The character of Miranda resolves itself into the very elements of womanhood

She is beautiful, modest, and tender, and she is these only; they comprise her whole being, external and internal. She is so perfectly unsophisticated, so delicately refined, that she is all but ethereal. Mrs. James on, Characteristics of Women. 2. In Mrs. Cent livre's comedy "The Busybody," an heire . Mrs. Abingdon made her début in this character in 1755. Miranda (mē-rän'dä). A northern state of Venezuela, between Bermudez and Carabobo, and extending from the Caribbean Sea to the Orinoco. Capital, Ciudad de Cura. It incloses the Federal District and Caracas. The southern part lies in the llanos and is a grazing country; the northern section is mountainous and agricultural. Miranda corresponds nearly to the extinct state of Guzman Blanco. Area, 33,963 square miles. Population (1889), 526,633. Miranda, Counte of. See Nil on, Christine. Miranda (mē-rän'dä), Francisco Antonio Gabriel. Born at Caracas, Venezuela, June 9, 1756: died at Cadiz, Spain, July 14, 1816. A French botanist, profe or at the Musée d'His- toire Naturelle in Paris from 1829. Among his works are "Traité d'anatomie et de physio logie végétale" (1802), "Éléments de physio logie végétale et de botanique" (1815). Mire court (mēr-kör'). A town in the depart- ment of Vosges, France, situated on the Madon osges. France 27 miles south of Nancy. It has manufactures of musical instruments, lace, and embroidery. Population (1891), commune, 5,141. Mire court, Eugène de (or (originally Jacquot). Born at Mire court, France, Nov. 19, 1812: died in Tahiti, Feb. 13, 1880. A French novelist and miscellaneous writer. Among his romances are "Mé- moires de Ninon de Lenclos" (1852), "Les confe ions de Marion Delorme" (1848), "La marquise de Courcelles" Mireille (me-ray'). An opera by Gounod, li- bretto by Carré, produced in 1864. It was taken (1859). from Mistral's poem "Mirèio." Mirèio (mē-rā'yō). A poem by Frédéric Mistral, published in 1859 in the Provençal dialect with a French translation. It was translated into English by Mi Harriet Waters Preston in 1873. Miremont (mer-môn'). A small place in the department of Dordogne, France, 18 miles southeast of Périgueux. Near it is a celebrated grotto (Trou de Granville). Mirfak (mer'fak). [Ar. al - mirfak , the elbow.] The bright second-magnitude star a Persei: often called Algenib , and sometimes Alchemb . Mirgorod (mer'go-rod). A town in the government of Pultowa, southern Ru ia, situated on the Khorol 57 miles northwest of Pultowa. Population (1885–89), 12,352.