Bequeather

A person who bequeaths. Bequeath'ment, n. Act of bequeathing; a bequest, legacy. Bequest, ( be -kwest',) n. (Law.) That which is bequeathed; something left by will; a legacy. "He claimed the crown,.. pretending an adoption, or beques of the kingdom unto him by the Confe or. -Hale. declined to accept of any reward for his services, and retired first to Pa y, next to Fontainebleau, and finally to Tours, where he completed what he called his Mé moires Chantants by the publication of his fourth series Fig . 342. - BÉRANGER. of songs. Speaking of these masterpieces of poetic skill, Göthe says: "Béranger was never at school, never studied at a university. But his songs are, neverthele , se full of mature cultivation, of grace, wit, and subtlest irony, they are so artistically finished, and their language is so masterly, that he is admired, not only by France, but by the whole of civilized Europe. His songs have shed tears of joy into millions of hearts; they are familiar even to the working-cla es; and at the same time they are so high above the level of commonplace, that the intercourse with these graceful spirits accustoms and compels the people to have better and more generous thoughts." At the revolution of February, 1848, B. was elected to the Constituent A embly; but after one or two sittings, he sent in his resignation, and finally retired from the storm and turbulence of political life. His last years were solaced by the kindne of his numerous friends, who admired in him the straightforward honorable man as well as the national poet. Though a republican at heart, B. looked on Napoleon I., in his rise from a simple artillery officer to be Emperor of the French, as an incarnation of the national spirit; and he did much to perpetuate the superstitious reverence recurved anther-valves. They are herbaceous perennial plants, for the most part hairle , but very often spiny. Leaves alternate, compound, usually without stipules. Flowers solitary, racemose, or panicled. Sepals 3-4-6, deciduous, in a double row, surrounded externally by petaloid scales. Petals hypogynous, sometimes with an appendage at the base in the inside. Carpel solitary; style rather lateral; stigma orbicular; fruit berried or capsular; seeds crustaceous or membranous: albumen between fleshy and horny; embryo minute. This order includes 12 genera and 100 species, natives of mountainous places in the temperate part of the N. hemisphere. 3 2 advent of his nephew and succe or (Napoleon III.) to the imperial throne. He D. 1857. - In his Autobiography , a posthumous publication, B. has given a most interesting account of his struggles with fortune, his private adventures, the development of his mind, the origin of his works, the manner of their succe , the friendships and the persecutions they brought him, and the reasons of his retirement from public life. Berar, ( bai - rär ',) one of the central provinces of British India, comprising Nagpoor, and a considerable portion of Gundwanah, between Lat. 17° 48′ and 22° 43′ N., Lon. 75° 24' to 82° 48′ E.; greatest length, N. to S. 330 m.; breadth, 300 m. Area , 56,723 sq. m. It is watered by the Wurda, the Pain-Gunga, the Mahanuddy, . The soil is fertile, producing dry grains, flax, sugar, betel, tobacco, and large quantities of cotton. After the fall of the Mogul empire, the Mahrattas overran B. , and held it until 1853, when the English added this rich prov. to their po e ions. Chief city, Nagpore. Berat, ( bai - rat ' ,) a town of Turkey-in-Europe, in the N. part of Albania, on the Tuberathi, 28 m. N.E. of Av- lona; Lat. 40° 48′ N.; Lon. 19° 52′ E. It consists of an acropolis or citadel, on the summit of a high hill, and of a lower town. Merchants import foreign goods through the port of Avlona. Scanderbeg failed in an attempt to take this town, which has always been re- garded as the key to this part of the country. P. 10,000. Berate', v. a. [ be and rate .] To rate or chide vehe- mently; to scold. Berat'tle, v. a. [be and rattle .] To fill with noise or vociferation; to make a noise at in contempt. "These are now the fashion, and so be rattle the Common stages as they call them." Shaks. Beraun', a walled town of Bohemia, cap. of circ. of the same name, on the Beraun, 20 m. W.S.W. of Prague. Manf. Earthenware and fire-arms. Coal mines and quarries of marble exist in the neighborhood. In the vicinity, in 1756, the Austrians gained a signal victory over the Pru ians. Pop . abt. 4,500.