Panomphaeus
The author of all signs and omens, a surname of Zeus ( Jupiter ). Pansa, C. Vibius. A Roman consul, who, with Hirtius, pursued the assassins of Caesar , and was killed in a battle near Mutina.
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These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Panomphaeus, Pansy, Pantellaria.
Pansy
an enlarged, improved violet. The name is French, signifying a thought, as though a pansy had the power of thinking when one looks into its charming face. The old English name is heart's-ease, suggestive of a comforting sympathy with one's thoughts. Gerard, a botanist of the sixteenth century, says of the "pansie," its "colours--purple, blew, and yellow--are so excellently and orderly placed that they bring great delight to the beholders." See Violet
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Pantellaria
a volcanic island in the Mediterranean, 36 miles in circumference, and lying 60 miles S. W. of the Sicilian coast. In the chief town (Pantellaria) is a great convict prison.
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Pantheism
the view that God and the universe are identical. It was taught in India in the Vedantic system of philosophy, one of the six leading schools of thought, and to this day it is widely accepted, both by the instructed Brahmans and by the common people. In the latter part of the 12th century it was taught by Almaric of Chartres, a dialectician and theologian. Pope Innocent III. forced him to recant his views. By many Spinoza is considered to have revived pantheism, but his teaching in this respect has been misunderstood (see SPINOZA). In the pantheism of Schelling God is considered as the Absolute Being, revealing Himself in external nature and in human intelligence and freedom. famous temple at
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Pantograph
or PANTAGRAPH, an instrument used in copying plans, maps, and other drawings, so that the copy may be either similar to, or larger, or smaller than the original. The pantograph is principally useful to the draughtsman in enabling him to mark off the principal points in a reduced copy, through which the lines may afterward be drawn by the usual methods of construction.
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Pantomime
a theatrical representation, in which the entire plot is exhibited by gesticulations and scenic agency, without speeches or conversation. The ancient pantomime were persons who could mimic all sorts of actions and characters, and were first introduced on the Greek stage to imitate, by actions of feature, hands, and body, the substance or plot of what the chorus was singing; subsequently, they were employed as a sort of interlude to divert the audience after the chorus and actors had left the stage.
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Paola
ST. FRANCIS OF. See FRANCESCO DI PAULA.
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Paoli
PASQUALE, a Corsican patriot, born in 1725. In 1755, being invited by the Corsicans to become their captain-general, he put himself at the head of his countrymen, and, and, during 12 years, waged a fierce war with the Genœse, who were in the end driven from almost every fort in the island. Genoa, however, gave up the island to France in 1765; and soon afterward a large force was landed, under the command of Count Marbœuf, against whom Paoli and his followers fought desperately. But the Corsicans being totally routed at Pontenuovo, the island submitted. Paoli went to England, where he remained till 1789, in which year, Mirabeau having moved in the National Assembly the recall of all Corsican patriots, Paoli repaired to Paris, and was created by Louis XVI. military commandant in Corsica. At the outbreak of the Revolution, he conceived a scheme for making Corsica an independent republic. He had been on the best terms with the Bonaparte family, but they now joined the Jacobin party, while he allied himself with Great Britain, favored the landing of 2,000 British troops in the island in 1794, and joined them in driving out the French. He then surrendered the island to George III., but becoming dissatisfied with the government, left the island in 1796, and went to London, where he died in 1807.
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Papaveracee
poppyworts; an order of hypogynous exogens, alliance Ranales. Herbaceous herbs or shrubs, often with milky juice. Poppyworts are narcotic, emetic, purgative, or acridly poisonous. Two thirds of the species are found in Europe, the others in Asia, Africa, Australia, and tropical America.
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Pape
ERIC, an American artist, born in San Francisco in 1870. Studied art in Paris and traveled and lived in England, France, Germany, Egypt, Mexico and other countries. He was the founder and director and instructor of the Eric Pape School of Art until 1913. He was a frequent visitor to European art expositions. He also designed many important monuments and illustrated many notable publications. He was a member of the Society of Arts and other associations of artists.
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Paphlagonia
in ancient geography, a country of Asia Minor, bounded on the N. by the Euxine; on the S. by Galatia; on the E. by the Halys, which separates it from Pontus, and on the W. by the river Parthenius, which parts it from the Bithynia. Paphlagonia contained seven principal cities, of which Sinope (the capital), Gangra, Amastris, and Sora, were the most important. It is mentioned by Homer, 962 B. C.; was incorporated in the Lydian empire by Cresus, 560-546 B. c.; and in that of Persia by Cyrus, 546 b. c. It was united to Pontus by Mithridates III., 290 b. c.; formed a part of the province of Galatia, under the Romans, 25 B. C.; and was made a separate province by Constantine I. (323-337).
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Paphos
in ancient geography, the name of two towns in the Isle of Cyprus. The older city, Palaipaphos (now Kuklos, or Kouklia), was situated in the W part of the island, about 14 miles from the coast. It was probably founded by the Phœnicians, and was famous for a temple of Venus, who was said to have risen the sea close by, whence Aphrodite, "foam-sprung," and who was designated the Paphian goddess. The other Paphos, called Neopaphos (now Baffa), was on the sea coast, about 7 or 8 miles N. W. of the older city, and the the United States great progress has place in which the apostle Paul proclaimed the Gospel before the proconsul Sergius, and struck the sorcerer Elymas blind.
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