Marriage, The

A tragedy by Fletcher, a isted by Mas singer, apparently produced after Burbage's death, which took place in March, 1619. It was printed in 1647. Doubs (dö). [L. Dubis .] 1. A river of eastern France which joins the Saône at Verdun. Length, 267 miles.-2. A department of eastern France, lying between Haute-Saône and Haut-Rhin on the north, Switzerland on the east and south, and Jura and Haute-Saône on the west. It is traversed by the Jura. Capital, Besançon. The fonce department was formed from part of the ancient (1891), 303,081. The Century Cyclopedia of Names Doubs, Falls of the Doubs, Falls of the. [F. Saut du Doubs .] A noted cataract in the Doubs, on the border of France and Switzerland, 13 miles northwest of Neuchâtel. Height, 86 feet. Doubtful Heir, The. A romantic comedy by Shirley, originally produced at Dublin under the title of "Rosania, or Love's Victory," and licensed in 1640 under that name. Doubting Castle. The abode of Giant Despair, in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progre ," in which he locked up Christian and Hopeful. Douce (do us), Francis. Born at London, 1757: died at London, March 30, 1834. An English antiquarian. He was for a timekeeper of the manuscripts in the British Museum, in which capacity he took part in cataloguing the Lansdowne MSS., and in revising the cat a. logue of Harleian MSS. Having been left one of the residuary legatees of the sculptor Nollekens in 1823, he came into po e ion of a competent fortune, which enabled him to make a fine collection of books, manuscripts, prints, and coins. This collection was bequeathed to the Bodleian Library. His chief work is "Illustrations of Shakspere" (1807). Dougal(dö'gal). A wild, shock-headed follower of Rob Roy, in Scott's novel of that name. Doughty (do'ti), Thomas. Born at Philadelphia, July 19, 1793: died at New York, July 24, 1856. An American landscape-painter. Douglas (dugʻlas). A tragedy by the Rev. John Home, first produced in Edinburgh Dec. 14, 1756. It is partly founded on a Scottish ballad, "Childe Maurice." See Norval . "Douglas" was first produced upon the regular stage on the 14th of December, 1756, at the Can on gate Theatre (of which there is no sign now), in Play-house Close, 200 Can on gate. According to tradition, however-and very misty tradition - it was performed privately some time before at the lodgings of Mrs. Sarah Warde, a profe ional actre , who lived in Horse Wynd, near the foot of the Can on gate, and with the following most astonishing amateur cast: Lord Randolph, Rev. Dr. Robertson (principal of the University of Edinburgh); Glenalvon, Dr. David Hume (historian); Old Norval, Rev. Dr. Carlyle (minister of Mu el burgh); Douglas, Rev. John Home (the author of the tragedy); Lady Randolph, Dr. Ferguson (profe or of moral philosophy in the University of Edinburgh); Anna (the Maid Rev. Dr. Hugh Blair (minister of the High Church of Edinburgh). Adam Ferguson as Lady Randolph and Hugh Blair as Anna must have added an unexpectedly comic element to the tragedy. It is not more than justice to say that Dugald Stewart, the biographer of Principal Robertson, a erts that the Randolph of this cast "never entered a play-house in his life." 336 ished for political reasons, and was well received at the court of Henry VIII. of England. His chief work is a translation of the Æneid into Scottish verse (1513, printed 1553). Dover District 1881-86, and United States minister to Haiti 18891891. He also published "The Life and Times of Frederick Dougla , from 1817 to 1882, Written by Himself" (1882). Doullens (dö-lon'). A town in the department of Somme, France, situated on the Authie 19 town, and contains a citadel. Population (1891), Douglas, George, fourth Earl of Angus. Died 1462. A Scottish nobleman. He remained loyal to miles north of Amiens. It is a manufacturing James II. in rising of his kinsmen against the and commanded the royal forces at the battle of Arkinholm May 1, 1455, in which the insurgents were defeated. He commune, 4,631. received as a reward large grants of land from the conf is Douloureuse Garde. [F.] See Joyeuse Garde. cated estates, and may be regarded as the founder of the Doune (dön). A village in Perth shire, Scot- position of the earls of Angus as border chiefs. Douglas, George. In Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Abbot," the seneschal of Lochleven Cas- tle during his father's absence. Falling in love with his prisoner, Mary Queen of Scots, he aids her es- cape, and dies at the battle of Lang side. Douglas, Sir Howard. Born at Gosport, Eng- land, July 1, 1776: died at Tun bridge Wells, England, Nov., 1861. An English general and military writer: author of a "Treatise on Naval Gunnery" (1819), etc. Douglas, Sir James, called "The Good Sir James" and "The Black Douglas." Killed in Spain, probably Aug. 25, 1330. A Scottish nobleman. He joined the standard of Bruce in 1306, and commanded the left wing of the Scottish army at the battle of Bannock burn, June 24, 1314. In accordance with the dying request of Bruce, he set out on a journey to the Holy Land, carrying with him Bruce's heart in- cased in a casket of gold. Arrived in Spain, he offered his services to Alfonso, king of Castile and Leon, against the Saracens of Granada, and fell in battle. Douglas, James, second Earl of Douglas. Died in 1388. A Scottish nobleman, son of William, first Earl of Douglas. He commanded a force of 300 horse and 2,000 foot which ravaged the eastern border in 1388, and probably on the 19th of Aug. in that year (on the 9th according to the English chroniclers, on the 15th according to Froi art) defeated a superior force of the levy of the northern counties under Lord Henry Percy at Otter burn, himself falling at the moment of vic- tory. His fame is celebrated in the Scottish ballad "The Battle of Otter burn" and the English ballad "Chevy Chase." Douglas, James, ninth Earl of Douglas. Died at Lindores, Scotland, July 14, 1488. Last Earl of Douglas. He headed a rebellion against James II. of Scotland 1452-55, in consequence of which he was ban- ished and deprived of his estates. Douglas, John. Born at Pitten weem, Fife, Scotland, July 14, 1721: died at Salisbury, England, May 18, 1807. A British prelate and general writer. He was appointed bishop of Car lisle in 1787 (being translated to Salisbury in 1791) and dean of Windsor in 1788. Among his works are "Milton vindi- cated from the Charge of Plagiarism" (1751), and a book land, situated on the Teith 7 miles northwest of Stirling. It contains the ruined Doune Castle. Dour (dör). A manufacturing town in the province of Hainault, Belgium, 9 miles southwest of Mons. Population (1890), 10,603. Dourdan (dör-don'). A town in the department of Seine-et-Oise, France, 25 miles southwest of Paris. It contains a church and a ruined castle. Population (1891), 3,108. Douro. See Duero . Dousa (dou'sä), Janus: Latinized from Jan Van der Does. Born at Noordwijk, near Leyden, Netherlands, Dec. 6, 1545: died at Noordwijk, Oct., 1604. A Dutch scholar, poet, historian, and patriot. He defended Leyden 1574-75, and became first curator of the University of Leyden in 1575. He published "Annals of Holland" (1599), etc. Dousabel (dö'sa-bel), or Dowsabel (dou's abel). [F. douce et belle , sweet and pretty.] A common name for a rustic sweetheart in old pastoral poems. Dousterswivel (dös'ter-swiv-el), Herman. In Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Antiquary," a German adventurer who tricks Sir Arthur. Wardour by a pretended magical discovery of treasure, and is himself similarly tricked by Ochiltree. The nickname Dousterswivel was given to Spurzheim. Douville (dö-vēl'), Jean Baptiste. Born at Hambie, Manche, France, Feb. 15, 1794: died in Brazil about 1837. A French adventurer. He published in 1832 a book entitled "Voyage au Congo et dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique équinoxiale," which purport- ed to be an account of explorations made by himself in central Africa between 1828 and 1830. The gold medal of the Geographical Society at Paris was awarded to him for the most important discovery in 1830, and he was made Portuguese expeditions. Hutton , Literary Landmarks of Edinburgh, p. 28. Douglas (dugʻlas). 1. A seaport and the capital of the Isle of Man, situated on the eastern coast in lat. 54° 10' N., long. 4° 27′ W. It is a noted watering-place. Population (1891), 19, 515.-2. A village in Lan arks hire, Scotland, 8 miles southwest of Lanark. In the neighborhood are St. Bride's Church and Douglas Castle. Douglas, Archibald, fourth Earl of Douglas. Died Aug. 17, 1424. A Scottish nobleman, second son of Archibald, third Earl of Douglas. He was captured by the English in a border raid in 1402, and was kept a prisoner until 1408. In 1423 he commanded a Scottish army sent to the support of the French against the English, and in the same year was created duke of Touraine by Charles VII. of France. He fell in the battle of Verneuil, in France. Douglas, Archibald, fifth Earl of Angus: surnamed "Bell the Cat." Died 1514. A Scottish nobleman, son of George, fourth Earl of Angus. He was one of the disaffected nobles who overthrew and murdered James III.'s favorite, the Earl of Mar, in 1482. At a meeting of the nobles to concert a plan of attack on the favorite, Lord Gray compared the meeting to that of the mice in the fable who proposed to string a bell round the cat's neck, and asked, with refer ence to the favorite, "Who will bell the cat?" Douglas answered, "I will bell the cat" (whence his surname). He was chancellor of the kingdom 1493-98. In Scott's "Marmion" he is represented entertaining Mar mion and Lady Clare at his castle by command of the king. Douglas, Archibald, sixth Earl of Angus. Died in Jan., 1557. Grandson of the fifth earl. He married in 1514 Margaret, widow of James IV. and sister of Henry VIII., by whom he had Margaret, counte of Lennox, the mother of Darnley. Douglas, David, Born at Scone, Scotland, killed in the Hawaiian Islands, July 12, 1834. A Scottish botanist. He visited the United States as botanical collector for the Royal Horticultural Society in 1823, and subsequently made several scientific journeys in America, spending the years 1829-32 chiefly in California. He contributed a number of papers to scientific journals. Douglas, Ellen. The daughter of the outlawed James Douglas, in Sir Walter Scott's poem "The Lady of the Lake." Going to Stirling with the signet ring given her by the Knight of Snowdon (the king), she obtains the pardon of father and lover, though the generous king himself had loved her in disguise. Douglas, Gawain or Gavin. Born about 1474: died at London in Sept., 1522. A Scottish poet, younger son of the fifth Earl of Angus. He appears to have studied at St. Andrews 1489-94, and became bishop of Dunkeld in 1515. He was subsequently ban attacking Hume's argument on the miracles, entitled "The Criterion" (1752). Douglas, Stephen Arnold. Born at Brandon, Vt., April 23, 1813: died at Chicago, June 3, 1861. An American Democratic politician. He learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, but afterward stud- ied law and was admitted to the bar. He was elected a judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1841; was a member of Congre from Illinois 1843-47; and was United States senator 1847-61. He advanced the doctrine of pop- ular or "squatter" sovereignty in relation to slavery in the Territories, and reported the Kansas-Nebraska Bill in 1854. He was an unsucce ful candidate of the Democratic party for the presidency in 1860. He was nicknamed "The Little Giant. Douglas, Sir William. Killed in 1353. A Scottish nobleman. He sided with David II. against secretary of the society for 1832. It was, however, shown that the "Voyage" was a mere fabrication based on early Douw, or Dow (dou), Gerard. Born at Leyden, Netherlands, April 7, 1613: died at Leyden, Feb., 1675. A noted Dutch painter of genre scenes, a pupil of Rembrandt. His best-known work is the "Woman Sick of the Dropsy," at the Louvre. Dove (dov). A river in England which forms part of the boundary between Derby and Stafford, and joins the Trent 3 miles northeast of Burton. Length, about 45 miles. It is celebrated in the writings of Izaak Walton. Dove. A pinnace of about 50 tons, one of the ve els (the other being the Ark) in which Lord Baltimore sent out a colony of "gentlemen adventurers," including his brothers George and Leonard Calvert, to Maryland in 1633. They landed at St. Clement's Island in the Potomac Dove, Doctor. The chief character in Southey's in 1634. Edward Baliol, and obtained as a reward the lordship of Liddesdale, whence he was surnamed "The Knight of "Doctor." Liddesdale." He was killed during a hunt in Ettrick forest Dove, Lady. In Cumber land's play "The by his kinsman William, lord (afterward earl) of Douglas. Douglas, William, first Earl of Douglas. Died in 1384. A Scottish nobleman, nephew of "the good Sir James." He was trained in arms in returned to Scotland about 1348; recovered his paternal estates from the English; conducted numerous raids on the English border; was, along with the Earl of March, ap- pointed warden of the east marches about 1356; and was created earl of Douglas by II. in 1358. Douglas, William, eighth Earl of Douglas. Died in 1452. A Scottish nobleman, son of James, seventh Earl of Douglas. He conspired against James II., by whom he was decoyed by a safe- conduct to Stirling Castle and put to death. Dougla , David Bates. Born at Pompton, N. J., March 21, 1790: died at Geneva, N. Y., Oct., 1849. An American engineer. He was engaged on the Croton aqueduct 1833-36, on Greenwood cemetery (Brooklyn) 1837-40. Dougla , Frederick. Born 1817: died Feb. 20, 1895. A noted American orator and journalist. and was born He a slave was on the the son plantation of a negre of by Colonel white Edward mani Lloyd. Having escaped from his master in 1838, he even- tually settled at New Bedford, Ma achusetts, and in 1841 became an agent of the Ma achusetts Anti-Slavery Soci- ety, a post which he retained four years. 1847, at Rochester, New York, "Frederick Dougla 's Pa- per," the title of which was changed to "The North Star," and which was continued a number of years. In 1870 he founded at Washington, District of Columbia, "The New National Era," which he turned over to his sons Lewis and Frederick. He was United States marshal for the District of Columbia 1876-81, recorder of deeds in the He founded in Brothers," a termagant and the mother of Sophia Dove, who is the principal female char acter. Dove (do'fe), He in rich Wilhelm. Born at Liegnitz, Pru ia, Oct. 6, 1803: died at Berlin, April 4, 1879. A German physicist, profe or at Berlin from 1829: noted for his researches in meteorology and electricity. His chief works are Untersuchungen" (1837); "Über die nicht-period is chen Änderungen der Temperaturverteil- ung" (1840-59), etc. Dove, Richard Wilhelm. Born at Berlin, Feb. 27, 1833. A German canonist, son of He in rich Wilhelm Dove: profe or succe ively at Tübingeln 12 IMG:content-0433.png:[ocr errors] He was elected a deputy to the Reichstag in 1871. Dovedale (duv'dal). The picturesque valley of the Dove in Derby shire and Staff ords hire, England, northwest of Burton. Dover (do'ver). [ME. Dover , Dovere , AS. Dofre , Dofere , F. Douvres , LL. Dubris , Dubræ ; perhaps from W. dwfr , etc., water.] 1. A seaport in Kent, England, situated on the Strait of Dover in lat. 51° 7' N., long. 1° 18' E.: the French Douvres, and the Roman Dubræ or Dubris. It is the chief of the Cinque Ports, a favorite health-resort and sea-bathing place, and the terminus of packet-lines to Calais and Ostend, and is on one of the main lines between London and the Continent. Its chief points of interest include Dover Castle, Shakespeare Cliff, and the Admiralty The Century Cyclopedia of Names Dover Dover, Treaty of. A secret treaty concluded May 22, 1670, at Dover, between Charles II. and Louis XIV. The former was to aid in the designs of France against Holland, and the latter was to furnish sub- Catholic. John Dowling in 1836.