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Plague on 't now, Sneer, I shall take it ill. I believe you want to take away my character as an author. Sneer. Then I am sure you ought to be very much The Critic. obliged to me. Sneer well (snēr'wel), Lady. A beautiful widow, a scandalmonger, in Sheridan's "School for Scandal." "Everybody allows that Lady Sneer well can do more with a word and a look than many can with the most laboured detail, even when they happen to have a little truth on their side to support it." [D., 'snow Sneeuwbergen (snāw' mountains.] A range of mountains in Cape Colony, about lat. 32° S., long. 25° E. Highest point, about 8,000 feet. Sneffels, Mount. See Sniffels . Snehætten. See Snæhætten. Snell, Willebrord. See Snellius . Snellius (snel'i-us), or Snell (snel), Willebrord. Born at Leyden, 1581: died Oct. 30, 1626. A Dutch mathematician, profe or of mathematics at Leyden from 1613. He discovered the law of refraction. Snevellicci (snā-vel-lē'che), Mi . An actre , engaged in Mr. Vincent Crummles's theatrical troupe, "who could do anything, from a medley dance to Lady Macbeth": a character in Charles Dickens's “Nicholas Nickle by." Sneyders. See Snyders. Sniffels (snif'elz), or Sneffels (snef'elz), Mount. Brunswick, Maine, June 25, 1843. An American Congregational clergyman, brother of E. C. Smyth. He graduated at Bowdoin in 1863, and at And over in 1867, having in the meantime served in the Union army in the Civil War. He has had charge of the First Congregational Church at New Haven, Connecticut, since 1882. He has published "Religious Feeling" (1877), "Old Faiths in New Lights" (1879), "The Orthodox Theology of To the east from Ellesmere Land on the west. Smith's Prizes. Two prizes at the University of Cambridge, founded by Robert Smith (16891768). From 1769 to 1882 they were awarded to the students proceeding B. A. who were most succe ful in a special examination in mathematics. From 1883 they have been awarded to writers of the best e ays on any subject in mathematics or natural philosophy. rado. Height, 14,158 feet. Snod gra (snod grås), Mr. A August us. A member of the famous Pickwick Club, with a turn for poesy, in Dickens's "Pickwick Papers." Snoilsky (snoil's ke), Carl Johan Gustav. Born at Stockholm, Sept. 8, 1841. A Swedish lyric poet. He studied at Upsala after 1860, where as a student, in 1861, he published his first collection of poems, "Smädikter" ("Little Poems "), under the pseudonym Sven the title "Orchideer." In 1865 he was given a position in the Swedish emba y at Paris; in 1866 he was appointed second secretary in the ministry for foreign affairs, and in 1874 first secretary. In 1875 he was made Swedish chargé d'affaires at Copenhagen. He has the hereditary title of count. In addition to the works named, a volume of "Dikter" ("Poems") was published in 1869; "So netter" ("Sonnets") in 1871. A translation of Goethe's ballads appeared, further, in 1876; "Nye Dikter" ("New Poems") in 1881. Snorre Sturleson Snorre (snor'rā) (or Snorri (snor'rē) or Snorro (snor'rō)) Sturleson (stör'la-son) or Sturluson (stör lö-son). Born at Hvamm, 1179: a a inated on his estate Reykjaholt, Sept. 23, 1241. An Icelandic historian and high legal officer in Iceland. He twice visited Norway. He was the author of the "Heimskringla" ("Sagas of the Norwegian Kings": English translation by Laing), and the reputed author of the "Younger Edda." See Edda and Heimskringla . Snout (snout). In Shakspere's "Midsummer Night's Dream," a tinker who plays the part of the father of Pyramus in the interpolated play. Snow-Bound (snō'bound). A poem by Whittier, published in 1866: a winter idyl of New England life. [L. Snowdon (sno'don), Mount, W. Eryri. Mons Heriri.] A mountain in Carnarvonshire, Wales, 10 miles southeast of Carnarvon. It is the highest mountain in England or Wales, and is noted for its grand form and extensive view. It has five peaks. Height, 3,590 feet. Snowdon. See the extract. Snowdon, which is also the official title of one of the Scottish heralds, has no connection with the Welsh mountain of that name, but is simply the descriptive name of Stirling - Snua-dun, the fort, or fortified hill, on the river. IMG:content-0916.png:[blocks in formation] Snow Mountains. See Sneeuwbergen . Snowy Range. A name given to the range of mountains in Colorado known also as the Front Range or Colorado Range. Snug (snug). In Shakspere's "Midsummer Night's Dream," a joiner who plays the part of the lion in the interpolated play. Snyders (sni'ders), Frans or Franz. Born at Antwerp, Nov. 11, 1579: died there, Aug. 19, 1657. A Flemish painter, noted especially for representations of animals. He a isted Rubens, Jordaens, and others in painting the animals, fruit, flowers, etc., on their canvases.