Each of these 15 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
a Hebrew prophet, the disciple and successor of Elijah. Many miracles of prediction and cure, and even of raising the dead, are ascribed to him. He held the office of prophet for fully 65 years, from the reign of Ahab to that of Joash (latter half of 9th century B. c.).
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. See Dido
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a city of North Carolina, the county-seat of Pasquotank co. It is on the Norfolk and Southern and the Virginia and Carolina Coast railroads and on the Pasquotank river. It has an important trade in cotton, lumber, and oysters. Its industries include saw mills, shingle factories, cotton and hosiery mills, flour mills, iron works, shipbuilding yards, brick wo works, carriage factories, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,412; 1910) 8,412; (1920) 8,925.
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Queen of Spain, daughter of Edward II., Prince of Parma; born in 1692. On becoming the second wife of Philip V. she surprised those who had counseled the marriage by assuming the practical headship of the kingdom; her ambition and that of her mi minister, Alberoni, disturbed the whole of Europe. She died in 1766.
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a group of 16 American islands S. of Cape Cod, with a permanent population of about 100.
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or ISABELLA, Queen of Spain; born in 1545, daughter of Henry II. of France and Catherine de Medici. She was destined to be the wife of the infante, Don Carlos, but his father, Philip II., being left a widower, became fascinated and married her himself. The story of a romantic relationship between Elizabeth and Don Carlos has furnished tragic subjects to Otway, Campistron, Chénier, Schiller, and Alfieri. She died in 1568.
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a town of southern Russia, on the Ingul, with an imperial palace, a theater, manufactures of soap, candles, etc., and several great fairs.
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STEPHEN BENTON, an American capitalist and public official, born in Perry co., O., in 1841. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1860 and after studying law was admitted to the bar in 1864. In the same AMERICAN ELK year he removed to New Mexico and was elected to the Territorial Legislature. He became in succession district attorney, Attorney-General of the Territory and United States District Attorney. He was a delegate to Congress from New Mexico from 1873 to 1877. He later removed to West Virginia and married the daughter of Henry Gassaway Davis, thus acquiring large business interests, particularly in the coal business and railways. From 1891 to 1893 he was Secretary of War in President Harrison's cabinet, and in 1894 he was elected to the Senate. He was twice re-elected. He was the author of Elkins' Railway Law of 1903. He died in 1911.
a city of West Virginia, the county-seat of Randolph co. It is on the Western Maryland and the Coal and Coke railroads. The chief industries are tanning, locomotive and car repairing, and the manufacture of boxes and extracts. The city is the seat of Davis and Elkins College, and has an Odd Fellows' home, hospitals, and other public institutions. Pop. (1910) 5,260; (1920) 6,788.
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a measure originally taken in some vague way from the arm, and which has been used to denote very different lengths. The English ell, as a measure of cloth, is equal to 14 yard, the Flemish 4 yard, and the French to 12 yard.
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EDWARD LAW, Justic 1st EARL OF, son of Lord Chief-Justice Ellenborough; born in 1790. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and in 1818, having succeeded his father as second baron, he entered the House of Lords. He took office in 1828 as lord privy-seal, and became president of the board of control in 1828-1830, and again in 1834. In 1841 he accepted the governor-generalship of India, and arrived in Calcutta in 1842, in time to bring the Afghan war to a successful issue; but he was recalled early in 1844. On his return, however, he was defended by Wellington, and received the thanks of Parliament, an earldom, and the Grand Cross of the Bath. He then held the post of first lord of the admiralty admiralty (1845- 1846), and was_president nt of the board of control from February to June, 1858. His dispatch censuring the policy of Lord Canning as governor-general of India led to his resignation, and he never resumed office. He died in 1871.
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the southern body of land W. of north Greenland, and N. of Jones Sound, forming the extreme N. extension of the Arctic archipelago of North America. It has no inhabitants and is a region of perpetual ice. Baffin noted it early in the 17th century, but Otto Sverdrup's explorations (1898- 1902) have added most to our knowledge.
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a group in the Pacific, discovered in 1819, situated in lat. 8° 30′ S., and lon. 179° 13' E. form, with the Marshall and the Gilbert group, a continuation of the Carolines, and these three archipelagoes, in fact, have sometimes been called the Eastern Carolines. Their discovery, their settlement, and their history, however, all show that they should be considered distinct from the Carolines, the Gilberts, or the Pelews. In 1892 they were annexed by Great Britain, though they are of no great strategic importance.
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The dragon-shaped ship of Frithjof, the hero of an Icelandic legend. It was said to be golden-headed, with open jaws, its under part scaled with blue and gold, its tail twisted and of silver, its sails red-bordered and black. When its wings were outspread, it could skim the calmest seas. This ship had been given to one of Frithjof's forefathers as a reward for kindness by Aegir, the sea-god.
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(See Hypnotism .) Eloge de l'Enfer : A critical, historical, and moral work, an edition of which was published at The Hague in 1759. It is very satirical, very heavy, and somewhat lacking in wit. 66
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a term used in grammar and rhetoric, to signify the omission of a word necessary to complete the expression or sentence in its usual form. The object of ellipsis is shortness and impressiveness; accordingly, it prevails in proverbs. Ellipses are used in all languages, but the same form of ellipses are not common to all.
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