Suliots
or SULIOTES metals, wines and spirits. Old Sukkur, about a mile away, has a good many old tombs in its vicinity . Pop. about 25,000. ANDROVITCH, a Russian soldier, born
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Suliots
or SULIOTES , a people of formerly dwelt in the S. corner of the
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Suliots
or SULIOTES pashalik of Janina (Epirus), in European Turkey. After having for about 15 years heroically resisted the encroachments of the pasha of Janina on their independence, they were vanquished by Ali Pasha in 1801. In 1820 they fought desperately against the Turks for their old oppressor; and, ultimately, they took dependence, but their country was not himself to debauchery. He a glorious part in the War of Greek Inincluded by the treaty of 1829 within the Greek boundary. See JANINA and BOZZARIS.
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Sulla
LUCIUS CORNELIUS, a Roman dictator; born in 138 b. c. He received a good education, but was notorious from his youth upward for his excessive dissipation and debauchery. He served with distinction under Marius in the Jugurthine (107 b. c.) and Cimbrian (104-102) wars, and in 93 was chosen prætor. For his services in the Social War (90-88) he was appointed consul (88 B. c.), and the province of SULLA Asia, with the conduct of the war against Mithridates, fell to his lot. Marius was also ambitious of this command, and resorted to acts of violence to carry his point, by which Sulla was compelled to escape from Rome. But Sulla re-entered the city at the head of his army, drove Marius to Africa, and then sailed for Greece at the beginning of 87 B. c. He expelled the armies of Mithridates from Europe (86), crossed into Asia (84), and was everywhere victorious, forcing Mithridates to conclude a peace. Marius had died in 86 B. C., but the party of Marius was still strong. Sulla now hastened to Italy, and landed at Brundusium with 40,000 men, 83 b. c. He was joined by many of his friends who had been banished from Rome. He gained four bat-
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Sullage
Dirt and scoria that accumulate on the surface of molten metal during the process of filling moulds. In this case it consists of the melted particles of sand, etc., gathered from the mould itself as well as that which passes therein from ladle and runner surfaces, which latter will always be in proportion to the amount of care exercised to prevent it by suitable skimming arrangements. Cupola and ladle slag is frequently termed sullage. See SLAG; SCORIA; SKIMMING-GATE; SKIMMER.
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Sullivan
BARRY, an English tragedian; born in Birmingham in 1824; first appeared at Cork in 1840; played at Edinburgh and elsewhere; and at the Haymarket in London as Hamlet in February, 1852. He visited the United States in 1857-1860, and Australia in 1861-1866. He died in Brighton, England, May 3, 1891.
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Sullivan
SIR ARTHUR SEY- MOUR, an English composer; born in London, England, May 13, 1842; became a member of the boy choir in the Chapel Royal at St. James's, and at the age of 13 published his first composition. In the following year he won the Mendelssohn scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1858, while at Leipsic, he composed his "Feast of Roses" and the music to Shakespeare's "Tempest." Subsequently he produced numerous songs, operas, oratorios, etc. He was knighted in 1883 and made chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France in the same year. He died in London, Nov. 22, 1900.
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Sullivan (II)
THOMAS RUSSELL, an American fiction writer and dramatist; born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 21, 1849. His novels include "Tom Sylvester," "Roses of Shadow, hadow," "Day and Night Stories," "Ars et Vita" (1893); "Boston, Old and New" (1912), and "Hand of Petrarch" (1913). His plays include "The Catspaw" (1881), "Merely Players" (1886), dramatization of Stevenson's "Dr. a Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and "Nero," a tragedy. He was joint author with W. W. Chamberlin of "Hearts Are Trumps" produced 1878, and "Midsummer Madness," produced 1880. He died in 1916.
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Sullivan (JOHN action defeated)
JOHN action defeated the British left. On Aug. 29, 1778, he attacked the British at Butt's Hill, near Newport, R. I., and after a 12-hours' severe battle, in which about 6,000 men fought on each side, the Americans drove the British from the field at the point of the bayonet. Lafayette pronounced this engagement the best contested one of the whole war. In 1779 Sullivan led 4,000 troops into New York State to put a stop to Indian outrages. During the campaign he drove thousands of Indians out of the State and destroyed their crops and villages. He resigned from the army in 1780 owing to ill health, and was a second time a delegate to the Continental Congress. He later resumed the practice of law in New Hampshire; and was United States judge of that State from 1789 till his death, in Durham, N. H., Jan. 23, 1795.
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Sullivan (JOHN an American military)
JOHN, an American military officer; born in Berwick, Me., Feb. 17, 1740; studied law and obtained a lucrative practice in Durham, N. H. He was commissioned a major of militia in 1772; represented New Hampshire at the Continental Congress held in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1774; was appointed a brigadier-general of the American merican Army 1775; and given command of the left in 1775 wing of the forces then laying siege to Boston. In June, 1776, he was placed in command of the army on the Canadian boundary. After an unsuccessful engagement with the British at THREE RIVERS (q. v.) he retreated to New York, and for a time was chief in command on Long Island; subsequently was promoted major-general. During Washington's campaign, which resulted in the capture of the Hessians at Trenton, Sullivan had command of the right wing of the army. He also participated in the battle of Princeton, and later descended rapidly on Staten Island and took 100 prisoners. He was at the battles of the Brandywine and Germantown, and during the latter
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Sullivan (JOHN tles over the Roman)
JOHN tles over the Roman forces in person, and defeated a Samnite army under Telesinus. He entered the city victorious in 82, and immediately put to death between 6,000 and 7,000 prisoners of war in the circus. He caused himself to be named dictator for an indefinite period (81 B. c.). In 79 B. c. he laid down his dictatorship, and retiring to Puteoli died in 78 b. c. See ROME.
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