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GEORGE,’ the painter, was born in 1734, the son of a carpenter. At his best, 1775-1785. he was worthy rival of Reynolds and Gains borough. of Mars and Sylvia. bom in 1650. He was knighted for his gallantry in the night attack on the French fleet off Cape La Hogue in 1692. He commanded the expedition against Cadiz in 1702, annihilated the French and Spanish fleets in Vigo Bay during the same year, and helped to take Gibraltar in 1704. born in 1615. His greatest pictures were studies of nature, especially along the Neapolitan coast, and his poems were biting satires. Clifford. She died about 1176. Church by the Crusaders, who borrowed them from the Muhammedans. The complete or Dominican Rosary consists of 150 small beads for Aves, divided a into tens by 15 large beads for Patcrnozters. The ordinary rosary has only 50 small beads and 5 large, which have to be counted three times to make the full rosary. 1833, and was profe or at Owen's College in 1858-86. In 1896 he was made Vice-Chancellor of London a University. His " Le ons in Elementary Chemistry ’’ a has been translated into many languages. He is a grandson of William Roscoe, the author of the excellent lives of Lorenzo de Medici and of Leo X. his grandfather in 1868. He was Under-Secretary in the Home Office from 1881 to 1883, Lord Privy Seal and First Commi ioner of Works in 1885, and Foreign Secretary in 1886, 1892-94. In 1880 he was elected Rector of Edinburgh University, and in 1889 was elected to the London County Council, of which he was Chairman in 1889 and again in 1892. He was Prime Minister in 1894-95. He is a strong advocate for Imperial Federation. He resigned his leadership of the Liberal Party in 1896 owing to Mr. Gladstone's letters on the Armenian question. in 1455 to that of Bosworth in 1485. The Lancastrians wore red, and the Yorkists wore white, roses. Museum, was discovered in 1799. It is of black basalt, and bears an inscription in three different languages—hieroglyphic, enchorial, and Greek. It thus furnished Greek scholars with a key to hieroglyphics. by a Luther an clergyman early in the 17th century, and Cagliostro said that he was a member of the society, but it is generally regarded as mythical. It was said to be a sort of Freemasonry. went on voyages both with his uncle (see below) and with Captain Parry. He commanded the " Erebus ” and " Terror ” expedition in 1839-43. but made his name chiefly by discovering the north magnetic pole in 1831. the "Isabella” and "Alexander,” with Lieutenant ; Parry in charge of the latter, in 1818. In 1829 he went out in the "Victory,” but had to abandon his ship in 1832, and would have perished if he had not been picked up by his old ship the " Isabella.” In 1850 he made his last voyage in the " Felix," in search of Franklin. became a pupil of Ford Madox Brown. In 1848 he joined Holman Hunt, Thomas Woolner, Mill a is, and others in founding the * Pre-Raphae lite Brotherhood.’ Like his sister, Christina, he wrote poems of great merit and mystic beauty. His most famous poems are " House of Life,” " King’s Tragedy,” "Ble ed Damozel.” Her chief works are " Goblin Market, " Prince's Progre ,” " The Pageant,” etc. made his first hit with " Tancredi ” in 1813. He carried out in Italy the improvements in operatic a music carried out by Mozart in Germany. His most popular opera is " William Tell ” (1S29). PEARS' CYCLOPAEDIA. 225 Rothschild Banking-House was founded by RUBENSTEIN, the first Jew who sat in the British Parliament. All English peerage. Knight of Alton, or by Mr. Willes of Sutton Valence. On the tombstone of the latter there is an inscription which says—" He was a patron of all the manly sports. First to introduce round-arm bowling in cricket.” The M.C.C. had adopted it about the beginning of the century, but discarded it it was re-adopted about 1825.; RUSSIA