Festival, May 1. 4. Pachydermata, hoofed animals with thick skins and non- ruminant, such as the elephant and the hog. Pacific Ocean, the largest sheet of water on the globe, occupies a third of its whole surface, as much as all the land put together. It is a wide oval in shape, lying between Australia and Asia on the W., and North and South America on the E. Except from Asia it receives no large rivers. On its American shores the Gulf of California is the only considerable indentation; the Okhotsk, Japanese, Yellow, and Chinese Seas, on the Asiatic coast, are rather wide bays shut in by islands than inland seas. Its innumerable islands are the chief feature of the Pacific Ocean. The continental islands include the Aleutian, Kurile, Japan, and Philippine Islands, and the archipelago between the Malay Peninsula and Australia; the Oceanic Islands include countless groups, volcanic and coral, chiefly in the southern hemisphere, between the Sandwich Islands and New Zealand. Commerce on the Pacific Ocean is only beginning, but will increase vastly with the extension of the United States westward, the colonisation of Australia, and the opening of Chinese and Japanese ports. San Francisco and Valparaiso on the E., Hong- Kong and Sydney on the W., are just now the chief centres of trade. Packhard, distinguished American entymologist and naturalist, born in Maine; his classification of insects is accepted; b. Pactolus, a small river of Lydia, famous for the gold contained in its sand, due, it was alleged, to Midas washing the gold off him in its waters, and the alleged source of the wealth of Croesus; its modern name is Sarabat. See Midas. Pacuvius, an old Latin dramatist, nephew of Ennius (q. Padilla, Juan Lopez de, a celebrated Castilian noble, who headed a rebellion against Charles V., which he heroically maintained till his defeat at Villalos in 1. ![]() Donna Maria, no less heroically maintained against a strong besieging force after his capture and execution. Padishah, from two Persian words meaning . Livy was a native, as also Andrea Mantegna. Did you know that you can help us produce ebooks by proof-reading just one page a day? Go to: Distributed Proofreaders Browse By Author: C Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O PT Z other Titles: A B C DI J K L M N O P. All posts by IEP Author Theological Determinism Theological determinism is the view that God determines every event that occurs in the history of the world. While there is much debate about which prominent historical figures. MISS MARIAN CUDWORTH, Exec. Director 'Let's Make Butter' Helps Teach Children About the Uses of Milk and Buttermilk At least 30 girls and boys in Miami, ages seven and eight, know where butter comes from. Latitudinarian* school founded by Benjamin Whichcote, Ralph Cudworth,* John Smith, and Henry More in the 17th c. The material has been carefully compared and corrected according to the Eerdmans reproduction of the 1907 edition by Charles. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu. Title: Layout 1, Author: Barnsley Chronicle, Name: namea3a054, Length: 24 pages, Published. The rains were so violent, that the harvest did not begin till Michaelmas. At Christmas, a westerly wind overthrew several houses and public edifices, tore up trees by the roots, and did a vast deal of mischief. P. It is the chief centre of manufacture of cotton thread in the world, and its other industries include dyeing, bleaching, woollen goods, and engineering. There are several fine buildings, a Baptist Church is said to be the finest modern ecclesiastical building in Scotland. The ornithologist Wilson, Professor Wilson ( Christopher North), and Tannahill were born here. Palacky, Francis, distinguished Bohemian historian and politician, born in Moravia, author of a . Palgrave, William Gifford, Arabic scholar, born at Westminster, brother of preceding; after a brief term of service in the army joined the Society of Jesus, and served as a member of the order in India, Rome, and in Syria, where he acquired an intimate knowledge of Arabic, by means of which he contributed to our knowledge of both the Arabic language and the Arab race; wrote a narrative of a year's journey through Arabia (1. P. Bartholomew in 1. Huguenot, imprisoned in the Bastille, where he died (1. Palk's Strait, the channel which separates Ceylon from the mainland of India, 1. See Adam's Bridge. Palladio, Andrea, an Italian architect, born at Vicenza, of poor parents; was precursor of the modern Italian style of architecture, and author of a treatise on architecture that has borne fruit; his works, which are masterpieces of the Renaissance, consist principally of palaces and churches, and the finest specimens are to be met with in Venice and in his native place (1. Palladium, a statue of Pallas in Troy, on the preservation of which depended the safety of the city, and from the date of the abstraction of which by Ulysses and Diomedes the fate of it was doomed; it was fabled to have fallen from heaven upon the plain of Troy, and to have after its abstraction been transferred to Athens and Argos; it is now applied to any safeguard of the liberty of a State. Palladius, St., is called the . St. Ternan to Fordoun, Kincardineshire. Pallas, one of the names of Athena (q. Petersburg; explored Siberia, and contributed to the geographical knowledge of the Russian empire (1. Pallavicino, Ferrante, Italian patriot, who gave offence by his pasquinades to the Papal Court and the Barberini; was betrayed and beheaded (1. Pallavicino, Sforza, cardinal and historian, born at Rome; was of the Jesuit order, and wrote a . One of the Canary Islands (3. Palestine and Sinai; was appointed professor of Arabic at Cambridge in 1. Persian- English Dictionary, an Arabic Grammar, and a translation of the Kor. It has a Gothic cathedral and a surgical college, with manufactures of pottery and leather, and a trade in wine. Formerly capital of Navarre, it has suffered much in war; has this century several times resisted the Carlists. Pan, in the Greek mythology a goat- man, a personification of rude nature, and the protector of flocks and herds; originally an Arcadian deity, is represented as playing on a flute of reeds joined together of different lengths, called Pan's pipes; and dancing on his cloven hoofs over glades and mountains escorted by a bevy of nymphs side by side, and playing on his pipes. There is a remarkable tradition, that on the night of the Nativity at Bethlehem an astonished voyager heard a voice exclaiming as he passed the promontory of Tarentum, . It has a Spanish cathedral. The population, of Indian and negro descent chiefly, is only half what it was when the canal works were in full operation. Panama Canal Geographers were familiar with the idea of connecting the two oceans by a canal through Central America as early as the beginning of the 1. Dutch plans are said to exist dating from the 1. The first practical steps were taken by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1. Extravagance and incapacity were alleged among the causes of failure; but the apparently insurmountable difficulties were marshes, quicksands, and the overflow of the Chagres River, the prevalence of earthquakes, the length of the rainy season, the cost of labour and living, and the extreme unhealthiness of the climate. Panathen. 1. 22. 6. Pange Lingua, a hymn in the Roman Breviary, service of Corpus Christi, part of which is incorporated in every Eucharistic service; was written in rhymed Latin by Thomas Aquinas. P. 8; occupied a square with the Danube on the N. Panopticon, a prison so arranged that the warder can see every prisoner in charge without being seen by them. Panslavism, the name given to a movement for union of all the Slavonic races in one nationality, a project which lags heavily owing to the jealousy on the part of one section or another. Pantagruel, the principal character of one of the two great works of Rabelais, and named after him; he and his father Gargantua figured as two enormous giants, being personifications of royalty with its insatiable lust of territory and power. Pantheism, the doctrine or creed which affirms the immanency of God in nature, or that God is within nature, but ignores or denies His transcendency, or that He is above nature; distinguished from deism, which denies the former but affirms the latter, from theism, which affirms both, and from atheism, which denies both. Pantheon, a temple in Rome, first erected by Agrippa, son- in- law of Augustus, circular in form, 1. Also a building in Paris, originally intended to be a church in honour of the patron saint of Paris, but at the time of the Revolution converted into a receptacle for the ashes of the illustrious dead, Mirabeau being its first occupant, and bearing this inscription, Aux grands hommes la patrie reconnaissant; it was subsequently appropriated to other uses, but under the third republic it became again a resting- place for the ashes of eminent men. Pantograph, the name given to a contrivance for copying a drawing or a design on an enlarged or a reduced scale. Panurge, one of the principal characters in the . Persia, India, and Japan having been long familiar with it; America has adapted it to use for railroad wheels, & c. Papin, Denis, French physicist, born at Blois, practised medicine at Angers; came to England and assisted Boyle in his experiments, made a special study of the expansive power of steam and its motive power, invented a steam- digester with a safety- valve, since called after him, for cooking purposes at a high temperature; became professor of Mathematics at Marburg (1. Papinianus, . Francia; from 1. Argentine, Brazil, and Uruguay, as a consequence of which the population fell from a million and a half to a quarter of a million; it is again prosperous and progressing. Also the name of the monastery founded by Abelard near Nogent- sur- Seine, and of which Helo. The river is broad and rapid, 2. Louis) in the middle, 1. No city has finer or gayer streets, or so many noble buildings. The Palace of the Tuileries, on the right bank of the Seine, dates from the 1. Revolution. Connected with it is the Louvre, a series of galleries of painting, sculpture, and antiquities, whose contents form one of the richest collections existing, and include the peerless . South of the river is the Luxembourg, where the Senate meets, and on the Ile de la Cit. Saint- Chapelle is said to be the finest Gothic masterpiece extant. The Pantheon, originally meant for a church, is the burial- place of the great men of the country, where lie the remains of Voltaire, Rousseau, and Carnot. The oldest hospitals are the H. The University Schools in the Quartier Latin attract the youth of all France; the chief are the Schools of Medicine and Law, the Scotch College, the College of France, and the Sorbonne, the seat of the faculties of letters, science, and Protestant theology. Triumphal arches are prominent in the city. There are many museums and charitable institutions; the Biblioth. The Palace of Industry and the Eiffel Tower commemorate the exhibitions of 1. Great market- places stand in various parts of the city. The Rue de Rivoli, Rue de la Paix, Rue du Faubourg St.- Honor. Boulevards lined with trees run to the outskirts of the city.
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