Nicholas Nickleby
a novel by Charles Dickens, published serially 1838-39. It is the story of a youth who is left fatherless, and with mother and sister makes a successful struggle against poverty and the attempt of an uncle to defraud him of his rights. Dickens aimed to expose in this story the cheap boarding schools so common in England at that time. Dotheboys Hall with its master, Wackford Squeers, is a vivid picture of the Yorkshire schools and was influential in bringing about improvements. Nicholas Nickleby is a favorite among Dickens' stories, especially with boys and girls. I know one child who, when she is happy, reads Nicholas Nickleby; when she is unhappy, reads Nicholas Nickleby; when she is tired, reads Nicholas Nickleby; when she is in bed, reads Nicholas Nickleby; when she has nothing to do, reads Nicholas Nickleby; and when she has finished the book, reads Nicholas Nickleby over again.-Thackeray.
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Nichols
ERNEST FOX, American scientist; born in 1869 at Leavenworth Leavenworth , Kan. He studied at Kansas Agricultural College, and at Cornell, Berlin, and Cambridge. From 1892 he taught physics at Colgate University, and Dartmouth from 1898, and at Columbia from 1903 to 1909, in which year he became head of Dartmouth. He studied radiation phenomena at Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. He has experimented in the measurement of heat waves, and heat radiation from stars and planets, and of the pressure due to radiation. His literary work has been done mostly in connection with his editorship of the "Physical Review."
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Nicholson
THOMAS, Methodist Episcopal clergyman and educator, born at Woodburn, Ontario, 1862. Educated at Toronto and Northwestern University, graduating from Garrett Bible Institute in 1892. Ordained 1884. Professor of philosophy and Bible literature and principal Academy, Cornell College (Iowa), 1894-1903. President Dakota University, 1903-1908. Secretary Board of Education Methodist Church, 1908. Has published: "Epworth League Bible Studies" (1901-1902); "Epworth League Devotional Topic Book" (1902); "Necessity for the Christian College" (1904); "Studies in Christian Experience" (1907).
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Nicholson (II)
WILLIAM GUSTAVUS, British soldier; born in Leeds, 1845, died in London, 1918; graduated from Wool- Vol. VI-Cyc-DD wich and obtained his commission in the Royal Engineers. Served in India and the West Indies for nearly 30 years. In 1901 he was appointed Director-General of Mobilization and Intelligence in the War Office, in London. During the Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905) he was military observer with the Japanese forces in Manchuria. Became Chief of Staff in 1908 and so remained till 1912. During the World War he was appointed to inquire into the conduct of the campaigns in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia. Was promoted to rank of Field-Marshal and made a peer.
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Nicholson (JOHN an English military)
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) JOHN, an English military officer; born in Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 11, 1822. In 1838 he joined the East India Company's service. On the breaking out of the Sikh war in 1845 he served in the campaign on the Sutlej. He was appointed assistant to the resident at the conquered capital, Lahore. During the Sikh rebellion of 1848 he greatly distinguished himself. The Punjab having finally become a British province, Captain Nicholson was appointed appointed a deputy commissioner under the Lahore Board. His success in bringing the savage tribes under thorough subjection to law and order was marvelous. In the mutiny in 1857 he perhaps did more than any other man to hold firm the British grasp of the Punjab. As Brigadier-General, on Sept. 14 he led the first column of attack at the siege of Delhi, and after the troops had forced their way into the city he still exposed himself in the most fearless manner, and fell, shot through the body, Sept. 23, 1857.
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Nicholson (MEREDITH American writer)
MEREDITH, American writer and novelist; born at Crawfordsville, Ind., 1866. Engaged in journalism, 1885-1897; a reporter and editor on Indianapolis "News," 1899-1901. Treasurer Denver Coal Mining Company. Returned NICHOLS, EDWARD LEAMINGTON, to Indianapolis and devoted himself to writing. Mr. Nicholson is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and has received degrees from several colleges. He has published: "Short Flights" (verse, 1891); "The Hoosiers" (1900); "The Main Chance" (1903); "Zelda Dameron" (1904); "The House of a Thousand Candles" (1905); "Poems" (1906); "Port of Missing Men" (1907); "Rosalind at Red Gate" (1907); "Lords of High Decision" (1909); "Siege of the Seven Suitors" (1910); ): "A Hoosier Chronicle" (1912); "Otherwise Phyllis" (1913); "The Poet" (1914); "Valley of Democracy" (1918).
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Nichusch
Prophetic indication. In accordance with the Kabalistic view that all events and natural happenings have a secret connection, and interact upon one another, it is believed that practically everything can become an object of soothsaying-the flight of birds, movement of clouds, cries of animals, events happening to man, and so on. Man himself may become Nichusch by saying that if such and such a thing takes place it will be a good or a bad omen.
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Nicias, Nonacris, Notus, Numidia, Nursia & Nursia
Nicias A celebrated Athenian general, by whose influence peace was concluded with Sparta in B. C. 421. Nonacris A town in the north of Arcadia , surrounded by lofty mountains, in which the river Styx took its origin. Notus Called Auster by the Romans, the south wind, or strictly the southwest wind, which brought with it fogs and rain. Numidia A country of northern Africa. Nursia A town of the Sabines, situated near the sources of the Nar and amid the Apennines, whence it is called by Vergil frigida Nursia It was the birthplace of Sertorius and of the mother of Vespasian.
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Nick, or Old Nick
A well-known British appelation of the Devil . It seems probable that this name is derived from the Dutch Nikken, the devil, which again comes from the Anglo-Saxon nac-an, to slay, -for as Wachter says the devil was " a murderer from the beginning." In northern countries there is a river spirit named "Neck," "Nikke," or Nokke," of the same nature as the water Kelpie, and the Merman or Triton. 66
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