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Tickell (tik'el), Thomas. Born at Bride kirk, Cumber land, 1686: died at Bath, April 23, 1740. An English poet. In 1708 he graduated at Queen's College, Oxford. He was a friend of Add is on, and through him in 1717 was appointed under-secretary of state. His poem on "The Prospect of Peace" appeared in 1713, and a poem, "Kensington Gardens," in 17:22. He contributed to the "Spectator" and "Guardian," and wrote the elegy on Add is on prefixed to his edition of Add is on's works in 1721: his finest work. He translated the first book of the "Iliad," which Pope suspected was done by Add is on, and wrote the popular ballad "Colin and Lucy." per or Octavian "), "For tun at" ("For tun at us"). Among his many shorter stories, written between 1821 and 1840, are especially to be named "Das Dichterleben" ("The Poet's Life"), which describes the youth of Shakspere, and "Der Tod des Dichters" ("The Death of the Poet"), whose motive is the death of the poet Camoens. He wrote, besides, many lyrics, the best of which are in his Italian journey in 1805-06. He was the most prolific of the poets of the Romantic school in Germany. A collection of his writings, made by himself, was published in Berlin, 1828-46, in 20 vols.; his critical writings, in the same way, appeared in Berlin 1852-54; and his short stories ("Gesammelte Nov ellen") were published in Berlin, 1852-53, in 12 vols. His posthumous works ("Nach gel as sene Schriften ") appeared at Leipsic, 1855, in 2 vols. Tiedemann (te'de-män), Diet rich. Born at Bremervörde, near Bremen, April 3, 1748: died at Marburg, Sept. 24, 1803. A German philosopher, profe or of philosophy at Marburg from 1776. His chief work is "Geist der spekulativen Philosophie" (1791-96). Tiedge (ted'ge), Chris toph August. Born at Gardelegen, Pru ia, Dec. 14, 1752: died at Dresden, March 8, 1841. A German poet. His chief work is the lyrico-didactic poem "Urania" (1800). Tientsin (te-en'tsen'). A city in the province of Chihli, China, situated on the Peiho in lat. 39° 9′ N., long. 117° 12′ E. It is an important center of transit trade, and the terminus of the imperial canal and of a railroad to Tongshan opened in 1888. A treaty was concluded here in 1858 between China on one side and Great Britain, the United States, France, and Ru ia on the other. Tientsin was occupied by the English and French in 1860, and was made an open port. A ma acre of Christians occurred there in 1870. Population, estimated, 950,000. Tiepolo (tē-ā pō-lō), Giovanni Battista. Born at Venice, March 5, 1693: died at Madrid, March 25, 1769 (f). A Venetian painter, a pupil of Gregorio Lazzarini: the last great decorative painter of the Venetian school. He was influenced by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and still more by the works of Paolo Veronese. After painting frescos at Milan and other Italian cities, he decorated the episco pal palace at Wurzburg, Bavaria, in 1750; and on his re turn to Venice in 1753 he was appointed first director of the Academy of Painting. In 1761 he was called to Spain by Charles III., and executed frescos in the royal palace, with the a istance of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, his son (1726-77). There are many of his easel-pictures in the galleries of Europe. Tierney (ter'ni), George. Born at Gibraltar, March 20, 1761: died at London, Jan. 25, 1830. gène Nus. Ticknor (tik'nor), George. Born at Boston, Ma ., Aug. 1, 1791: died there, Jan. 26, 1871. An American author. He graduated at Dart mouth in 1807; was admitted to the bar in 1813; resided at Göttingen and elsewhere in Europe 1815-19; and was profe or of French, Spanish, and belles-lettres at Harvard 18191835. He spent the years 1835-38 in Europe. He was one of the founders of the Boston public library. His chief work is a "History of Spanish Literature" (1849). He also wrote various e ays, and a life of Pre scott (1864). His life and letters were published in 1876. Ticonderoga (ti-kon-de-rō'gä). A town in E ex County, New York, situated on the outlet from Lake George to Lake Cham plain, 88 miles north by east of Albany. It was fortified by the French in 1755, and was called at first Carillon; was the rendezvous of Montcalm's army in 1757; was unsucce fully attacked by the British under Abercrombie July 8, 1758; was invested and taken by the British under Amherst in 1759; was surprised and captured by the Americans under Ethan Allen, May 10, 1775; was taken by the British under Burgoyne in July, 1777; and was taken by the British under Haldeman in 1780. Population (1890), 2,267. Tidewater (tīd'water). A section of Virginia extending from the sea-coast westward as far as the rivers are affected by the tides. Tieck (tek), Ludwig. Born at Berlin, May 31, 1773: died there, April 28, 1853. A German poet and critic. He studied at Halle, Göttingen, and Erlangen. Subsequently he lived alternately in Berlin, Jena, and Dresden. In 1805 he undertook a journey to Italy, and in 1817 to England. In 1820 he was made a member of the direction of the royal theater at Dresden. In 1841 he was called to Berlin by Frederick William IV., by whom he was granted a pension. Among his many works in almost all departments of literature are particularly to be mentioned two collections of popular tales, partly from old German sources, partly original, "Volksmärchen" ("Folk Tales," 1797) and "Phantasus" (1812-17), the ro mantic novel " Franz Stern balds Wanderungen" ("Franz St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar, but devoted himself to politics. He entered Parliament as member for Col chester in 1788, and sat in the House of constituencies from 1796 to his common for different con sum i wili am Pitt 1798 Pitt accused him of want of patriotism, and fought a bloodle duel with him (May 27). In 1803 he joined the Adding ton ministry as treasurer of the navy, and in 1806 the Grenville ministry as president of the board of control. From 1817 he was the leader of the opposition in the House of Commons. He was master of the mint in Canning's ministry (1827), and also, with a seat in the cabinet, in Goderich's ministry (1827-28). Tierra Bomba (te-er'rä bom bä). A small island near the coast of Colombia, west of Cart a gena. Tierra de Canelo. See Cinnamon, Land of . Tierra del Fuego (te-er'rä del fwāgō), or Terra del Fuego. [Land of Fire.] 1. An archipelago south of the southern end of South America, from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan. It comprises the large island of King Charles South Land (or Tierra del Fuego proper, or Fuegia) and the smaller Desolation Island, Clarence Island, Dawson Island, Navarin, Hoste, Horn, Wollaston, Stewart, London derry, etc.: these are separated from each other by narrow and tortuous channels, and the islands themselves are cut by deep fiords. The central and western parts of King Charles South Land, and most of the smaller islands, are mountainous and partly covered with forest. Politically it is divided nominally between the Argentine Republic and Chile. It was discovered by Magellan in 1520; and has been explored by Darwin, King, Wilkes, Bove, etc. Length of group, about 400 miles. Area, over 21,000 square miles. Population, estimated, about 8,000 (nearly all Indians). See Fuegians . 2. A territory of the Argentine Republic, comprising the Argentine portion of the archipelago (the eastern part of King Charles South Land and the Isla de los Estados). There are two small settlements established by English men, one as a mi ion station. Gold is obtained in considerable quantities. Area, 8,217 square miles. Population, about 3,000. Tierra Firme, or Costa Firme. See Spanish Tiers État (tyar-zā-tä'). [F., 'third estate.'"] Stern bald's Wanderings," 1798), the cla ical translation of "Don Quixote" (1799-1801), a modern German version Main. of Middle High German "Minnelieder" ("Minnesongs," 1803). After 1825 he was engaged upon a translation of Shakspere to complete the work begun by A. W. von Schlegel. In 1823 and 1827, during his connection with the Dresden theater, he published a series of dramatic criticisms under the title of "Dramaturg is che Blatter" ("Dramaturgic Leaves"). Other works are the two nov els with which he began his literary career, "Abdallah " France, that portion of the nation which belonged neither to the nobility, nor the clergy (the two privileged cla es), nor the peasantry. It consisted chiefly of the burghers who sent representatives to the States-General. The name was made famous by the struggles of the representatives of this order Tiers État in the last French States-General for power equal to that of both the other orders, and their final a umption of supreme authority, consummating the Revolution. Tieté (te-a-ta'). A river in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, a tributary of the Paraná. Length, about 700 miles. Tietjens, or Titiens (tēt'yens), Therese Johanna Alexandra. Born at Hamburg, July 17, 1831: died at London, Oct. 3, 1877. A soprano singer, of Hungarian descent: settled in England from 1858. She was noted in opera and oratorio. Tifata (to-fä'tä). A low mountain-range near Capua, Italy, 17 miles northeast of Naples: now called Monte di Maddaloni. Near it, in 83 B. с., Sulla defeated the Marian general Norbanus. Tifernum Tiberinum (ti-fer'numtib-e-ri'num). In ancient geography, a city of Italy, on or near the site of the modern Città di Castello, about 20 miles from Arezzo. Tifernus (ti-fer'nus). The ancient name of the Biferno. Tiffin (tif'in). A city and capital of Seneca County, Ohio, situated on Sandusky River 43 miles south-southeast of Toledo. It is the seat of Heidelberg College. Population (1890), 10,801. Tiflis (tif-les'). 1. A government in Transcaucasia, Ru ia, intersected by lat. 41° 30′ N., long. 45° E. Area, 17,300 square miles. Population (1891), 800,875.-2. The capital of the government of Tiflis, and of the general government of Caucasia, situated on the Kur in lat. 41° 42′ N., long. 44° 48′ E. It is the chief commercial city in Caucasia, and is on the main route between Ru ia and Persia. It has manufactures of cotton, silks, leather goods, silverware, swords, guns, etc. Formerly it was the capital of Georgia. It has often been plundered (last by the Persians in 1795). Population (1891), 105,024. Tiger of Central America, The. An epithet of General Santos Guardiola. Tiger of Tacubaya, The. An epithet applied to the Mexican general Leonardo Marquez for his ma acre of prisoners at Tacubaya. Tiglath-Pileser (tig'lath-pi-lē'zėr). [A yr. Tukulti - pal - eshara , my support is the son of Eshara (i. e. 'Adar the god of war and the chase').] The name of three A yrian kings. (a) King 1120-1100 в. с., one of the most warlike and energetic of A yrian rulers. According to inscriptions on prisms found in the ruins of Kileh Sherghat (on the site of the ancient city of Ashur), he undertook campaigns against forty-two countries and their kings, among them the Moschoi, Kummuch (Comma gene), Hittites, the "Aramean river-land," the country of Nairi, and Babylonia. He also indulged in the adventures of the chase, and relates that he killed with his own hand 10 elephants and 920 lions. (b) King about 950-930 в. с. (с) King 745-727 B. C. In the Old Testament he bears the name of Phul . In 741 he conquered, after a three years' siege, the city of Arpad (modern TelErfad, north of Aleppo). In 738 he brought nineteen districts of Hamath under A yrian supremacy. In the same year he received tribute from Rezin of Damascus, Menahem of Samaria (2 Ki. xv. 19), Hiram of Tyre, and many other kings of Syria. Several years later Rezin of Damascus and Pekah of Israel entered into a coalition against As syria, and waged war against Ahaz of Judah because he would not join this alliance (Isa. vii.). At the behest of Ahaz, Tiglath-Pileser again marched against the west 734732. Rezin was killed and the kingdom of Damascus destroyed, and many cities were taken from Israel (2 Ki. xv. 29), Pekah being left as a va al king. While in Damascus the A yrian king received tribute from Ahaz of Judah, and the kings of Moab, Ascalon, Edom, Gaza, etc. For a third time Tiglath-Pileser took a hand in the policy of Israel when Pekah was a a inated by Hosea. The A yrian king, according to his account, placed Hosea on the throne and received 10 talents of gold and 1,000 talents of silver as tribute. He also made several expeditions to Babylonia, against Urartu (743-735) and Elam (744-737). Tigranes (tig-ra'nēz) I. [Gr. Τιγράνης .] Died after 56 B. C. King of Armenia, son-in-law of Mithridates the Great. He conquered Syria and part of Asia Minor, and founded Tigranocerta. He was defeated by Lucullus near Tigranocerta 69 B. C.; surrendered at Artaxata to Pompey; and was deprived of his conquests. Tigre (tē'grā). A river in Ecuador which joins the Amazon about 40 miles west of the mouth of the Ucayale. Length, about 400 miles. Tigré (tē-gra'). The northernmost division of Aby in i a. Chief city, Adowa. It was formerly an independent kingdom. Tigris (ti'gris). A river in Asiatic Turkey which is formed by head streams that rise in the mountains of Armenia and Kurdistan, and flows south and southeast, joining the Euphrates about 40 miles northwest of Basra. Its chief tributaries are the Great Zab, Little Zab, and Diyala; the chief places on its banks are Diarbekir, Mosul, and Bagdad. Length, about 1,100 miles; navigable for small ve els to Bagdad, and for rafts to Diarbekir. It is the biblical Hiddekel. Tigua, or Teewah, or Tihua (tē'wä). [Pl., also Tiguas .] A division of the Tañoan linguistic stock of North American Indians, occupying the pueblos of Senecú del Sur in Chihuahua, Isleta del Sur in Texas, and Isleta, Picuris, Sandia, and Taos in northern central New Mexico. The population of the southern Tigua pueblos is small, while those in New Mexico have a population of 1,708. See Tañoan . Tigurini (tig-u-ri'ni). In ancient history, one of the branches of the Helvetii, which took an active part in the defeat of the Romans 107 в. с., and were cut to pieces by Cæsar 58 в. с. Tihua. See Tigua . Tilburg (til'börg). A town in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands, 36 miles southeast of Rotter dam. It has important woolen manufactures. Population (1891), 34,955. Tilburina (til-bu-ri'nä). The daughter of the governor of Tilbury Fort, a character in the tragedy rehearsed in Sheridan's "Critic": a type in which the sorrows of the tragedy hero ine are burlesqued. Tilbury Fort (til'bu-ri fort). A fortification in E ex, England, situated near the Thames 20 miles east of London. Tilden (til'den), Samuel Jones. Born at New Lebanon, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1814: died at Greystone, near Yonkers, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1886. A noted American statesman and lawyer. He was edu cated at Yale and at the University of New York; early took an active part in politics; was admitted to the bar in 1841; was elected as a Democrat to the New York A embly in 1845, and was a member of the Constitutional tion in 1846; became a Free-soiler in 1848; was the unsucce ful Democratic candidate for attorney-general in 1855; and became chairman of the Democratic State Committee in 1866. He was prominent in the succe ful contest against the "Tweed Ring"; and was elected Democratic governor of New York in 1874, and served 1875-76. He promoted the reform of the management of the canals. In 1876 he was Democratic candidate for President, and received about 250,000 more votes than Hayes, the Republican candidate, and 184 uncontested electoral votes Electoral mi ion). The decision of the contest was in favor of Hayes, Tilden declined to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1880 and 1884. His works were edited by John Bigelow (1885). Tillemont (tēy-môn'), Sébastien le Nain de. Born at Paris, Nov. 30, 1637: died Jan. 10, 1698. A distinguished French historian. He was educated among the Jansenists at Port-Royal; resided for many years at Beauvais, occupied with his studies; returned to Paris in 1670; and in 1679 retired to Tillemont, near Montreuil. He wrote "Mémoires pour servir àl'his toire ecclésiastique des six premiers siecles" (1693-1712) and "His to ire des empereurs et des autres princes qui ont régné pendant les six premiers siècles del'église" (16901738), and collaborated in the writings of the Port-Royalists. For a perfect digest of all the authorities bearing on every fact in Roman imperial history we naturally turn to Tillemont, who devoted the patient industry of a life to his two great works, "Mémoires Ecclésiastiques" and "His to ire des Empereurs."