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Area, 2,317 square miles. Population (1891), 354,282. of the gods or Brahmans.'] The mode of writing Sanskrit employed in Hindu stan proper, and alone adopted by European scholars: a name of doubtful origin and value. (da-o-präg'). A sacred city of the Hindus, sit Dev apr a yag a (da-vä-pra-yägä), or Deoprag uated in Garhwal, British India, in lat. 30° 9′ N., long. 78° 39′ E., where the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi unite to form the Ganges. Devarshis (da-vär ́shiz). [Skt.] In Hindu religion, Dev a rishis or sages who have attained perfection upon earth, and have been exalted as demigods to heaven. Devens (dev'ens), Charles. Born at Charles town, Ma ., April 4, 1820: died at Boston, Jan. 7, 1891. An American jurist and general. He served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac 1861 1881. 1865, and was attorney-general of the United States 1877Dev enter (de'ven-ter), or Demter (dem'ter). A town in the province of Overy el, Netherlands, situated on the Y el 22 miles northeast of Arnhem. It produces "Dev enter honey cakes," butter, iron, etc. (See the extract.) Population (1889), 22,293. A proof of this character was given in an institution of considerable influence both upon learning and religion, the college or brotherhood of Dev enter, planned by Gerard Groot, but not built and inhabited till 1400, fifteen years after his death. The a ociates of this, called by different names, but more usually Brethren of the Life in Common ( Gem eine sleb ens ), or Good Brethren and Sisters, were dispersed in different parts of Germany and the Low Coun Devil upon Two Sticks, The Reading, relieved Gloucester, and gained the first battle of Newbury in 1643; lost his army in the unsucce ful campaign in Cornwall in 1644; and resigned his command on the pa age of the Self-Denying Ordinance in 1645. Devereux, Walter, first Earl of E ex. Born in Car mar then shire, Wales, probably in 1541: died at Dublin, Sept. 22, 1576. An English nobleman. He raised in 1569 a troop of soldiers to a ist in suppre ing the northern rebellion under the earls of Nor thumb ria and West more land, for which service he was created earl of E ex in 1572. He made an unsucce ful attempt to subdue and colonize Ulster 1573-76. Deveron (dev'e-ron). A river in Aberdeen shire and Banffshire, Scotland, which flows into Moray Firth at Banff. Length, about 60 miles. Devi (dā'vē). In Hindu mythology, "the godde " or Mahadevi ('the great godde '), wife of the god Shiva and daughter of Himavat (that is, the Himalaya Mountains). She is mentioned under a number of names in the Mahabharata, but is specially developed in the Puranas. As the Shakti or female energy of Shiva, she has two characters, one mild, the other fierce, and it is under the latter that she is especially wor shiped. She has various names, referring to her various forms. In her terrible form she is Durga ('the inacce ible'). It is in this character that bloody sacrifices are offered to her, that the barbarities of the Durgapuja and Charakpuja are perpetrated, and that the orgies of the De Vigny. See Vigny . are held in her honor. Devil (dev'l), The. A noted tavern in Fleet street, London, near Temple Bar. The Apollo Club was held here. It was presided over by Ben Jonson. Shakspere, Beaumont, Fletcher, and other celebrities frequented it. The tavern has been absorbed by Child's Bank, one of the oldest banks in London, which occupied the next house. Devil, The White. See White Devil. Devil and his Dam, The. See Grim the Collier of Croyden. Devil is an A , The. A comedy by Ben Jonson, first acted in 1616. Jonson evidently had in mind the title of Dekker's play (published 1612) "If it be not Good the Devil is in it"; the devil in Jonson's play being an a in comparison to the characters who buffet and completely overreach him. Devil of Dowgate, The, or Usury Put to Use. See Night - Walker , The (by Fletcher). Devil of Edmonton. See Merry Devil of Ed- tries, but with their head college at Dev enter. They bore an evident resemblance to the modern Moravians, by their strict lives, their community (at least a partial one) of goods, their industry in manual labour, their fervent devomonton. tion, their tendency to mysticism. Hallam , Lit., p. 75. De Vere (de ver'), Sir Aubrey. Born at Cur- ragh Chase, County Limerick, Ireland, Aug. 28, 1788: died there, July 5, 1846. An Irish poet. lished), etc. De Vere, Aubrey Thomas. Born at Curragh Chase, County Limerick, Ireland, Jan. 10, 1814. An Irish poet, son of Sir Aubrey De Vere. He has written "The Waldenses," etc. (1842), poems in 1843, 1853, 1857, 1861, 1864, "Irish Odes" (1869), "Alexander the Great" (1874), "Legends of the Saxon Saints" (1879), etc. His prose works consist of "English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds" (1848), "Pleas for Secularization" (1867), "The Church Establishment of Ireland" (1867), etc., and several volumes of e ays (1887-89). De Vere, Maximilian Schele. Born near Wexiö, Sweden, Nov. 1, 1820. An American philologist, profe or in the University of Virginia. He has published "Comparative Philology" (1853), "Stray Leaves from the Book of Nature" (1856), "American isms," etc. (1871), "Romance of American History" (1872), a number of translations from Spielhagen, and "Myths of the Rhine," translated from X. B. Saintine (1874). ville. Deville, Sainte-Claire. See Sainte - Claire DeDevil's Bridge. A stone bridge over the Reu , in the canton of Uri, Switzerland, on the St. Gotthard Pa , near An der matt. It was partly destroyed by the French in 1799. A new bridge (near the original one) was built 1828-30. Devil's Bridge, or Pont-y-Mynach (pont-emun'ach). A bridge over the gorge of the Mynach, near Aberystwith, in Wales. Devil's Dyke. An ancient earthwork, 18 feet high (of prehistoric date), in Cambridge shire, England, extending from Reach to Wood-Ditton. There is another natural "Devil's Dyke" near Brighton, England. The Devil's Dyke, as this barrier is called, is clearly a work of defence against enemies advancing from the Fens; and as a defence to the East Anglians it was of pricele value, for, stretching as it did from a point where the country became fenny and impa able to a point where the woods equally forbade all acce , it covered the only entrance to the country they had won. But if the dyke be the work of the conquerors of this part of the coast, its purely defensive character shows that their attack was at an end; and that it was rather as a ailants than as a prey that they regarded the towns of Green, Making of England, p. 51. lished in 1829. Devereux, Penelope. A lady loved by Sir Philip Sidney, and celebrated by him under the name of Stella. See Astrophel . Devereux, Robert, second Earl of E ex. Born at Nether wood, Here ford shire, England, Nov. 10, 1567: beheaded at London, Feb. 25, 1601. An English nobleman, son of the first Earl of He E ex, and a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. was appointed in 1585 general of the horse to the expedi. tion sent under Leicester to the aid of the States-General. In 1587 he attended the court of Queen Elizabeth, who at this time began to show him unmistakable signs of attention. He married the widow of Sir Philip Sidney in 1590, became a privy councilor in 1593, commanded the land forces in the expedition against Cadiz in 1596, was appointed earl marshal of England in 1597, and became chancellor of Cambridge University in 1598. In 1599 he was appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland, in which post he aroused the queen's anger by the failure of his operations against the Irish rebels. He returned to England to lay his defense before the queen in person, and, failing to regain his standing at court, formed a conspiracy to compel her by force of arms to dismi his enemies in the Devil's Lake. A lake in the northeastern part North Dakota. Length, 50 miles. Devil's Law-Case, The. A romantic comedy by Webster, printed in 1623. Devil's Parliament. [L. Parliamentum Dia bolicum .] A nickname given to the English Parliament which met at Coventry, England, in 1459. It attainted the leading Yorkists. Devil's Thoughts, The. A short poem by Cole ridge and Southey, sometimes known as "The Devil's Walk."