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172. March, Earls of. See Mortimer. March, Francis Andrew. Born at Millbury, Ma ., Oct. 25, 1825. An American philologist, especially noted as an Anglo-Saxon scholar. He became profe or of the English language and comparative philology at Lafayette College (Easton, Penn sylva nia) in 1858. Among his works are "Method of Philological Study of the English Language" (1865), "Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language" (1870), an "Anglo Saxon Reader" (1871), etc. Marche (märsh). An ancient government of France. Capital, Guéret. It is bounded by Berry on the north, Bourbonnais on the northeast, Auvergne on the east, Limous in on the south, and Poitou and Angoumois on the west, and corresponds generally to the modern department of Creuse and part of Haute-Vienne. It became a countship in the 10th century, and was a fief united permanently to France in the middle of the 16th century. Marche. A small town in Belgium, 27 miles southeast of Namur. Marchen a (mär-cha'nä). A town in the province of Seville, Spain, 32 miles east of Seville. Population (1887), 14,752. Marches (märch'ez), It. Marche (mär'ke). A compart i men to of Italy, lying along the Adriatic Sea east of Umbria. It comprises the provinces Pesaro-ed-Urbino, Ancona, Macer at a, and Ascoli Piceno. Marches. The border regions of England and Wales. Marchesi (mär-kā'sē), Pompeo. Born at Saltrio, near Milan, Aug. 7, 1789: died at Milan, Feb. 7, 1858. An Italian sculptor. His best-known work is "The Good Mother" (in Milan). Marchfeld (märch'felt). A plain in Lower Austria, near Vienna, between the Danube and the March. Here, July 13, 1260, Ottocar, king of Bohemia, defeated Béla IV. of Hungary; and in the neighborhood, Aug. 26, 1278, Rudolf of Hapsburg defeated Ottocar. It also contains the battle-fields of Aspern and Wagram. Marchi (mär'ke), Giuseppe Filippo Liber at i. Born at Rome about 1735: died at London, April 2, 1808. An Italian painter and engraver. He came to England in 1752, studied in St. Martin's Lane Academy, and was Sir Joshua Reynolds's chief a istant. He practised mezzotint engraving, and from 1766 to 1775 exhibited engravings with the Society of Artists. Marchienne-au-Pont (mär-shyen'ō-pon'). A town in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, situated on the Sambre 31 miles south of Bru els. Population (1890), 22,308. Marchione , The. A little servant in the "Old Curiosity Shop," by Dickens: so nicknamed by Dick Swiveller. Marcian. See Marc i an us . Marc i an a (mär-chä'nä). A small town in the island of Elba, Italy. Marcian Codex. See the extract. tarchus and his pupils, which are explained in a prefatory note.