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223. Down patrick (doun-pat'rik). The capital of County Down, Ireland, situated near Strang ford Lough 21 miles southeast of Belfast. It is reputed to be one of the oldest towns of Ire land. Downright (doun'rit). A rude but manly and consistent squire in Ben Jonson's comedy "Every Man in his Humour." He is cour a geo us, of plain words and plain actions. Downs. See North Downs and South Downs. Downs, Battle of the. An indecisive battle between the English and Dutch fleets, in the first days of June, 1666, off the eastern coast of Kent. The English were commanded by Monk, and the Dutch by De Ruyter and Tromp. It is sometimes claimed as an English victory. Downs, The. A portion of the North Sea east of Kent, England, forming a roadstead protected by Good win Sands. Dowse (do us), Thomas. Born at Charles town, Ma ., Dec. 28, 1772: died at Cambridge port, Ma ., Nov. 4, 1856. An American book-collector. He bequeathed his collection to the Ma achusetts Historical Society. Dowton (dou'ton), William. Born at Exeter, 1764: died at Brixton, Surrey, 1851. An English actor. He made his first appearance in 1781, and came to New York in 1836. He had two sons, William and Henry, both of whom became actors. The former after ward became a brother of the Charter House, and died there at the age of nearly ninety. Doyen (dwä-yan'), Gabriel François. [F. doyen = E. dean ; L. decanus .] Born at Paris, 1726: died at St. Petersburg, June 5, 1806. A French painter, a pupil of Van Loo. Doyle (doil), Sir A. Conan. Born at Edinburgh in 1859. A Scottish novelist and physician. Among his works are "Micah Clarke," " A Study in Scarlet," "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (two series), "The Refugees," "The White Company," "The Great Boer War." Doyle (doil), Richard. Born at London, 1824: died at London, Dec. 11, 1883. An English artist. He was a regular contributor to "Punch" 1841 1850. Among his best-known works are the illustrations to Thackeray's "New comes" (1853-55), and a series of elfin scenes entitled "In Fairy-Land" (1870). Dozy (dō'zē), Reinhart. Born at Leyden, Netherlands, Feb. 21, 1820: died April 29, 1883. A Dutch Orientalist and historian, profe or of history at Leyden from 1850. His works include "His to ire des Musulmans d'Espagne," etc. (1861), "Recherches sur l'his to ire et la littérature d'Espagne pendant le moyen âge" (1849), "Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes" (1879-80), etc. Drachenfels (dräch'en-felz). [G., 'dragon's rock.'] The steepest of the Siebengebirge range of mountains, situated on the eastern bank of the Rhine, near Königswinter. It is now ascended by a mountain railway. In its side is the Drachenhöhle (dragon's cave), where lived the legendary dragon slain by Siegfried. Height, 1,065 feet. Drachm ann (dräch ́män), Holger Henrik Herholdt. Born at Copenhagen, Oct. 9, 1846. A Danish poet and author. From 1866 to 1870 he studied art in Copenhagen, and began his career as a painter of marine subjects. In 1872 he published a volume of poems. This was followed by "Dæmpede Melodier" ("Repre ed Melodies," 1875), "Sange ved Havet" ("Songs by the Sea," 1877), "Ranker og Roser" ("Vines and Roses") and "Ungdom i Digt og Sang ("Youth in Poetry and Song," 1879). The romantic poems "Prindse en og det halve Kongerige" ("The Prince and Half the Kingdom") and "Oesten for Sol og Vesten for Maane" (East of the Sun and West of the Moon") appeared 1878 and 1880 respectively. In prose he has written, among other long stories, "En Overkomplet" (1876), "Tannhauser" (1877). The shorter tales "Ungt Blod" ("Young Blood") and "Paa Sömands Tro og Love" ("On a Sailor's Word") appeared in 1877 and 1878 respectively. The most popular of his prose works is the series of sketches "Derovar fra Grændsen" ("From the Frontier," 1871). A translation of Byron's "Don Juan" appeared in 1881. Drake, Sir Francis Draco (drā kō), or Dracon (drā'kon). [Gr. Δράκων.] Lived in the last half of the 7th century B. C. An A then i an legislator. He formulated the first written code of laws for Athens in 624 or about 621 B. C. On account of the number of offenses to which it affixed the penalty of death, his code was said to have been written in blood. Draco. [L., 'the dragon.'] An ancient northern constellation. The figure is that of a serpent with several small coils. It appears at a very ancient date to have had wings in the space now occupied by the Little Bear. Dracontius (dra-kon's hi-us), Blo ius Emilius. A Christian poet of the 5th century, an advocate in Carthage. One of the most gifted African poets is Blo ius Æmilius Dracontius of Carthage, by whom we po e a Christian didactic poem "De laudibus dei" in three books, short epics of which the subjects are taken either from ancient legends ("Hylas," "Raptus Helenæ," "Medea") or from rhetorical school exercises ("Verba Herculis,' "Deliberativa A chillis," "Con trovers i a de statua viri fortis"), two epithalamia, and an elegiac poem ("Satisfactio") in which the author asks pardon of the Vandal king Gunthamund (a. 484-496) for having written a poem in honour of one of his enemies instead of himself. Teuffel and Schwabe, Hist. of Rom. Lit. (tr. by Warr), [II. 503. Draft Riot. A riot in New York city, July 1316, 1863, against the enforcement of the draft for the Federal army. During its progre several negroes were murdered and many maltreated. The riot, which cost about a you sand lives and the destruction of considerable property, was finally suppre ed by the police and military. Dragon of Wantley, The. An old ballad, preserved by Percy, which describes the victory over this dragon (who devoured damsels, houses, trees, etc.) by More of More Hall, who provided himself with armor covered with spikes. It is a parody on some ancient Kæmpevise. In a key appended to the ballad in the improved edition of the "Reliques," an attempt is made to explain it as an allegory. Henry Carey produced a burlesque opera with this title, Oct. 26, 1737: the music was by J. F. Lampe. Dragon a des (drag-o-nādz'). [Also written Dragoon a des ; from F. dragonnade , from dragon , a dragoon: from the use of dragoons in such persecutions.] A form of persecution inflicted by the government of Louis XIV. upon the French tion of the edict of Nantes. It consisted in bilProtestants in the period preceding the revocaleting troops upon the inhabitants as a means of converting them, license being given to the soldiery to commit all manner of misdeeds. Dragon tea (drä-gōn-tā ́ä), La. A poem by Lope de Vega on the subject of Sir Francis Drake's last expedition and death. The Dragon tea, however, whose ten cantos of octave verse are devoted to the expre ion of this national hatred, may be regarded as its chief monument. It is a strange poem. It begins with the prayers of Christianity, in the and America in the court of Heaven, and prays God to of a beautiful woman, who presents Spain, Italy, protect them all against what Lope calls "that Protestant Scotch pirate." It ends with rejoicings in Panamá because "the Dragon," as he is called through the whole poem, has died, poisoned by his own people, and with the heard, and that "the scarlet lady of Babylon" - meaning Queen Elizabeth - has been at last defeated. Ticknor, Span. Lit., II. 171. Drake, Sir Francis tory of the French and Indian War" (1870), etc. Drakenberge (drä ken-ber-ge), or Drakensberg, or Kathlamba. A range of mountains in South Africa. It lies partly on the border between Cape Colony and Natal on one side and Basutoland and the Orange Free State on the other, and culminates in Champagne Castle (10,367 feet) and Mont aux Sources (about 11,000 feet). Drakenborch (dräʻken-borch), Arnold. Born at Utrecht, Netherlands, Jan. 1, 1684: died at Utrecht, Jan. 16, 1748. A Dutch philologist. He edited "Silius Italic us" (1717), "Livy" (1736-48), etc. Drake's Bay. An indentation of the Pacific in Marin County, California, northwest of San Francisco. Drama of Exile, A. A poem by Mrs. Browning, published in 1844. Dramatic Poesy, E ay of. A work by Dryden (1667), written in the form of a dialogue between four friends: Neander (Dryden), Lisideius (Sedley), Crites (Sir Robert Howard), and Eugenius (Buck hurst: or Dorset, according to Prior). Dramburg (dräm'börg). A town in the province of Pomerania, Pru ia, 52 miles east of Stettin. Population (1890), 5,647. Drammen (dräm'men). A seaport in the amt of Buskerud, southern Norway, situated on the Drammens Elv 22 miles southwest of Chris tiania. It has an extensive commerce, its principal export being timber; and it has manufactures of beer, tobacco, leather, etc. It was partly destroyed by fire in 1866. Population (1891), 20,441. Drams Elv (drämz elv), or Drammens Elv (dräm'menz elv). A river in southern Norway, the outlet of Lake Tyrifjord. It flows into the Drammen Fjord at Drammen. Length, 163 miles. Dranesville (drānz'vil). A village in Fairfax County, Virginia, 21 miles northwest of Washington. Here, Dec. 20, 1861, part of the Army of the Potomac under Ord defeated the Confederates under Stuart. Drangiana (dran-ji-ā'nä), or Drangiane. [Gr. Δραγγιανή.] In ancient geography, a region in central Asia, in the modern southwestern Afghanistan and eastern Persia. Draper (drā'pėr), Henry. Born in Prince Edward County, Va., March 7, 1837: died at New York, Nov. 20, 1882. An American scientist, son of J. W. Draper, especially noted for his labors in celestial photography. Draper, John William. Born at St. Helen's, near Liverpool, England, May 5, 1811: died at Hastings-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1882. A chemist, physiologist, and historian, noted for researches in spectrum analysis, photography, etc. He emigrated to America in 1832; graduated in the medical department of the University of Pennsyl vania in 1836; was appointed profe or of chemistry in the University of New York in 1839; and was president of the Medical College 1850-73. He continued to lecture IMG:content-0435.png:[blocks in formation]