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Sully Prudhomme that he belonged to none of the schools of contemporary poetry. "His was rather the noble ambition of conciliating them, of deriving from them and reuniting in himself what was good in each. With much skill in the treatment of form, he was not indifferent to the idea; and, among ideas, he did not adopt any group to the exclusion of the rest." This rightly defines the position of Sully Prudhomme. Dowden , Studies in Lit., p. 425. Prudhon (prü-don'), Charles François Joseph. Born at Paris, July 24, 1845. A French comedian. He is a pupil of Régnier; made his début at the Comédie Française in 1865; and was elected a member in 1883. Prud'hon, Pierre Paul. Born at Cluny, France, April 4, 1758: died at Paris, Feb. 16, 1823. A French historical and portrait painter. He was a pupil of Desvoges at Dijon, and later at the Beaux Arts. He won the grand prix de Rome in 1782, and lived at Rome 7 years, returning to Paris in 1789, where his reputation was established in 1794. Among his best works are "Divine Justice and Vengeance pursuing Crime" (1808: in the Louvre), "Rape of Psyche" (1812), "Demeter in the House of Neæra," "Interview between Napoleon I. and Francis II. after Austerlitz," etc. sen and the Polish territories as far as the Pilica, Vistula, and Bug were annexed. Pru ia lost to France her ter ritories west of the Rhine in 1801; received in 1803 the bishoprics of Paderborn and Hildesheim, and large parts of Münster, Nordhausen, Goslar, Erfurt, the Eichsfeld, and Mühlhausen; received Hannover in 1805 in return for Ansbach, Cleves, and Neuchâtel; was totally overthrown (at Jena, etc.) by France in 1806; lost in 1807 about half its territories, including its po e ions on the left of the Elbe, Kottbus, and the larger part of its territories acquired from Poland in 1793 and 1795, and was reduced to a second-rate state; and took a prominent part in the War of Liberation (1813), and in the overthrow of Napoleon (1814 and 1815). By the Congre of Vienna it acquired nearly all its for lost in 1807), also parts of the electorates of Cologne and mer po e ions (but not Hannover or the Polish territory Treves, Swedish Pomerania, Berg, Jülich, Westphalia, Siegen, and large parts of Saxony (Wittenberg, Torgau, etc.). It entered the Germanic Confederation, and belonged to the Holy Alliance. Revolutionary outbreaks occurred in 1848. It was at war with Denmark in 1848-49, and suppre ed insurrections in Saxony, and elsewhere in 1849. Pru ia, Saxony, and Hannover were united in an alliance in 1849. A constitution was adopted in its final form in 1850. Conce ions were made to Austria in the Conference of Olmütz, 1850. Pru ia interfered in Schleswig-Holstein in 1851, and renounced its rights to Neuchâtel in 1857. After the acce ion of William I. in 1861 a parliamentary struggle took place between Bismarck and the liberals. The complications resulting from the Danish war of 1864 (see Schleswig - Holstein wars ) led in 1866 to the war (in conjunction with Italy) against Austria allied with the South Ptah he was sentenced by the Star Chamber to be imprisoned and fined £5,000, expelled from his profe ion, degraded from his university degree, and set in the pillory, where he lost both his ears. In 1640 he was released by the Long Parliament. In 1643 he entered upon the prosecution of Archbishop Laud. On Nov. 7, 1648, he obtained a seat in the House of Commons. He at once took the part of the king, and was included in Pride's Purge (Dec. 6, 1648). He was arrested by Bradshaw July 1, 1650, and imprisoned. He was released Feb. 18, 1652. He was appointed by Charles II. keeper of the records in the Tower. In 1668 he published the "Vindication of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the English Kings." Przemysl (pzhem'isl). A fortified town in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, situated on the San 54 miles west of Lemberg. It has an active trade; contains two cathedrals; and is one of the oldest towns of Poland. It was founded in or about the 8th century. Population (1890), 35,209. Przibram. See Přibram . Psalms (sämz), or the Book of Psalms. A book of the Old Testament which contains 150 psalms and hymns. The authorship of a large number of the psalms is ascribed traditionally to David. Many of them, however, are supposed to date from the time of the exile or later. The book is often called the "Psalter," but that term is usually restricted to those versions of or compends from it which are arranged especially for the services of the church. The translation of the Psalter in the Book of Common Prayer is not that of the author The Psalter, as we have it, unquestionably contains Psalms of the Exile and the new Jerusalem. It is also generally admitted to contain Psalms of the period of David, thus embracing within its compa poems extending over a range of some five hundred years. W. R. Smith, Old Testament in the Jewish Ch., p. 176. German states, Saxony, and Hannover. By the victory of ized version, but that of the earlier version of Cranmer's 1866 Pru ia acquired Hannover, Na au, Frankfort, He e- Bible. Ca el, and Schleswig-Holstein, became the first German state, and formed the North German Confederation. By the war between France and Germany in 1870-71 the new German Empire was formed, with the crown hereditary in the Pru ian dynasty. More recent events are the acces- sion of Frederick III. and of William II. (both in 1888), and the retirement of Bismarck in 1890. (Compare Ger- many.) Area, 134,463 square miles. Population (1900), 34,472,509. Pru ia. A former province of the kingdom of Pru ia. East and West Pru ia were united into this from 1829 to 1878. Pru ia, Duchy of. A former duchy correspond- ing nearly to the present province of East Prus- sians) were conquered by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th sia (minus Ermeland). The ancient inhabitants (Prus- century. West Pru ia was ceded to Poland in 1466, East Pru ia remaining a Polish fief. The secular duchy was constituted in 1525; it was united to Bran den burg in 1618. Psara. See Ipsara . Prue (pro), Mi . In Congreve's play "Love for Love," a romping awkward country girl with a well-developed taste for a lover. She is taken from Wycherley's "Country Wife." Prusa (prösä). The ancient name of Brusa. Pru ia (prush'a), G. Preu en (pro is's en). [F. Pru e , D. Prui en , It. Pru ia , Sp. Prusia , Dan. Preu en .] A kingdom of northern Germany, extending from lat. 49° 7' to 55° 54′ N., and from long. 5° 52′ to 22° 54′ E.: the largest state in area and population of the German Empire. Capital, Berlin. It is bounded by the North 078. Sea, Oldenburg, Denmark, Mecklenburg, and the Baltic Pru ia, New East. A region now belonging on the north, Ru ia on the east, the Austrian empire, the kingdom of Saxony, the Thu ring i an states, Bavaria, He e, and Alsace-Lorraine on the south, and Luxemburg, Belgium, and the Netherlands on the west. It comprises also the detached territory of Hohenzollern and several smaller exclaves. Among the islands belonging to Pru ia are Rügen, Fehmern, the North Friesian Islands, and Helgoland. The northern and eastern parts belong the great northern plain of Europe the south and southwest the surface is chiefly hilly or mountainous Psammenitus. See Psammetichus III . Psammetichus (sa-met'i-kus) I., or Psemthek, or Psametik. Reigned 666-610 в. с. (Brugsch). An Egyptian king, the founder of the 26th dynasty. He freed Egypt from A yrian rule, opened the country to the Greeks, and reunited the kingdom. Psammetichus III., or Psammenitus (sam-eni'tus). King of Egypt, son of Amasis. He was defeated at Pelusium by Cambyses 525 B. c., and Egypt became a Persian province. author who lived in the second half of the 9th century. Pru ia, East, G. Ostpreu en (ost-pro is's en). Psellus (sel'us), Michael, surnamed "The El- A province of the kingdom of Pru ia. Capital, der." Born in Andros, Greece. A Byzantine Königsberg. It is bounded by the Baltic on the north- west, Ru ia on the northeast and east, Ru ian Poland on the south, and West Pru ia on the west. The surface is generally low. It contains the two government districts of Königsberg and Gumbinnen, and corresponds generally to the ancient duchy of Pru ia with the addition of Erme- land. Area, 14,275 square miles. Population (1895), 2,005, to Ru ian Poland, acquired by Pru ia in the partitions of Poland in 1793 and 1795, and lost in 1807. It lay north of the Vistula and Bug, and south and east of East Pru ia and West Pru ia. Pru ia, Polish. A former division of the ancient kingdom of Poland, forming the greater portion of the present province of of West Pru ia, Pru ia. the principal ranges there being the Sudetic Mountains on Pru ia, Rhenish. See Rhine Province . the border of Austria, and the Thu ring i an and Harz Moun tains, while further west are the Weser Mountains, Teu to burger wald, Taunus, Wester wald, etc. There are many small lakes in the north and northeast. The principal rivers are the Ems, Weser, Elbe (with the Spree and Havel), Eider, Oder, Vistula, Pregel, Niemen, and Rhine (with the Moselle). Among the agricultural products are beet-root, tobacco, and maize. Wines are largely produced rye, wheat, pats, barley, millet, fruit, hemp, flax, hops, in the west. There is large production of coal and iron, and the country yields about half the zinc in the world; there are also mines of copper, lead, salt, nickel, alum, sulphur, amber, etc. Pru ia is one of the principal man ufacturing countries of the world. The exports include, besides manufactured goods, timber, grain, wool, tobacco, live stock, etc. The kingdom is subdivided into 12 provinces, not including Berlin and Hohenzollern: East Pru ia, West Pru ia, Pomerania, Posen, Brandenburg, Saxony, Silesia, Hannover, Schleswig-Holstein, Westphalia, He e Na au, and Rhine Province. The government is a he reditary constitutional monarchy, administered by a king and a Landtag consisting of two chambers: the Herrenhaus, or House of Lords, and the Abgeordnetenhaus of 433 members. Pru ia is the principal state in the empire, and has 17 votes in the Bundesrat and 236 members in the Reichstag. Its king is the German emperor. About seven eighths of the inhabitants are Germans; the remainder include Poles, with a smaller number of Lithuanians, Danes, Wends, and Czechs, and a few Walloons. The dominant religion is Protestant (Evangelical Church), but about one third are Roman Catholics. Pru ia had its Nordmark, which the mark of Pru ia, South. A former province of the king dom of Pru ia, acquired in the partitions of Poland of 1793 and 1795. It comprised nearly all the present province of Posen south of the Netze district, and the part of present Ru ian Poland lying between the Vis tula and Pilica. Pru ia, West, G. West pre us sen (vest'pro is"sen). A province of the kingdom of Pru ia. Capital, Dantzic. It is bounded by the Baltic on the north, East Pru ia on the east, Ru ian Poland and Posen on the south, Brandenburg on the southwest, and Pome rani a on the west and northwest. The surface is generally low. It contains the two government districts Marienwerder, and corresponds in the main to the regions acquired in the different partitions of Poland. Area, 9,846 square miles. Population (1895), 1,494,114. Pruth (pröth; G. pron. pröt). A river in eastern Europe. It rises in Galicia, flows through Bukowina, forming the boundary between Moldavia and Be arabia (in Ru ia), and joins the Danube at Reni east of Galatz.