. N.
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... | 6 20' N 73 10' E | MALE |
kp-eb0714-005411-0524 | MALEBRANCHE, Nicholas, an eminent French metaphysician and philosopher, the son of Nicholas Malebranche, secretary to the French king, and born at Paris on the 6th of August 1638. He was first placed under a domestic tutor, who taught him Greek and Latin; he afterwards went through a course of philosophy in the college... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005501-0537 | MALESHERBES, Christian-William de Lamoig non de, minister and last counsel to Louis XVI., was descended of an illustrious family, which had occupied the highest offices in the magistracy, being the grandson of the celebrated advocate-general Lamoignon (see Lamoignon), and born at Parison the 6th of December 1721. He wa... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005601-0550 | MALHERBE, François de, a celebrated French poet of his time, was born at Caen about the year 1556, being descended of a noble and ancient family. He quitted Normandy at the age of seventeen, and went into Provence, where he attached himself to the family of Henry of Angoulême, the natural son of Henry II., and was in t... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005701-0563 | MALICE, in Ethics and Law, is a deliberate preconceived design of doing mischief to another; and hence it differs from hatred. In murder it is malice that constitutes the crime; and if a man, having a malicious intent to kill another, in the execution of his malice kills a person not intended, the malice will be connec... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005702-0563 | MALICORNE, a market-town of France, in the department of the Sarthe and arrondissement of La Flèche. It is situated on the banks of the Sarthe, which is navigable as far as the town. The population amounts to 1250. There is a manufactory of china ware carried on extensively. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005703-0563 | MALICOY, an island in the Indian Ocean, between the Laccadive and the Maidive Islands. It is small and low, and the sea breaks with incessant fury on its coasts. It was formerly dependent on one of the Malabar rajahs. Long. 72. 45. E. Lat. 8. 20. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 8 20' N 72 45' E | MALICOY |
kp-eb0714-005704-0563 | MALIGNANT, amongst physicians, a term applied to diseases of a very dangerous nature, and generally infectious, such as dysentery, hospital fever, and the like. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005705-0563 | MALIPOOTAS Isle, one of the Sooloo Islands. It is low and woody, and has shoals all around extending about two miles to the north-west. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005706-0563 | MALIVAGUNGA River, a broad, rocky, and rapid river of Ceylon, which, in its course, nearly surrounds the hills where the city of Candy stands. It bends its course to the north-east, and falls into Trincomalee Harbour. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005707-0563 | MALL, Sea-mall, or Sea-mew. See Ornithology. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0714-005708-0563 | MALLARD. See Ornithology. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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