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A city and the capital of Manistee the isle of Jersey, Guernsey, 1672: died at Lambeth Hill, July 11, 1724. A British novelist, dramatist, and political pamphleteer, daughter of Sir Roger Manley, and bigamous wife of John Manley of Truro. On May 26,1709, she published "Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality of both Sexes, from the New A talant is," usually known as "The New A talant is," devoted entirely to intrigue and scandal. She was arrested for libel Oct. 29, 1709, and discharged Feb. 13, 1710. She also published "The Power of Love, in Seven Novels" (1720), "Memoirs of Europe, etc." (1710), etc. She died at the house of Barber, a printer, with whom she had lived for some years. Manlius Capitol in us (man'li-us kap"i-to-li'nus), Marcus. Died 384 в. с. The deliverer of the Capitol at Rome from the Gauls. He was a patrician by birth, and was consul in 392. According to tradition, he was aroused by the cackling of geese one sian capital in the last years of Sapor I. (about 270), he gained adherents even at court, but was at last imprisoned and put to flight through the hostility of the Magians on whom the king was dependent. Sapor's succe or Hormuz seems to have been more favorable, but Bahram I. abandoned Mani to the Magians and had him crucified in the year 276-277 A. D. Mani composed a number of works and epistles, which were known to the Mohammedan historians, but are now lost. The Fihrist reckons seven principal works -six in Syriac and one in Persian. The name of the Persian work is not given in the extant form of the Fihrist, but it is conjectured that it may have been the Artang (pron. ér-teng-g'), or 'Holy Gospel, of which mention is made in the "Acta Archelai" and elsewhere among Western writers. These "Acta," extant in a Latin translation from a Greek original of which some extracts are preserved in night when the Gauls, who were besieging the Capitol un- der Brennus in 390, attempted to surprise the fortre , and, collecting a handful of men, repelled the attack. To this circumstance the origin of his surname Capitol in us is com- monly ascribed, although it was also borne by his father and had already acquired the force of a family name in his gens. In 385 he began to champion the cause of the ple- beians against the patricians, with a view to making him- self tyrant of Rome, and in the following year was arrested by the dictator Camillus. He was tried in the Pætel in i an grove, instead of on the Campus Martius, which com- manded a view of the Capitol, and was sentenced to be thrown from the Tarpeian rock. Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus (im-pe-ri-ō'- sus tôr-kwa'tus), Titus. A Roman hero. He Titus was a son of the dictator L. Manlius Capitol in us Imperio- sus; was elected military tribune in 362 B. C.; and in 361 served under the dictator T. Quintius Pennus against the Gauls. During this campaign he slew a gigantic Gaul in single combat in the presence of the two armies, and de- The Century Cyclopedia of Names Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus spoiled him of a chain (torques), which he placed around his own neck (whence the surname Torquatus). He was appointed dictator in 353, and again in 349, and was consul in 347, 344, and 340. During his third consulship, while engaged with his colleague, P. Decius Mus, in a campaign against the Latins, he put to death his own son, who, contrary to orders, fought and killed in single combat an enemy from the opposing army. Manlius Torquatus, Titus. Died 202 в. C. A Roman general. He was consul in 235 and 224, and dictator in 208. During his first consulship he conquered the Sardinians, after whose subjugation the Romans enjoyed a brief period of universal peace, the temple of Janus being closed for the first time since Numa Pompilius. He opposed the ransom of the prisoners taken by Hannibal at Cannæ in 216, and gained a decisive victory over the Cart hag in i ans in Sardinia in 215. Manlius Vulso (vul'sō), Cnæus. A Roman consul 189 в. с. Не defeated the Galatians in Asia Minor. Manly (man'li). 1. In Jonson's "Devil is an A ," a young gallant, the friend of Wittipol.2. The "plain dealer" in Wycherley's play of that name. He is a brutalized caricature of Molière's Alceste.-3. In Vanbrugh and Cib good sense. ber's "Provoked Husband," a man of worldly Mann (man), Sir Horace. Born 1701: died at Florence, Italy, Nov. 6, 1786. An English diplomatist and virtuoso. In 1740 he became envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Florence, and retained that post until his death. His principal duty was to watch the Old Pretender (James Stuart, prince of Wales). He is chiefly known from his correspondence with Horace Walpole 1741-86. Mann, Horace. Born at Franklin, Ma ., May 4. 1796: died at Yellow Springs, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1859. An American educator, noted for his reforms in the Ma achusetts school system. He was admitted to the bar in 1823; was secretary of the Ma achusetts board of education 1837-48; was a Whig member of Congre from Ma achusetts 1848-53; was president of Antioch College (Yellow Springs) 1852-59; and was unsucce ful Free-Soil candidate for governor of Ma a chusetts in 1852. Manner ing (man'ėr-ing), Max. A pseudonym of Josiah Gilbert Holland. Manners (man'erz), Charles, fourth Duke of Rutland. Born March 15, 1754: died at Dublin, Oct. 24, 1787. An English statesman, eldest son of John Manners, marquis of Granby. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge (M. A. 1774), and became member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge in 1774. In 1775 he protested against the taxation of the American colonies. He succeeded his grandfather as duke of Rutland May 29, 1779, and on Feb. 11, 1784, was appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland. He advocated the legislative union of Ireland with England. An American Democratic politician, secretary of the treasury 1885-87. Manning, Henry Edward. Born at Totteridge, Hertfordshire, July 15, 1808: died at Westminster, Jan. 14, 1892. An English cardinal. He was the youngest son of William Manning, a West India merchant. He entered Harrow in 1822, and Balliol College, Oxford, in 1827, where Charles Words worth was his tutor, and William E. Gladstone an a ociate. He was made a fellow of Merton, Oxford, in 1832, and was ordained rector of Wool laving ton-cum-Graffham in 1833. He was married Nov. 7, 1833, and his wife died July 24, 1837. In 1840 he was created archdeacon of Chi chester. He took no part in the sece ion of Ward and Newman, but continued a leader of the High-church party until 1848. In May, 1848, he visited Rome, and on his return found him self in opposition to the established church. In April, 1850, he resigned his archdeaconry, and on June 14, 1851, was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1854 he was made D. D. by the Pope, and installed as superior of the "Congregation of the Oblates of St. Charles" at Bays water (March 31, 1857). On April 30, 1865, he suc and was created cardinal March 31, 1875. He was the auceeded Cardinal Wiseman as archbishop of Westminster, thor of "Unity of the Church" (1842), "Temporal Mi ion of the Holy Ghost" (1865), "Temporal Power of the Pope" (1866), "England and Christen dom" (1867), etc. Manning, James. Born at Elizabeth town, N.J., Oct. 22, 1738: died at Providence, R. I., July, 1791. An American Baptist clergyman, first president of Brown University (Providence) 1765-90. Manning, or Mannyng, Robert, or Robert of Brunne. Lived in the latter part of the 13th and the commencement of the 14th century. An English chronicler and poet. He was a native of Brunne in Lincoln shire, and in 1288 joined the Gilbertine canons at Sempringham. He wrote "Handlyng Synne" (1303), a translation of the "Manuel des Pechiez" of William of Wading ton, who wrote in the time of Edward I.; "The Chronicle of England" (finished in 1338); and "Meditacyuns of the Soper of our Lorde Ihesus, etc." He was in no sense a historian, as his work was not original; and his importance is entirely literary. Dict . Nat . Biog . Manny (man'i), or Mauny, Sir Walter, afterward Lord de Manny. Died at London, Jan. 15, 1372. The founder of the Charter house, London. He was a native of Manny, near Valenciennes, Hainaut, and a fellow-townsman of Froi art. He prob ably came to England with Queen Philippa in 1327, and was knighted in 1331. He was one of the ablest of the sol diers of Edward III. In 1371 he was licensed to found a house of Car thus i an monks to be called "La Salutation Mère Dieu." This Chartreuse became the London Charter house (which see). Manoa (mä-nō'ä). The fabled city ruled by El Dorado, or the gilded king. According to most of the accounts it was built on an island in a lake called Parima, or on its shores. See El Dorado . Manoah (ma-no'ä). In Bible history, the father of Samson. Manners, John, Marquis of Granby. Born Aug. 2, 1721: died at Scar borough, Oct. 18, 1770. An English general, eldest son of John, third duke Manoas. See Conibos . of Rutland. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. Manoel (mä-nö-el'), or Manuel, I., King of In 1741 he became member of Parliament for Grantham; Portugal. See Emanuel . in 1745 he was made colonel of the "Leicester Blues"; in 1755 major-general; in 1759 lieutenant-general, serving at Minden (Aug. 1, 1759); and commander-in-chief of the British contingent in Germany Aug. 14, 1759. He fought with great bravery at Warburg (July 31, 1760), at Villings hausen (July 15, 1761), at Graven stein (June 24, 1762), and at Homburg (Aug. 6, 1762). His portrait was twice painted by Reynolds. Manners, John James Robert, seventh Duke of Rutland, better known as Lord John ManBorn Dec. 13, 1818. An English Con ners. servative politician, second son of the fifth Duke of Rutland. He was commi ioner of works 1852, 1858-59, and 1866-68, postmaster-general 1874-80 and 1885-86, and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster1886–92. He succeeded his brother in the dukedom March 2, 1887. He was one of the leaders of the "Young England" movement. He published "England's Trust, and Other Poems" (1841), "Notes of a Cruise in Scotch Waters" (1850), etc. Manners-Sutton (man'ėrz-sut'on), Charles. Born Feb. 14, 1755: died at Lambeth, July 21, 1828. Archbishop of Canterbury, fourth son Man of Blood, The. A name given by the English Puritans to Charles I. Man of Blood and Iron, The. A name given to Bismarck. Man of Busine , The. A comedy by George Colman the elder, produced in 1774. Man of December, The. [F. L'homme de Dé cembre.] A name given to Napoleon III. in 1870, when he was deposed, in allusion to his coup d'état in Dec., 1851. Man of Destiny, The. Napoleon I. Man of Feeling, The. A novel by Henry Mackenzie, published in 1771. Man of Law's Tale, The. One of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." Gower tells the story in his "Confe io A mantis." It was taken from the Anglo-Norman chronicle of Nicolas Trivet. The prologue contains a list of some of Chaucer's works. IMG:content-0741.png:[blocks in formation] Manosque (mä-nōsk'). A town in the department of Ba es-Alpes, France, 40 miles north northeast of Marseilles. Population (1891), commune, 5,572. Manresa (män-rā'sä). A manufacturing town in the province of Barcelona, Spain, situated on the Car doner 32 miles northwest of Barcelona. Population (1887), 22,685. Man's Bewitched, The, or The Devil to Do about Her. A comedy duced in 1709.