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NECTANEBUS, or Nectanabis, a king of Egypt, who bravely defended his country against the Persians. His grandson of the same name formed an alliance with Agesilaus, king of Sparta, and with the assistance of that prince he quelled a rebellion of his subjects. Some time afterwards, he was joined by the Sidonians, Phoenic...
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NECTANEBUS
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NECTAR, amongst ancient poets, the drink of the fabulous deities of the heathens; in contradistinction to their solid food, which was called ambrosia.
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NECTAR
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NECTARINE, a fruit differing in nothing from the common peach, of which it is a species, but in having a smoother rind and a firmer pulp.
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NECTARINE
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NECTARIUM, from nectar, the fabled drink of the gods, is defined by Linnaeus to be a part of the corolla, or appendage to the petals, appropriated for containing the honey, a species of vegetable salt under a fluid form, which oozes from the plant, and is the principal food of bees and other insects. But notwithstandi...
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NECTARIUM
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NEDJED, a central province of Arabia. The name signifying high or elevated ground, is applied to this country in opposition to Tehama, or “low lands,” which is applied to the tracts of low land along the coast by which the border of high land in Arabia is encompassed. It is described by Burckhardt as an oblong tract, e...
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NEDJED
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NEEDHAM, John Tuberville, was born at London on the 1Oth of September, in the year 1713. His parents were descended from ancient and noble families. His father, who had once possessed a considerable patrimony at Hilston,in the county of Monmouth, was of the younger and Catholic branch of the Needham family; whilst the ...
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NEEDHAM
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NEEDLE, a very common little instrument, made of steel, pointed at one end, pieced at the other, and employed in sevying, embroidery, tapestry, and the like. Needles form a very considerable article in commerce; and as there is scarcely any commodity cheaper, the consumption of them is almost incredible. The sizes var...
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NEEDLE
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NEEDWOOD FOREST, in Staffordshire, between the Trent, Dove, and Blythe, and near Uttoxeter, is said to exceed all the forests in England in the excellence of its soil and the fineness of its turf.
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NEELAB, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Lahore, situated on the east bank of the Indus, and thirty miles south-south-west from Attock. Long. 70.53. E. Lat. 32. 50. N.
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32 50' N 70 53' E
NEELAB
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NEELAHCUNDAH, a town of the Afghan territories, in the province of Lahore, on the Indus, forty-seven miles south-south-east from Attock. Long. 71. 49. E. Lat. 32. 38. N.
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32 38' N 71 49' E
NEELAHCUNDAH
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NEELGOUND, a fortress and district of the south of India, province of Bejapoor, situated on the Malpurba River. It is now included in the British territories.
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NEELGOUND
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NEELGUNGE, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Oude, in the vicinity of which indigo is produced in abundance; it is fourteen miles west by south from Lucknow. Long. 80. 42. E. Lat. 26. 47. N.
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26 47' N 80 42' E
NEELGUNGE
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NE EXEAT REGNO, in English law, is a writ to restrain a person from going out of the kingdom without the king’s license.
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NE EXEAT REGNO
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NEFASTI DIES, in Roman antiquity, an appellation given to those days in which it was not allowed to admi∙, nister justice, or to hold courts. They were so called because non fari licebat, the praetor was not allowed to pronounce the three solemn words or formulas of the law, do, dico addico I give, I appoint, I adjudge...
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NEGADA, more properly Anegada, the most northern of the cluster of islands known by the name of the Virgin Islands, in the West Indies, and unhappily celebrated for the number of shipwrecks, in many cases accompanied with a heavy loss of life, which it has occasioned. It was first permanently settled by individuals who...
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NEGADA
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NEGAPATAM, a considerable seaport in the south of India, and province of Tanjore. It is well fortified, and has a regular citadel of a pentagonal form, with wet ditches. It has no considerable trade; but is frequently touched at by ships for refreshments, which are plentiful. The town lies at the north side of the cita...
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NEGAPATAM
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NEGATION, in Logic, is an act of the mind affirming one thing to be different from another; as that the soul is not matter. See Logic.
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NEGATION
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NEGATIVE, in general, something which implies a negation. Thus we say negative quantities, negative powers, negative signs, and the like. Negative Sign. The use of the negative sign, in algebra, is attended with several consequences which at first are admitted with difficulty, and has sometimes given occasion to notio...
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NEGATIVE
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NEGINOTH. This term is found before some of the Psalms, as Psalm lxvii. It signifies stringed instruments of music, to be played on by the fingers, or female musicians; and the titles of those Psalms where this word is found may be thus translated: “A psalm of David to the master of music, who presides over the stringe...
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NEGINOTH
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NEGOMBO, a large and populous village in the island of Ceylon, advantageously situated for carrying on the inland trade, particularly with Colombo, by a branch of the Mullivaddy River. It has a fort, erected by the Dutch, for the protection of the cinnamon cutters, which still remains; and there are, besides, three lon...
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NEGOMBO
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NEGRAIS Isle, a small island situated at the western mouth of the Irrawaddy River, in the kingdom of Ava. It has an excellent harbour, without exception the most secure in the Bay of Bengal, as a ship launches at once into the open sea, and may work to the southward without any other impediment except what the monsoon ...
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NEGRAIS
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NEGRO, homo pelle nigra, a name applied to a variety of the human species, entirely black, and found in the torrid zone, especially in that part of Africa which lies within the tropics. In the complexion of negroes we meet with many various shades; but they likewise differ from other men in the features of their face. ...
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NEGRO
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NEGROLAND. See Nigritia.
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NEGROLAND
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NEGROPONT, an island in the Mediterranean, the ancient Euboea, extending in north latitude from 37. 56. to 39. 8., and in east longitude from 22. 4L to 24. 33. It is connected with the mainland by a very long bridge, and is a mountainous country, inhabited by sixty thousand persons, two thirds of whom are Greeks. The c...
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NEGROPONT
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NEGRO, Rio, a large river of Patagonia, in South America. The banks of this river, as well as the numerous islands with which it is in many parts studded, are covered with low willows, from which cause it is sometimes called the Rio Sauces. Its Indian name is Cusu-Leubu, signifying Rio Negro, or the Black River, from t...
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NEGRO
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NEGROS, one of the Philippine Islands, in the Eastern Seas, situated due north of Luzon or Laconia, about the 123d degree of east longitude. It is about 145 miles in length by twenty-five in average breadth, and is fruitful in rice, for which the inhabitants pay tribute. The island was so named by the Spaniards, from t...
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NEGROS
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NEHAVEND, or Nehanud, a town of Persia, in the province of Irak, sixty miles south of Hamadan. It is celebrated for a battle fought there between the Saracens and Persians in the year 638, when the Sassanian dynasty was overthrown, and the Saracens established themselves on the throne of Persia.
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NEHAVEND
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NEHEMIAH, or Nehemias, son ofHachaliah, was born at Babylon during the captivity (Nehem. i. 1, 2, et seq.'). He was, according to some, of the race of the priests; but according to others, he was of the tribe of Judah and the royal family. Those who maintain the former opinion support it by a passage in Ezra (x. 10), w...
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NEHEMIAH
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NEIDERSELTERS, a town of the bailiwick of Idstein, in the duchy of Nassau, in Germany, celebrated for the mineral spring which yields the water known through Europe by the name of Seltzer water. Besides what is used on the spot, more than two millions and a half of jugs of it are despatched to different countries, and ...
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NEIDERSELTERS
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NEISSE, a city, the capital of a district of the same name, in Prussian Silesia. It stands at the junction of the river Bicle with the Neisse, in a marshy situation, though at the height of 580 feet above the level of the sea. It is strongly fortified, especially with effective ditches, and contains an Episcopal palace...
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NEISSE
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NEITRA, a circle of the province of the Lower Danube, in the Austrian kingdom of Hungary.* It extends over 2662 square miles, and contains a population of 348,500 persons, chiefly of the Sclavonian race; and it comprises two cities, thirty-eight market towns, and 462 villages and hamlets. The capital is a city of the s...
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NEITRA
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NEJIN, a city of Russia, in the province of Tchernigow, in what was formerly distinguished as Little Russia. It stands on the river Oster. The streets are intermixed with large gardens, filled with fruit trees of various kinds. It contains 1000 houses, two convents, and sixteen churches, all built after the model of th...
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NEJIN
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NELSON, Horatio, Lord Viscount, the greatest naval commander that any age or country has produced, was the son of Edmund and Catherine Nelson, and was born on the 29th of September 1758, at the parsonage house of Burnham-Thorpe, a village in the county of Norfolk, of which his father was rector. The maiden name of his ...
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NELSON
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NEMESIANUS, Aurelius Olympius, a Latin poet who was born at Carthage, and flourished about the year 281 of our era, under the Emperor Carus, and his sons Carinus and Numerian, the last of whom was so fond of poetry that he contested the glory with Nemesianus, who had written a poem upon fishing and maritime affairs. We...
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NEMESIANUS
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NEMESIS, in pagan worship, the daughter of Jupiter and Necessity, or, according to others, of Oceanus and [7:16:93]Nox, and who had the care of revenging the crimes which human justice left unpunished. She was also called Ad-rastaea, because Adrastus king of Argos was the first who raised to her an altar; and Rhamnusia...
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NEMESIS
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NEMESIUS, a Greek philosopher who embraced Christianity, and was made bishop of Emesa, in Phoenicia, his birthplace. He flourished in the beginning of the fifth century. There is a work of his extant, entitled De Natura Hominis, in which he refutes the fatality of the Stoics, as well as the errors of the Manicheans, th...
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NEMESIUS
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NEMOURS, a town of France, in the department of the Seine and Marne, being situated on the river Loing, eleven miles south from Fontainbleau. It was erected into a duchy in the fourteenth century, and has been in the house of Orleans since the time of Louis XIV. It has a considerable trade in corn, wine, and other arti...
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NEMOURS
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NENAGH, a market-town of Ireland, in the county of Tipperary and province of Munster, ninety-five miles south-west from Dublin. It is situated upon the Nenagh River, a little to the southward of its union with the Shannon, before it reaches Lough Derg. The town enjoys a good general country trade, but has no manufactur...
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NENAGH
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NENIA, or Naenia, in ancient Latin poetry, a kind of funeral song sung to the music of flutes at the obsequies of the dead. Authors represent the naenia as sorry compositions, sung by hired female mourners, called praeficae. The first rise of these naenia are ascribed to the physicians. In the heathen antiquity, the go...
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NENIA
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NEOMENIA, or Noumenia, a festival of the ancient Greeks, celebrated at the beginning of every lunar month. As the name imports, it was observed upon the day of the new moon, in honour of all the gods, but especially Apollo, who was called Neomenios, because the sun is the fountain of light; and whatever distinction of ...
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NEOPHYTES, or new plants, a name given by the ancient Christians to those heathens who had newly embraced the faith, such persons being considered as regenerated, or born anew by baptism. The term neophytes has also been used for new priests, or those just admitted into orders; and sometimes for the novices in monaster...
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NEOPHYTES
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NEOTS, St, a market-town of the county of Huntingdon, in the hundred of Toesland, fifty-six miles from London. It stands on the navigable river Ouse, over which there is a fine stone bridge. It is a well-built place, with a large market-place, and has a handsome church, with an elegant and lofty spire. It has a good ma...
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NEPAUL, an extensive country of Hindustan, long and narrow in its form, and, although somewhat curtailed in its dimensions by the progress of British conquest, still one of the largest and most compact independent kingdoms in the country. To the north it is bounded by the great mountain wall of the Himalayas, which sep...
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NEPEAN Island, in the South Pacific Ocean, is about a quarter of a mile distant from Norfolk Island. The communication, however, is rendered difficult by the mountainous sea which runs between the two islands, and which, during the short period they have been occupied by British settlers, has occasioned numerous fatal ...
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NEPEAN
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NEPEAN Point, a rocky promontory on the north coast of New Holland, and’ the eastern point of entrance into Port Philip. Long. 144. 38. E. Lat. 38. 18. S.
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NEPEAN
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NEPOMUK, a town of the Austrian kingdom of Bohemia, in the circle of Klattau, adjoining to which are some extensive iron-works and mines, on the hill called the Gruneburg, belonging to Prince Colloredo. It is a place highly venerated, from having given birth to John Nepomuk, in the year 1320. That person is reported to...
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NEPOMUK
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NEPOS, Cornelius, a Latin writer, who was the friend of Cicero, Atticus, and the poet Catullus, and flourished B. c. 40. It is uncertain where he was born, but Pliny (iii. 22, 2) calls him Padi accola; and his friendship with Catullus makes it not improbable that Hostilia, near Verona, where that poet was born, was als...
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NEPTUNE, in pagan worship, the god of the sea, was the son of Saturn and Vesta or Ops, and the brother of Jupiter and Pluto. He assisted Jupiter in his expeditions, for which reason that god, when he attained the supreme power, assigned to him the sea and the islands as his empire. He was, however, expelled from heaven...
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NEPTUNE
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NEPTUNE’S Isles, a cluster of low islands situated on the south coast of New Holland, at the entrance into Spencer’s Gulf.
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NEPTUNE’S
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NERAC, an arrondissement of the department of the Lot and Garonne, in France, 443 square miles in extent. It contains seven cantons, divided into ninety-two communes, and inhabited by 57,500 persons. The capital is the city of the same name, situated on a fruitful plain, through which the river Blaise runs. In a castle...
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NERAC
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NERBUDDAH, a large river of Hindustan, in the province of Gundwana, which, after a course of 750 miles, falls into the Gulf of Cambay. This river has its source at Omercuntuc, in the above province, close to that of. the Soane. The Mahanuddy has also its source in the same mountain. A Hindu temple is found in the centr...
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NERBUDDAH
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NEREIDS, in the pagan theology, sea-nymphs, daughters of Nereus and Dorus. The Nereids were esteemed very handsome, insomuch that Cassiope, the wife of Cepheus, king of Ethiopia, having triumphed over all the beauties of the age, and dared to vie with the Nereids, they were so enraged that they sent a prodigious sea-mo...
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NEREIDS
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NEREUS, in fabulous history, a marine deity, was son of Oceanus and Thetis. He settled in the Aegean Sea, was considered as a prophet, had the power of assuming whatever form he pleased, and married his sister Doris, by whom he had fifty daughters called the Nereids, who constantly attended on Neptune, and when he went...
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NEREUS
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NERO, Claudius Caesak, the sixth of the Caesars, was the fourth Roman emperor in succession from Augustus, and descended from a family which had taken an active part in all the important political transactions of their country. This family, however, had partaken of the degeneracy of the times, and the more immediate pr...
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NERTSCHINK, a town of Asia, under the jurisdiction of Russia. It is situated on th*e Chinese frontier; but its importance has much declined since the route of the Chinese caravans, which was formerly through this town, has been changed to the route of Selinginsk. A few merchants still remain, who carry on a small fur t...
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NERTSCHINK
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NERVA, Μ. Cocceius, the eleventh Roman emperor in succession from Augustus, was born a. d. 33, in the twentieth year of the reign of Tiberius. It is curious that his name is scarcely mentioned in history till he ascended the imperial throne, after he had passed his sixtieth year. He was probably the relation of Cocceiu...
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NERVA, Μ
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NERVES, certain white glistening chords, proceeding from the brain and spinal marrow, and dividing into very small branches, which are sent off throughout all parts of the body, and which form the organs of sensation and motion.
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NERVES
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NESA, a town of Khorasm, or Independent Tartary, which was taken and nearly destroyed by Genghis Khan in 1221, after a siege of fifteen days. It is situated near the Persian province of Khorassan, 100 miles north of Meshed.
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NESHIN, a circle in the Russian province Tschernigow, extending in north latitude from 50. 32. to 52. 26. and in east longitude from 21. 19. to 22. 43. It is one of the most extensive but poorest portions of the ancient Ukraine. The capital is a city of the same name, situated on the river Ostin, 822 miles from St Pete...
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NESHIN
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NESSUS, in fabulous history, was a celebrated Centaur, the son of Ixion and a Cloud. He offered violence to Dejanira, whom Hercules had intrusted to his care, with orders to carry her across the river Evenus. Hercules saw the distress of his wife from the opposite shore of the river, and immediately let fly one of his ...
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NESSUS
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NESTON, a town of the county of Chester, in the hundred of Wirral, near Parkgate, ten miles from the city of Chester, and 190 miles from London. The parish is large, and contains no fewer than seven other townships, χ Great Neston had, in 1801, 1486 inhabitants; in 1811, 1332; in 1821, 1418; and in 1831, 1633.
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NESTON
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NESTOR, in fabulous history, was the son of Neleus and Chloris, nephew to Pelias, and grandson to Neptune. He had eleven brothers, who, with his father, were all killed by Hercules. His tender age detained him at home, and proved the cause of his preservation. The conqueror spared his life, and placed him upon the thro...
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NESTOR
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NESTORIANS, a sect of ancient Christians, who held that Mary was not the mother of God. They received their name from Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, whose doctrines were spread with much zeal throughout Syria, Egypt, and Persia. One of the chief promoters of the Nestorian cause was Barsumas, who appears to have b...
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NESTORIANS
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NESTORIUS, from whom the sect of Nestorian Christians derive their name, was born in Germanica, a city of Syria. He received his education at Antioch, where he was likewise baptized; and soon afterwards he withdrew to a monastery in the suburbs of that city. Upon being admitted into the order of priesthood, he acquired...
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NESTORIUS
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NET, a device for catching fishes and fowls. The taking of fowls by means of nets is the readiest and most advantageous method, where numbers are to be caught. The making of the nets is very easy, and what even* true sportsman ought to do for himself. All the necessary tools are, wooden needles, of which there should b...
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NETHERLANDS. In the article Holland has been traced the history of the revolt of the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands against the Spanish monarchy, and the subjugation of the greater part of ten provinces to that power in the year 1578, whilst the remaining seven provinces, under the Prince of Orange, maintained...
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NETHERLANDS
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NETOPION, a name given by the ancients to a very fragrant and costly ointment, consisting of a great number of the finest spicy ingredients. Hippocrates, in his treatise on the Diseases of Women, frequently prescribes the netopion in diseases of the uterus; and in other places he speaks of its being poured into the ear...
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NETRAVUTTY, a river of the south of India, in South Canara, which has its source in the western range of the Ghauts, whence its flows in a westerly direction, runs into the lake of Mangalore, and then discharges itself in the sea. It passes by the towns of Arcola and Buntwalla. It is navigable for small vessels as far ...
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NETTINGS, in a ship, a sort of grates made of small ropes seized together with rope yarn or twine, and fixed upon the quarters and in the tops. They are sometimes stretched upon the ledges from the waist-trees to the rooftrees, from the top of the forecastle to the poop, and sometimes are laid in the waist of a ship to...
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NEU-BRANDENBURG, a city of the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, situated on a small river which empties itself into the lake of Tollen. It is surrounded with walls, and contains 652 houses, with 5145 inhabitants, who are chiefly employed in small manufactories.
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NEU-BRANDENBURG
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NEUDORF, a city of the circle of Zips, in the province of the Hither Theiss in Hungary, situated on the river Her-nath. It contains one Lutheran and two Catholic churches, 900 houses, and 5250 inhabitants, who are occupied in [7:16:145]making linen goods, and in producing iron and copper wares. Long. 20. 29. 25. E. Lat...
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NEUDORF
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NEUFCHATEAU, an arrondissement of the grand duchy of Luxembourg, in Germany, comprehending ten cantons, inhabited by 91,750 persons. The capital is the town of the same name, situated in a raw and cold region of the Ardennes. It contains 230 houses, and 1340 inhabitants, who trade chiefly in cattle. Neufchateau, an ar...
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NEUFCHATEAU
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NEUFCHATEL, an arrondissement of the department of the Lower Seine, in France, extending over 641 square miles, and peopled with 84,000 inhabitants. It is divided into eight cantons and 200 communes. The capital is the city of that name, situated in a fertile country watered by the river Bethune. In 1837 it contained 3...
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NEUFCHATEL
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NEUGRADISKA, a town of Hungary, in the Sclavonian military frontier province, the capital of the circle of Gradiska, which extends over 668 square miles, and has a population of 59,124 persons, from whom the regiment of its name is supplied with recruits. The town is fortified, and contains a Catholic and a Greek churc...
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NEUGRADISKA
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NEUSATZ, a city of the circle of Bars Varmeyge, in the province of the Lower Danube, in Hungary. It stands on the banks of the Danube, is the seat of a Greek bishop, and has one Catholic and five Greek churches, 2367 houses, and 13,395 inhabitants, who are chiefly Servians and Armenians. It is a place of considerable t...
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NEUSATZ
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NEUSOL, a city in the circle of Soler, in the province of the Lower Danube, in Hungary. It is situated on the river Gran, and is the place of assembly of the states of the comitat, and of the several boards of the government. It contains Catholic and Lutheran churches, a castle, 800 houses, and 10,069 inhabitants. Ther...
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NEUSOL
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NEUSS, a city, the capital of a circle of the same name, in the Prussian government of Dusseldorf. It stands upon the river Erft, which is navigable to the Rhine. It contains four churches, 850 houses, and 7200 inhabitants, who are occupied in manufactures of woollen, cotton, and other articles, and carry on considerab...
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NEUSS
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NEUSTADT, a city of the government of Opplen, in the Prussian province of Silesia, and the capital of a circle of the same name. It stands on the river Braune, sometimes called the Prudnick, and is surrounded with walls. It contains one Lutheran and two Catholic churches, a convent of the order of mercy, 446 houses, an...
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NEUTER, in Grammar, is a term applied to those nouns which are neither masculine nor feminine. The Latins have three genders; the masculine, the feminine, and the neuter. In the modern tongues, however, there is no such thing as a neuter noun. Verbs Neuter, by some grammarians called intransitive verbs, are those whic...
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NEUTERCHENFELD, a town of Austria, in the province of the Lower Ens, where there is an establishment for military invalids. It contains 4950 inhabitants, who are employed in various kinds of trade and manufactures.
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NEUTITSCHEIN, a city of the circle Pererau, in the Austrian province of Moravia. It is a well-built town, with two large suburbs, consisting of villages separated from it by the river Titch; but, exclusive of them, the city contains 622 houses and 5410 inhabitants. It is celebrated for the manufacture of fine cloths.
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NEUWIED, a city within the Prussian government of Coblentz, on the right bank of the Rhine. It is now the capital of the circle of that name, part of which was a principality, now mediatized, governed by the Prince of Neuwied, comprehending two towns and twenty-seven communes, with 10,960 inhabitants. The place is fine...
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NEVA, a river in Russia, flowing through St Petersburg, the capital of that empire. The views upon the banks exhibit the grandest and most lively scenes. The river is in most places broader than the Thames at London. It is deep, rapid, and transparent as crystal, and its banks are lined upon each side with a continued ...
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NEVA
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NEVERS, an arrondissement of the department of the Nièvre, in France, extending over 971 square miles. It is divided into eight cantons and 109 communes. The capital is the city of the same name, situated on the river Loire, where the Never joins that stream. It is beautifully situated on an amphitheatre rising from a ...
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NEVERS
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NEVIS, or Nievis, one of the West India islands, so called by its discoverer Columbus, after a high mountairi of the same name in Spain. It is separated from St Kitt’s by a strait about two miles broad, and full of shoals, in latitude 17. 14. north, and longitude 63. 3. west. Nevis is a small but beautiful and fertile ...
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NEVIS
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NEVYN, or Nefin, a borough-town of the county of Caernarvon and hundred of Dinlaen, in North Wales, 249 miles from London. At this place Edward I. triumphed after his conquest of Wales in 1284. It is a borough, and, conjointly with Caernarvon, Pwllehi, Conway, Bangor, and Cricceth, returns one member to the House of Co...
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NEW ABBEY, situated near Kilcullen Bridge, in the county of Kildare, and province of Leinster, in Ireland. It was founded by Rowland Eustace, a man of ancient family in that county. The tower is still standing, and also some part of the abbey; the ruins of which have contributed to build several dwellings near it.
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NEW ABBEY
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NEWARK, a town of the county of Nottingham, in the hundred of its own name, 121 miles from London. It is situated in a rich district, watered by the river Trent, over which there is a bridge, and an access to it by a fine road constructed on arches, so as to escape those inundations to which that part of the river is l...
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NEWARK
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NEWBALD CAPE, a projecting point on the northern coast of New Holland, near the entrance into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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NEW BEDFORD, a town of Massachusetts. See the article Massachusetts.
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NEW BEDFORD
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NEWBERN, a post-town and port of entry in North Carolina, North America. It is very pleasantly situated on the south-western bank of the Neuse, at the junction of the Trent. It contains a court-house and other public buildings, including several places of public worship. Being considered healthy, as well as eligibly si...
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NEWBERN
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NEWBOROUGH, or Newburgh, a borough-town of North Wales, in the island of Anglesey, and hundred of Menai, 257 miles from London, and twelve from Beaumaris. It was once the residence of the princes of Anglesey, and a corporation founded by Edward I. There is a market, which is held on Tuesday. The population amounted in ...
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NEWBOROUGH
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NEW BRUNSWICK, a British province of North America, situated between the parallels of 45. 5. and 48. 4. 30. north latitude, and the meridians of 63. 47. 30. and 67. 53. longitude west of Greenwich. It is bounded on the north by the Bay of Chaleurs and the river Ristigouche, which separate it from Lower Canada; on the s...
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NEWBURGH, a royal burgh and parish of Scotland, in the county of Fife, advantageously situated on the south side of the river Tay. The town seems to be coeval with the abbey of Lindores, and was early created a burgh of regality under the abbot of that place. In the year 1457 it was erected into a royal burgh, and the ...
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NEWBURGH
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NEWBURY, a market-town of Berkshire, in the hundred of Faircross, fifty-three miles from London. It is situated in a beautiful valley, through which runs the river Kennet, which being joined by a canal with the Avon, forms a water communication between Bristol and London. The great road to the former city is at the end...
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NEWBURY
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NEWCASTLE, a small market-town of South Wales, in the county of Carmarthen, 216 miles from London. It stands on the river Teifi or Tawy, and is situated in a dreary mountainous district, but has a well-attended market on Monday. The fine castle which stood here is now in ruins. Newcastle is also the name of a handsome...
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NEWEL, a circle of the Russian province Witepsk, extending in north latitude from 55. 45. to 56. 20., and in east longitude from 28. 54. to 30. 21. It contains four towns, and 1872 hamlets or farms, in eighteen Greek and twelve united parishes, having a population of 69,430 inhabitants. The capital is a town of the sam...
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NEWEL
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NEW ENGLAND, the name of the northern states of the North American union, namely, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The physical characteristics, and the social and commercial relations, of these states, will be found described each under its individual head. But the history o...
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NEW ENGLAND
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NEWENT, a market-town of the county of Gloucester, in the hundred of Botloe, 108 miles from London. It is a small town, and what little trade it enjoys arises from its market on Friday, and from the canal from Gloucester to Ledbury, which passes near to it. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 2354, in 1811 to 2538, in ...
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NEWENT
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NEW FOREST of Hampshire, in England, is a tract of at least forty miles in compass, which had many populous town and villages, and thirty-six mother churches, until it was destroyed and turned into a forest by William the Conqueror. As this large tract lay many ages exposed to invasions from foreigners, Henry VIII. bui...
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