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Born at London, 1654: died at Exeter, England, Nov. 29, 1716. An English prelate and controversialist, made bishop of Exeter in 1708. He engaged in controversies with John To land, whom he accused of having denied the genuinene of the Scriptures in his "Life of Milton," and with Bishop Hoadley, against whom he supported the cause of Charles I. and High-Church principles. Black A ize, The. A name given to the Oxford a ize of 1577, in which year Oxford was ravaged by jail-fever. Black Bateman of the North. A play by Thomas Dekker, with Drayton, Wilson, and thing voted him a yearly stipend. From 1865 to 1867 he was director of the Christiania theater, and editor, during Chettle (1598). the time, of the journal "Norske Folkeblad." He has Black Be . The famous mare of Dick Turpin, taken an active part in the political and social life of Scand in a via. In 1880 he traveled in America. Recently he has lived upon his estate Olestad, in the Gausdal. His Black Book, The. A prose satire by Thomas first novel, "Šynnöve Solbakken," appeared in 1857. It was followed by "Arne" (1858), "En Glad Gut" ("A Happy Boy," 1860), and later (1868) by "Fiskerjenten ("The Fisher Maiden ") - all stories of Norwegian peasant life, to which are to be added at various times, in the same vein, a number of shorter tales. "Magnhild" (1877) and "Captain Manzana" followed-the one a tale of middle cla life in Norway, the other an Italian story. His latest novels, "Det Flager i Byen og paa Havnen" ("Flags are Flying in the Town and Harbor"), and "Paa Veie" ("In God's Way "), are novels of tendency. He is the author, besides, of of numerous dramas whose material has been taken from the sagas, from recent history, and from mod. ern life. They are "Mellem Slagene" ("Between the Battles") and "Halte Hulda" ("Lame Hulda," 1858), "Kong Sverre" ("King Sverre," 1861), the trilogy "Sigurd Slembe" (1862), "Maria Stuart i Skotland" (Mary Stuart in Scotland," 1863), "De Nygifte" ("The Newly Wedded Pair," 1865), "Sigurd Jorsalfar" ("Sigurd the Crusader," "En Fallit" ("A Bankruptcy") and "Redaktören" ("The Editor," 1875), "Kongen" ("The King," 1877), "Leonardo" and "Det nye System" ("The New System," which saved his life by her speed and strength. Middle ton, a coarse but humorous attack on the vices and follies of the time: published in 1604. It was suggested by Nash's "Pierce Pennile e." Black Brunswick ers, or Death's-Head Corps. A corps of 2,000 horsemen equipped by the Duke of Brunswick to operate against Napo- leon in Germany. It vainly attempted to co- operate with the Austrians in 1809. Black burn (blak'bėrn). A town in Lancashire, England, in lat. 53° 44′ N., long. 2° 28′ W. Its chief industry is cotton manufacture (Black burn checks, Black burn grays). It is the birthplace of Hargreaves. Population (1891), 120,064. Black Code, The. The system of law regulat- ing the treatment of the colored race which prevailed in the southern United States before the emancipation of the slaves. 1879). There are a number of le important dramas, viz.: Black Country, The. The mining and manu- "Brudeslaaten," "En Hanske," "Geografi og Kjaerlighed," "Over Ævne." The earlier works, like "Arne," contain "facturing region in the neighborhood of Bir- a number of lyrics. An epic poem, "Arnljot Gelline," mingham, England. IMG:content-0199.png:[blocks in formation] badour. Black Crom. See the extract.