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68. Knight's Vision, The. An allegorical painting by Raphael, in the National Gallery, London. In Beside the him foreground stand two a youth girls: one sleeps, personifying resting on fame, his shield. hold ing out a sword and a book; and the other, representing pleasure, extending a myrtle-blo om. The background is occupied with rocks, hills, and towers. The work is of Raphael's youth, admirable in conception and execution. Knin (knēn). A town in Dalmatia, Austria Hungary, on the Kerka 26 miles northeast of Sebenico. Population (1890), commune, 21,077. Knipp (nip), or Knep (nep), Mrs. Flourished about 1670. An English actre . She probably first appeared as Epicæne in Ben Jonson's "Silent Woman'in 1664, and what is known of her is principally from the entries in Pepys's "Diary." She disappears from the bills in 1678. Mrs. Knipp (or Knep)... was a pretty creature, with a sweet voice, a mad humour, and an ill-looking, moody, jealous husband, who vexed the soul and bruised the body of his sprightly, sweet-toned, and wayward wife. Excellent company she was found by Pepys and his friends, whatever her horse-jockey of a husband may have thought of her, or Mrs. Pepys of the philandering of her own husband with the minx, whom she did not hesitate to pronounce a "wench," and whom Pepys himself speaks of affectionately as a "jade" he was always glad to see. Doran, Eng. Stage, I. 59. Knipperdolling (knip'per-dol-ling), Bernhard. Beheaded at Münster, Pru ia, Jan. 23, 1536. A German Anabaptist, stadtholder of Münster 1534–35, and supporter of the revolutionary acts of John of Leyden. Knistineaux. See Cree . Knobel (knō'bel), August Wilhelm. Born at Tschecheln, near Sorau, Pru ia, 1807: died at tious old gentleman. His humor is a strained solicitude for his son's morals. This character is said to have been played by Shakspere. Knowles (nolz), James. Born 1831. An English architect and editor. He edited the "Contemporary Review" 1870-77, and the "Nineteenth Century" from 1877. Knowles, James Sheridan. Born at Cork, Ireland, May 12, 1784: died at Torquay, England, Nov. 30, 1862. A British playwright. His father, James Knowles, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan were first cousins. He served in the militia, studied medicine, went on the stage, and taught school at Glasgow before his first play ("Caius Gracchus") was produced in 1815. In 1830 he left Glasgow and settled near Edinburgh. In 1834 he visited the United States. Until 1843 he continued to act at intervals both in his own plays and others. He also lectured, and in 1844 became a Baptist and preached at Exeter Hall and in other places sermons against Roman Catholicism, Cardinal Wiseman, etc. Among his chief plays are "Caius Gracchus" (1815), "Virgin i us" (1820), "William Tell" (1825), "Alfred the Great" (1831), "The Hunchback" (1832), "The Wife, etc." (1833), "The Beggar of Bethnal Green " (1834: abridged from "The Beggar's Daughter of Bethnal Green," 1828), "The Love Chase" (1837), "Love" (1839), "John of Procida, etc." (1840), etc. He also wrote a number of poems and tales, and adapted several plays, besides publishing his lectures on various subjects. Know-nothing Party. See American Party . Knox (noks), Henry. Born at Boston, July 25, 1750: died at Thomas ton, Maine, Oct. 25, 1806. An American general, distinguished as an artillery general in the Revolution: secretary of war 1785-95. Knox, John. Born at Hadding ton, 1505: died at Edinburgh, Nov. 24, 1572. A celebrated Scottish reformer, statesman, and writer. In 1522 he entered Glasgow University, but does not appear to have graduated. He studied law and acted as notary at Hadding ton. In 1544 he became tutor to Francis and John, sons of Hugh Douglas of Long nid dry, and Alexander Cock burn, eldest son of the Laird of Or mist on. At this time George Wishart, a Luther an, sought asylum in the houses of Douglas, Cock burn, and Crichton, and exercised a powerful influence on Knox. On March 12, 1546, Wishart was burned at St. Andrews for heresy. His death was avenged by the murder of Cardinal Beaton May 29. Knox took ref. uge in April, 1547, with his pupils, in the castle of St. Andrews; was urged to become a preacher; and accepted a "call" from the congregation there. On July 31, 1547, St. Andrews capitulated to the French, and Knox was imprisoned in the galleys until Feb., 1549, when he was released and went to England. For two years he preached at Berwick. In 1550 he removed to Newcastle, and in 1551 was made one of the six royal chaplains. As such he a isted in the revision of the second prayer-book of Edward VI., i ued Nov. 1, 1552. On the acce ion of Mary Tudor, Knox fled to Dieppe, and in 1554 visited Calvin at Geneva and Bullinger at Zurich. In Nov., 1554, he became pastor of the English congregation at Frankfort-on-the-Main, but soon was forced to return to Geneva. In 1555 he returned to Berwick, and in the winter traveled about Scotland preaching and writing. On May 15, 1556, he was summoned by the bishops to appear at the Black friars Kirk in Edinburgh. Knox, John He came with so powerful a following that the prosecution was abandoned. He returned to Geneva in the summer of 1556. In 1558 he published the first and second "Blasts of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women," which, originally directed against Mary of Guise, regent of Scotland, Mary, queen of England, and Catharine de' Medici, were destined to complicate his dealings with Elizabeth and Mar Stuart. Knox returned to Edinburgh in 1559. The regent Mary had at this time renewed her persecution of the Reformation; a riot occurred at Perth, where Knox was preaching; and the struggle began which ended in the deposition of the regent by the Convention in Edinburgh, Oct. 21, 1559, and her death June 10, 1560. On Aug. 17, 1560, his "Confe ion of Faith" was adopted with out change, and Roman Catholicism was abolished by the Parliament. Francis II. of France, the husband of Mary Queen of Scots, having died Dec. 5, 1560, she returned to Scotland Aug. 19, 1561; and in the struggle between her Roman Catholic sympathies and the Protestant ism of her people Knox had frequent dramatic encounters with her. He was, however, mainly occupied with the organization of the Presbyterian Church in Scotland. His works, of which the chief is his "Historie of the Reformation of Re ligioun within the Realme of Scotland," collected and ed. ited by David Laing, were published in 6 volumes in 1864. Knox, Mrs. (Isa Craig). Born at Edinburgh in 1831. A Scottish writer. She was employed on the staff of the "Scotsman" for some time, removed to Lon don in 1857, and was secretary to the National A ociation for the Promotion of Social Science till her marriage. She wrote "The Burns Festival," the prize poem at the Crystal Palace celebration Jan. 25, 1859, and has since published several novels, "Tales on the Parables” (1872), “The Little Folks' History of England" (1872), “ In Duty Bound" (1881), poems, etc. Knoxville (noks'vil). A city and the capital of Knox County, Tenne ee, situated on the Holston in lat. 35° 58′ N., long. 83° 56′ W. It is the chief commercial and industrial center of East Tenne ee, and the seat of the University of Tenne ee. It was set tled in 1789. Abandoned by the Confederates in Sept., 1863, it was occupied by the Federals under Burnside, and was besieged by Long street in November without succe . Population (1890), 22,535. Knuts ford (nuts'ford). A small town in Cheshire, England, 14 miles southwest of Manches IMG:content-0579.png:[blocks in formation] Kobelyaki (kō-bel-yä'kē). A town in the gov ernment of Pultowa, Ru ia, situated on the Vorskla 38 miles southwest of Pultowa. Population, 15,421. Koberstein (kō'ber-stin), Karl August. Born at Rügenwalde, Pru ia, Jan. 10, 1797: died at Pforta, Pru ia, March 8, 1870. A German historian of literature, profe or in the national school at Pforta. He published "Grundri der Geschichte der deutschen Nationalliteratur" (1827: revised ed. by Bartsch 1872-74 and 1884), etc. Kobrin (kō-brēn'). A town in the government of Grodno, Ru ia, situated in lat. 52° 15′ N., long. 24° 24' E. Population, 9,345.