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Poyser be humble, she is far from ordinary. "Some folks' tongues," she says, "are like the clocks as run on strikin', not to tell you the time of the day, but because there's summat wrong i' their own inside." Tucker man, Hist. of Eng. Prose Fict., p. 290. Pozsony (po'zhōny). The Hungarian name of Presburg. Pozzo di Borgo (pot'sō dē bōrgō), Count Carlo Andrea. Born near Ajaccio, Corsica, March 8, 1764: died at Paris, Feb. 15, 1842. A Ru ian diplomatist, early in life a Corsican patriot. He entered the Ru ian diplomatic service in 1803, and was noted for his hostility to Napoleon. He signed the peace of Paris in 1815. Pozzuoli (pot-sö'ō-le). A seaport in the province of Naples, Italy, situated on the Bay of Pozzuoli 7 miles west of Naples: the ancient Puteoli. It is noted for its ruins, especially for the Roman amphitheater, formed of 3 superposed arcades, the lowest of stone, the others of reticulated masonry in brick. The chief entrances, at the extremities of the long axis, were ornamented with arcaded porticos in marble. There are a complicated system of subterranean dens and pas and appliances for flooding the arena for the nau machy. The axes of the greater ellipse are 482 and 384 feet; of the arena, 236 and 138 feet. Puteoli, an ancient Greek city, became one of the chief commercial cities of the Roman Empire and a special port of Rome. Its harbor was protected by a mole, now in ruins. It was a resort of the Roman nobility. Pozzuoli, Bay of. The northwestern arm of the Bay of Naples. P. P., Clerk of this Parish, Memoirs of. A work by Arbuthnot, a satire on Burnet's "History of his own Time." Prabodhachandrodaya (pra-bō'd-ha-chandrō'da-ya). [Skt., 'the rise of the moon of (true) intelligence.'"] An allegorical and philosophical play in Sanskrit, by Krishna Mishra, who is supposed to have lived in the 12th century A. D. Its dram at is personæ are Faith, Volition, Opinion, Imagination, Contemplation, Devotion, Quietude, Friendship, etc., on one side, and on the other Error, Self conceit, Hypocrisy, Love, Pa ion, Anger, and Avarice. The former become victorious over the latter, the Buddhists and other heretical sects being represented as adherents of the vanquished. Pradier (prä-dyā'), James. Born at Geneva, May 23, 1792: died near Paris, June 14, 1852. A Swi sculptor. Most of his works are in Paris (including “Phryne," "Psyche," "Venus and Cupid," etc.). Prado (prä'тно). The chief fashionable promenade of Madrid. Prado (prä'THō), Juan de. Born in Leon, 1716: died there about 1771. A Spanish general. Made governor of Cuba Feb. 7, 1761, he surrendered the island to the English under Lord Albemarle Aug. 13, 1762. For this he was tried and condemned to death, but the sentence was commuted. Prado, Mariano Ignacio. Born 1826: died 1901. APeruvian soldier and politician. In Feb., 1865, he declared against Pezet, whose temporizing policy with the Spaniards had made him very unpopular. Pezet resigned, and Prado was named supreme chief in Dec. He at once formed a close offensive and defensive alliance with Chile, and declared war with Spain. On May 2, 1866, the attack of the Spanish fleet on Callao was repulsed. Prado, whose position was unconstitutional, was forced to leave the country in Jan., 1868. He returned some years after, and was regularly elected president, a uming office Aug. 2. 1876. In 1879 war broke out with Prague, Compact at a of