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EMILIA, COUNT- ESS OF. Spanish novelist. She was born at La Coruña, Galicia, in 1851, and after marrying José Quiroga, lived in Madrid, later journeying in several European countries. She edited a journal in Madrid, "Nuevo Teatro Crítico," and wrote essays voluminously. Her books made her a considerable figure early and she was eventually made a countess and given a responsible position in Public Instruction. Her works include: "Pascuel López"; "Un Viaje de Novios"; "Los Pazos de Ulloa"; "El Cisne de Vilamorta"; "La Madre Naturaleza"; some of them translated into English.
PARDON. The pardoning power is a prerogative of the sovereign power in a state, whether representative or monarchical. In the United States the pardoning power for offenses against the general government is vested in the President, the authority being delegated by the people through the medium of the Constitution of the country. For offenses against the States the pardoning power is vested in the several governors, or as in a few cases, the governor and State legislature conjointly. The signification of pardon is to be differentiated from that of amnesty, which latter is the obliteration of a peculiar line of offenses arising on a special occasion, and does not bar prosecution for offenses other than those specified, while pardon includes all offenses of which a person may have up to date been guilty and absolves the offender entirely.