These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Ellenborough, Ellesmere Land, Ellice Islands.
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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HOWARD, an American outside causes, with over $3,000,000 hav- railway president, born in New York in He was educated at Cambridge High School and the Lawrence Scientific School. After serving in various capacities for several railroads in the West, he became general manager of the Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City, and other roads in 1896, serving until 1902. He was in succession 2d 2d vice-president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; president of the Northern Pacific; and president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads. He served in the latter capacity until 1917, when he resigned to become chairman of the board of directors of the New Haven system. He was president of the Northern Pacific railway until 1920, and was chairman of the board of directors of that railroad from that date. He was a member of many engineering societies. During the World War he acted as a member of the special committee on national defense of the American Railway Association.
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JOHN, an American artist, born in England in 1858. He was privately educated and studied art in Paris. His art work was chiefly portraits and mural decorations. Among the latter were ceiling decorations in the Boston Public Library, and a mural painting in the National Museum of Washington. In 1908 he served with the American Red Cross in the relief of the sufferers of the Messina earthquake, and was architect of the American village constructed for the sufferers of that catastrophe. He received decorations from the Italian and Spanish Governments.
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MAUD HOWE, an American writer, the daughter of Julia Ward Howe, born in Boston in 1854. She was privately educated in America and Europe. In 1887 she married John Elliott. She wrote many books, including: "Roma Beata" (1904); ; "Two "Two in Italy" (1905); "Sun and Shadow in Spain" (1908); "Life and Letters of Julia Ward Howe" (1915). In 1917 she was awarded the Joseph Pulitzer prize for the best American biography teaching patriotism. During the World War she was a member of the executive committee of the N. E. Italian War Relief Fund, and was also a member of the Rhode Island Food Conservation Commission.
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MAXINE, an American actress. Her real name was Jessie Dermot. She was born in Rockland, Me., in 1873. She made her first appearance on the stage with E. S. Willard in 1890, and afterward played as leading woman in Shakespearean and other plays. In 1898 she married Nathaniel C. Goodwin, but later secured a divorce from him. From 1908 she was owner and manager of the Maxine Elliott Theater in New York City. She appeared as star in many successful plays, including "When We Were Twenty-One," "Her Own Way," "Under the Greenwood Tree," "The Chaperon," and "Deborah of Tods."
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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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EPHRAIM ELMER, an American military officer; born in Mechanicsville, N. Y., April 23, 1837. He removed to Chicago before he was of age, and studied law. He organized about 1859 a zouave corps which became noted for the excellence of its discipline. In March, 1861, he accompanied President Lincoln to Washington, and in April he went to New York City, where he organized a zouave regiment of firemen, of which he became colonel. Ordered to Alexandria, he lowered a Confederate flag floating over a hotel, for which act the hotelkeeper shot him dead, May 24, 1861.
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