Desclée (dā-klā'), Aimée Olympe

Born Nov. - 18, 1836: died at Paris, March 9, 1874. A French actre . She excelled in the modern dramas "Frou Frou," "Diane de Lys," etc. The one characteristic which belongs to Des demon a, that highest charm of the womanly nature, which lago names not, because he knows it not or believes not in it: namely, her humility, her harmle ingenuousne , her modesty and innocence. The mirror of this soul has never hors herkened by the breath of an impur thoughts clear and "fresh as Dian's visage." The genuinene of her soul and mind culminates and this is the highest point of her nature in a perfect freedom from suspicion too deeply rooted in her for this suspicious world. been it ab Gervinus, Shakespeare Commentaries (tr. by F. E. Bunnett, [ed. 1880), p. 516. Desden con el desden, El. ['Disdain met with disdain.'] A play by More to (1618-69), the idea of which was taken from Lope de Vega. It is not known when it was first produced, but it is still played, and is one of the four cla ical pieces of the older Spanish drama. Under the title of "Donna Diana" it is familiar in Germany, and in 1864 Mr. West land Marston produced it under the same name in England, his version being a translation of that of Schreyvogel. Molière's version, "La prince e d'Élide," was a failure. Count Carlo Gozzi produced it in Italian as "La Principe a Filos of i a o il Contra vele no" ("The Philosophical Prince or the Antidote"). IMG:content-0417.png:[merged small][ocr errors] Lichado (des-di-chovanie the de vice a umed by Ivanhoe in the tournament at Ashby. IMG:content-0418.png:[blocks in formation] Désirade (dā-zē-räd'), La, or Deseada (des- Kankakee to form the Illinois 40 miles south e-ä'dä). An island of the French West Indies, situated 9 miles east of Guadeloupe, of which it is a dependency. Area, 10 square miles. Population (1889), 1,398. Desjardins, Catherine. See Villedieu , Ma dame de. Des Moines (de moin). 1. A river in Iowa which rises in southwestern Minnesota, and joins the Mi i ippi at the southeast extremity of Iowa, 4 miles below Keokuk. Length, from the union of the east and west forks (in Humboldt County, Iowa), about 300 miles; total length, about 500 miles; navigable to the city of Des Moines. 2. The capital of Iowa, and county-seat of Polk County, situated on the Des Moines River in lat. 41° 36′ N., long. 93° 39′ W. It has a considerable trade, and is a center of extensive and varied manufactures. It became the State capital in 1857. Population Desmond, Earls and Counte es of. See Fitz (1900), 62,139. gerald. Des moulins (dā-mö-lan'), Benoît Camille. Born at Guise, Aisne, France, 1760: guillotined at Paris, April 5, 1794. A celebrated French revolutionist, prominent as a pamphleteer and journalist. In 1789 his impa ioned harangues contributed powerfully to the popular excitement which culminated in the storming of the Bastille. He was a deputy to the Convention in 1792. Desnoyers (da-nwä-yā'), Baron Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher. Born at Paris, Dec. 20, 1779: died at Paris, Feb., 1857. Á French engraver. His best-known works are copies after Raphael ("La belle jardinière" and the Transfiguration," etc.). Kerguelen It Desolation Island. See Kerguelen Land . Desolation Land (des-ō-lãshon land), or Desolation Island. The northwesternmost island of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. has belonged to Chile since 1881. Desor (dā-zor'), Eduard. Born at Friedrichsdorf, near Homburg, Pru ia, Feb. 11, 1811: died at Nice, France, Feb. 23, 1882. A Swi geologist, zoologist, and archæologist. De Soto (dā sōtō), Hernando. See Soto , Her nan do de. west of Chicago. Length, about 150 miles. Despoblado (dāz-po-blädō). [Sp., 'uninhabited.'] The name given in the Andean regions of South America to any barren plateau which is so high and cold as to be practically uninhabitable. Also called Puña . Specifically- ( a ) In southern Peru, the region between the central and west ern Cordilleras, an undulating tract from 14,000 to 18,000 feet high, with a general breadth of about 150 miles, nar rowing northward and extending southward on the borders of Chile and Bolivia. (b) A desert plateau in southern Bolivia (department of Potosí), on the borders of Argentina. Desportes (dā-port'), Philippe. Born at Chart res, 1545: died Oct. 5, 1606. A French poet, ecclesiastic, and diplomatist, a disciple of Ronsard, surnamed by his contemporaries "the French Tibullus." De aix (de-sa'), Joseph Marie. Born at Thonon, Haute-Savoie, France, Sept. 24, 1764: died Oct. 26, 1834. A French general in the Napoleonic wars, surnamed by Napoleon "L'Intrépide" after the battle of Wagram (1809). Des salines (de-sä-lēn'), Jean Jacques. Born at Grande Rivière, 1758: died near Port-au Prince, Oct. 17, 1806. A negro revolutionist of Haiti. He was a slave, joined the servile insurrection. of 1791, rose to be second in command under To us saint Louverture, and fought against the mulattos; he was notorious for savage courage and cruelty. In 1802 he resisted Leclerc's army in the west, but finally submitted. After To us saint had been carried to France he headed another revolt, and, aided by the English, drove out the French (1803). On Jan. 1, 1804, he was proclaimed governor-general of Haiti for life, and on June 16, 1805, empe ror, as Jean Jacques I. His despotism incited hatred, and he was eventually waylaid and killed. De au (des's ou). The capital of Anhalt, Germany, situated on the Mulde near its junction with the Elbe, in lat. 51° 50′ N., long. 12 ° 14 ′ E. It contains the ducal palace (with art collections), several other art collections, and the Schlo kir che. It was founded by Albert the Bear, and was the birthplace of Moses Mendel ohn. Population (1890), 34,658. De olles, or De olle (de-sol'), Marquis Jean Joseph Paul August in. Born at Auch, Gers, France, Oct. 3, 1767: died at Paris, Nov. 4, 1828. A French general and politician. He served with distinction under Moreau in Italy in 1799, in Germany in 1800, and was minister of foreign affairs 1818-19. Despair (des-par'), Giant. A giant in Bunyan's De Staël, Madame. See Staël , de . "Pilgrim's Progre " who takes Christian and D'Este. See Este , d ' . Hopeful while they are asleep and imprisons De Stendhal. The pseudonym of Marie Henri them in his dungeons in Doubting Castle. Beyle. Despard (des'pärd), Edward Marcus. Born in Queen's County, Ireland, in 1751: died Feb. 21, 1803. An Irish conspirator. He entered the army in 1766, obtained the rank of captain about 1780, and affairs in the Spanish peninsula of Yucatan. Having been in 1784 was appointed superintendent of his Majesty's dismi ed from this office on a frivolous charge, he organized a conspiracy against the government, in consequence of which he was arrested Nov. 16, 1802, and hanged at London. Despenser (de-spen'sèr), Hugh le. Died Aug. 4, 1265. A justiciar of England. He first appears in 1256, when he was intrusted with Harestan Castle, Derby shire. The first mention of him as justiciar is found in the Fine Rolls in 1261. He joined the baronial party at the outbreak of the war with Henry III. in 1263, and fell in the battle of Evesham. 45 от 44 в. с. Desenzano (dā-sen-zä'nō). A small town in northern Italy, situated at the southern end of the Lake of Garda, 16 miles southeast of Brescia. Deseret (dez-é-ret'). The name of Utah in its earlier history, under which various attempts were made to gain for it admittance to the Union. Desert as (dā-ser'täs), Las. A group of small islands in the Atlantic, lying southeast of Madeira. Deserted Village, The. A poem by Oliver Goldsmith, begun in 1768 and published in 1770. It is an elegant version of the popular declamation of the time against luxury and depopulation. Desfontaines (da-fon-tan'), René Louiche. Born at Tremblay, Ille-et-Vilaine, France, Feb. 14, 1750: died at Paris, Nov. 16, 1833. A French botanist. His chief work is "Flora Atlantic a" (1798-1800). Deshoulières (da-zö-lyar'), Madame (Antoi- nette de Ligier de la Garde). Born at Paris, Jan. 1, 1638: died at Paris, Feb. 17, 1694. One of the chief female poets of France, author of verse, for the most part of the occasional order (idyls, odes, elegiacs, songs, etc.), and two un- succe ful tragedies. Desiderius (des-i-de'ri-us). The last king of the Lombards: reigned 756–74. Despenser, Hugh le. Born about 1262: died was the grandson of the justiciar Hugh le Despenser, who fell in the baronial ranks at Evesham. He was with the king in Gascony in 1294, was present at the battle of Dun bar in 1296, accompanied the expedition to Flanders in 1297, was sent on a mi ion to Pope Clement V. at Lyons in 1305, and was created earl of Winchester in 1322. the death of the favorite Piers Gaveston in 1312, he became the leader of the court party in opposition to the baronial, and together with his son Hugh le Despenser obtained a complete ascendancy over Edward II. The unscrupulous manner in which the favorites used their power to further schemes of self-aggrandizement caused them to be banished 1321-22, and brought about a rising of the barons under Queen Isabella in 1326, which ended in the deposi tion of the king and the execution of the favorites. The elder Despenser was captured at the surrender of Bristol, where he was tried and executed on the charge of treason. Desterro (dāz-ter'rō), or No a Senhora do Desterro, or Santa Catharina. A seaport and the capital of the state of Santa Catharina, Brazil, situated on the western side of the island of Santa Catharina, in lat. 27° 36′ S., long. 48° 30′ W. Population, about 6,000. Destiny (des'ti-ni). A novel by Mi Ferrier, dedicated to Sir Walter Scott, and published anonymously in 1831. Des touches (da-tösh'), Philippe Néricault. Born at Tours, France, Aug. 22, 1680: died near Melun, France, July 4, 1754. A noted French dramatist. His works include "Le curieux impertinent" (1710), "Le philosophe mar ié" (1727), "Le glorieux" (1732), etc. Des touches wrote seventeen comedies; and, if bulk and general merit of work are taken together, he deserves the first place among the comic dramatists of the century in France. Saints bury , French Lit., p. 409. Destutt de Tracy (de-stüt' de trä-sē'), Comte Alexandre César Victor Charles. Born at Paris, Sept. 9, 1781: died at Paray-le-Frésil, Allier, France, March 13, 1864. A French officer, politician, and writer: son of Antoine Destutt. Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude, Comte de Tracy. Born at Paris, July 20. 1754: died March 10, 1836. A French philosopher, deputy to the Constituent A embly in 1789. His chief works are "Éléments d'idéologie" (1801-15), "Comment a ire sur l'esprit des lois" (1811 and Desvres (dā'vr). A town in the department of 1819). Despenser, Hugh le. Died Nov., 1326. An English court favorite, son of Hugh le Despenser, earl of Winchester. He was appointed chamberlain to Edward II. in 1313. Originally an adherent of the ba- Pas-de-Calais, France, 12 miles east of Bou ronial party, he joined his father (whom see) in the sup port of the king about 1317, and obtained in an especial degree the royal favor. He was banished with his in 1321, returning with him in 1322. On the rising of the barons under Queen Isabella in 1326, caused by the insolence and self-seeking of himself and his father, he fled with Edward from London, Oct. 2, 1326, but was captured at Llantri aint Nov. 16, 1326, and was tried and executed on the charge of treason. logne. Population (1891), commune, 4,801. Detaille (de-täy'), Jean Baptiste Édouard. Born at Paris, Oct. 5, 1848. A French battle painter. During the Franco-Pru ian war he was the secretary of General Pajol, and later of General Appert. Many of his pictures show the result of his studies from life at this period. Among them are "En Retraite" (1873), "Charge du gème cuira iers à Morsbronn" (1874), "Le ré Des Périers, Bona venture. See Hep tamer on. giment qui pa e" (1875), "Salut aux ble és "(1877), "Le Des Plaines (dā plān), or Aux Plaines (ō plan). A river in southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois, which unites with the rêve" (1888), "Charge du 1er hu ards" (bought for the Luxembourg in 1891). Besides some minor illustrations he furnished designs in 1885-88 for a book containing all the types and uniforms of the French army. Detmold Detmold (det'mold). The capital of Lippe, Germany, situated on the Werre 46 miles southwest of Hannover. It has a Residenz-Schlo and c New Palace, and is the birthplace of Freiligrath. Three miles southwest is the Grotenburg (height 1,160 feet) with