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Pers. Every Man out of his Humour. 2. The pseudonym of Johnson in the "Rambler," and under which he abused Garrick. Asperg (äs'perg), or Asberg (äs'berg). Atown in the Neckar circle, Würtemberg, 9 miles istan, while he claimed to rule also over South India and north of Stuttgart. Population, about 2,000. Aspern (as pern). A village in Lower Austria, Chander Bundle adopted Bud, dhism became the Buddhist Const an tine. Especially situated on the north bank of the Danube 5 noted are his edicts enjoining the practical morality of Buddhism, which are engraved in different Prakrit miles northeast of Vienna. lects on pillars or rocks in various parts of India. Prin sep, their first decipherer, and La en refer them to the time of Asoka, but Wilson thinks they were engraved "at some period subsequent to B. c. 205. Asola (ä-so'lä). A small town in the province of Mantua, Italy, 19 miles northwest of Mantua. A solan do (as-ō-lan'do): Facts and Fancies. A volume of poems by Robert Browning, published in London Dec. 12, 1889, the day on which the poet died in Venice. Asolo (ä'so-lō). A town in the province of Treviso, Italy, 33 miles northwest of Venice: the ancient Acelum. Population, about 5,000. Asopus (a-so'pus). [Gr. Ἀσωπός.] In ancient geography: ( a ) A small river in Bœotia, Greece, flowing into the Euripus in northern Attica: the modern Oropo. (b) A small river in Sicyonia, Greece, flowing into the Corinthian Gulf 4 miles northeast of Sicyon: the modern Hagios Georgios. Aspern, Battle of, or Battle of E ling. A victory gained at Aspern and E ling, May 21 and 22, 1809, by the Austrians under Archduke Charles (80,000) over the French under Napoleon (40,000 and later 80,000). The lo of the Austrians was about 24,000; that of the French considerably more, including Lannes. Asp in wall (as'pin-wal), William. Born at Brook line, Ma ., May 23, 1743: died April 16, 1823. An American physician. He fought as a volunteer in the battle of Lexington, became a surgeon in the Revolutionary army, and is said to have established the practice of vaccination in America. Asp in wall, William H. Born at New York, Dec. 16, 1807: died there, Jan. 18, 1875. An American merchant, the chief promoter of the Panama Railroad, whose eastern terminus is named for him. Asp in wall, or Colon (kō-lōn'). A seaport on A emani, Stefano Evodio mus of Panama, Colombia, in lat. 9° 22′ Ν., long. 79° 55′ W.: the terminus of the Panama Railroad. It was founded in 1855 by W. H. Asp in wall, and was burned by insurgents in 1885. Population, about 3,000. Asphaltites (as-fal-ti'tēz), Lake. [L. Lacus asphaltites , Gr. Λίμνη Ασφαλτίτης , lake of asphalt or bitumen.) An ancient name of the Dead Sea. Aspidiske (as-pi-dis'ke), or Asmidiske (asmi-dis'ke). [Gr. ἀσπιδίσκη , a little shield.] The fourth-magnitude star i Argus, situated in the shield which ornaments the ve el's poop. There is some confusion in the lettering of the stars of this constellation, and some star-maps a ign this name to instead of 1. Aspramonte (äs-prä-mon'te). An Italian epic poem, by an unknown author, which appeared at Milan in 1516, a year after "Orlando Furioso." The subject is the defeat of the Saracens by the French when the former came over in large numbers under Garnier, king of Carthage, to sack Rome: this they accomplished, and went acro to France where Charle magne and all the great paladins defeated them near Aspramonte (Aspremont). Aspre (äs'), Konstantin, Baron d'. Born 1789: died 1850. An Austrian general, distinguished in the Italian campaigns of 1848-49. As pro monte (äs-pro-mon'te). A mountain in Calabria, Italy, 10–20 miles northeast of Reggio, nearly 7,000 feet in height. Near it Garibaldi was defeated and captured by Italian troops under Palla vic in i, Aug. 29, 1862. Aspropotamo (äs-pro-pot'ä-mō). The modern name of the river Achelous. A ab (äs-säb'). A bay in the Red Sea, in lat. 13° N., long. 42° 50′ E. Since 1881 it has belonged, with adjacent villages, to Italy. A ad (as's ad). In the story of "Prince Amgiad and Prince A ad," in the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments," the son of Camaralzaman and Haiatalnefous. A al (äs-säl'). A salt lake in eastern Africa, near the Gulf of Tajurrah, Gulf of Aden, 600 feet below the sea-level. A am (as-sam'). A chief commi ion ship of British India, situated in the Brahmaputra valley: the chief seat of tea-culture in India. It was ceded by Burma in 1826. Area, 49,004 square miles. Population (1891), 5,476,833. A andun (as-san dun). A locality, identified with Ashing don, E ex, England, where in 1016 Edmund Ironsides was defeated by Canute. A a ination Plot. A conspiracy against the life of William III. of England, by Sir George Barclay, Charnock, and Parkyns, detected in 1696. A a ins, The. A military and religious order in Syria, founded in Persia by Ha an ben Sabbah about 1090. A colony migrated from Persia to Syria, settled in various places, with their chief seat on the mountains of Lebanon, and became remarkable for their secret murders in blind obedience to the will of their chief. Their religion was a compound of Magianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Mohammedanism. One article of their creed was that the Holy Spirit resided in their chief and that his orders proceeded from God himself. The chief of the sect is best known by the denomination old man of the mountain (Arabic sheikh al jebal , chief of the mountains). These barbarous chieftains and their followers spread terror among nations far and near for almost two centuries. In the time of the Crusades they mustered to the number of 50,000, and presented a formidable obstacle to the arms of the Christians. They were eventually subdued by the sultan Bibars about 1272. A emani, Stefano Evodio nephew of Giuseppe Simone A emani, custodian in the Vatican library. His works include "Bibliothecæ Mediceo-Lauren tianæ et Palatinæ cod., etc." (1742), "Acta Sanctorum Martyrum" (1748), etc. A embly, National. In French history, the first of the Revolutionary a emblies, in se ion 1789-91. The States-General, elected in 1789, were opened May 5, 1789, and in June the third estate a umed the title of National A embly, and absorbed the two remaining estates. Its chief work was the formation of the constitution (whence it is also called the Constituent As sembly ). A embly of Fowls. See Parliament of Fowles. A embly of Ladies, The. A poem attributed to Chaucer, but now considered spurious: an imitation of the "Parliament of Fowles." A en (äs's en). The capital of the province of Drenthe, Netherlands, 16 miles south of Groningen. Near it are famous antiquities. Population (1889), commune, 9,148. A ens (äs's ens). A town in the island of Fünen, Denmark, situated on the Little Belt 21 miles southwest of Odense. Population, about 3,000. A er (as'èr). Died at Sherborne, England, 909 (1) A. D. A Welsh monk, bishop of Sherborne and companion of Alfred the Great. He wrote a "Life of Alfred" (ed. by Wise 1722).