Blanco
ANTONIO GUZMÁN, a Venezuelan military officer, born in Caracas, Feb. 29, 1828. He became prominent in the Federalist revolts, 1859-1863, and, when his party triumphed, was made first Vice-President in 1863 under Falcon who was deposed in the Revolution of 1868. Blanco led a successful counter revolution in 1870, became President, and retained the office till 1882. In 1893 he was appointed Minister to France, where he resided till his death, July 29, 1899.
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Blanco (CAPE a remarkable headland)
CAPE, a remarkable headland on the W. coast of Africa, in 20° 47' N. lat., and 16° 58′ W. long., the extremity of a rocky ridge which prorection, and then, bending southward, forms a commodious harbor called the Great Bay. Cape Blanco was first discovered by the Portuguese in 1441. Cape Blanco (i. e., White Cape) is also the name of several less important headlands in Spain, Greece, America, and the Philippines.
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Bland
EDITH NESBIT, an English writing under the name "E. author,, writin author, Nesbit," born in London, Aug. 15, 1858. She has been a prolific writer of books for the young that have met with popular favor, and has also published some volumes of verse. Among her works are "Leaves of Life" (1888); "The Marden Mystery" (1896); "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" (1899); "The Red House" (1903); "Man and Mail" (1906); "Salome and the Head" (1909); and "Wings and the Child" (1913).
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Bland (II)
JOHN OTWAY PERCY, an English journalist and author; born in Whiteabbey, County Antrim, Ireland, Nov. 15, 1863. He studied in Switzerland and at Trinity College, Dublin. He was secretary of Sir Robert Hart, when the latter was in China on his work in connection with the Chinese customs finances (1883-1885), and in 1906 became the representative in China of the British and Chinese Corporation. He was Chinese correspondent of the London "Times" from 1897 to 1910. His knowledge of Chinese life and character was extensive and subject both in England and America. Among his works are "Houseboat Days China" (1909), "China Under the Empress Dowager" (1910), "Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking" (1913) and "Li Hung Chang" (1917).
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Bland (III)
RICHARD PARKS, an American legislator, born near Hartford, Ky., Aug. 19, 1835; received an academical education, and, between 1855 and 1865, practiced law in Missouri, California, and Nevada, and was engaged for some time in mining. In 1865 he settled in Rolla, Mo., and practiced there till 1865 when he removed to Lebanon in the same State. He was a member of Congress in 1873-1895 and from 1897 till his death. In 1896 he was a conspicuous candidate for the Presidential nomination in the Democratic National Convention. Mr. Bland was best known as the leader in the Lower House of Congress of the Free-Silver movement, and the author of the Bland Silver Bill. He died in Lebanon, Mo., June 15, 1899. See BLAND SILVER BILL.
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Blank Verse
verse which is void of rhyme; any kind of verse in which there is not rhyme, blanched or omitted. The verse of the Greeks and Romansat least such of it as has come down to us is without rhyme. The first attempt at blank verse in English appears to have been a translation of the first and fourth books of the "Eneid" by the Earl of Surrey, who was executed in 1547. Its suitability for the drama was at once felt, and it was in general use in dramatic composition before Shakespeare began to write, which is supposed to have been about 1591. It was, however, almost entirely confined to the drama down to the appearance of "Paradise Lost," by Milton, in 1667. Since Milton's time, blank verse has come into use in various kinds of poetry besides the dramatic; but it is principally in the heroic meter of 10 syllables that blank verse is used, and, indeed, by some the term is restricted to that kind of meter.
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Blankenburg
RUDOLPH, an American business man and politician, born in Lippe-Detmold, Germany, in in 1843, ved his education. He where he received came to the United States in 1865, and embarked on a business career, first as an employee and afterward his on account in Philadelphia. There Dwn he became prominent in civic movements, and in 1905 was elected county commissioner by a large majority. He was chosen mayor two years later and served until 1916. He was an extensive traveler and a frequent contributor to periodicals. He died April 12, 1918. BLASCO IBÁÑEZ
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Blapside
a family of nocturnal black beetles, whose wings are generally obsolete and their elytra soldered together. They frequent gloomy, damp places, and when seized discharge, in self-defense, a liquid of a peculiar, penetrating Blaps odor. Blaps mortisaga, or churchyard bettle, is the most familiar British specimen.
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Blashfield
EDWIN HOWLAND, an American artist, born in New York City, Dec. 16, 1848; studied in Paris under Léon Bonnat; and began exhibiting in the Paris Salon in 1874. He returned to the United States in 1881, and has since distinguished himself by the execution of large decorative works. Among his noteworthy productions in this line are one of the domes of the Manufacturers' Building in the World's Columbian Exposition, the great Central Dome of the Library of Congress, and the new apartment of the Appellate Court in New York City; besides ceiling and panel work in clubs and residences. He decorated the Baltimore Court House, Iowa State Capitol, Great Hall, University of New York, Wisconsin State Capitol, etc. He lectured on art at Yale, Harvard, and Columbia, and was the author, with Mrs. Blashfield of "Italian Cities." Author "Mural Painting in America" (1913).
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Blasphemy
slander or even well merited blame, applied to a person or in condemnation of a thing; also the utterance of injurious, highly insulting, calumnious, or slanderous language against a person in high authority, especially against a king. In the United States blasphemy is punishable in all of the older States of the Union, under the acts against profanity and indecent language, disorderly conduct, etc. The word is particularly applied to any profane language toward God; addressed to, or spoken or written regarding God. In theology, blasphemy against the Holy Ghost means the sin of attributing to Satanic agency the miracles which were obviously from God.
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