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Deoprag. See Dev apr a yag a. duced, being confirmed in the reign of Canute (died De Oratore (dē or-a-to'rë). [L., 'of the orator.'] 1035), who reigned also over England and Norway. It A rhetorical work by Cicero, in three books, was separated from the other kingdoms after Canute's death. Danish conquests extended over the Baltic Wends in the 12th and 13th centuries, and for short periods over Esthonia, Rügen, and various German districts. Norway, Sweden, and Denmark were united by the Union of Kalmar in 1397, but Sweden was finally separated from Denmark in 1523. Protestant ism was introduced in the middle of the 16th century, and the country took part, on the Protestant written (55 B. c.) in the form of a dialogue, the principal characters being L. Cra us and M. Ant on in us. "The work is far from attaining the dramatic art of a Platonic dialogue; neverthele it ranks with the most finished productions of Cicero on account of its varied contents and its excellent style." Deorham (de-ör häm). At this place (ident i side, in the Thirty Years' War. Dago, Ösel, and Goth fied with Dereham, Gloucestershire, England) po e ions in southern Sweden in 1658. Absolute power Ceawlin, king of the West Saxons, defeated the land were lost to Sweden in 1645, as were also the Danish was obtained by the kings in 1660. Denmark having as- Britons in 577. sumed a position of armed neutrality with respect to Eng. land, her fleet was attacked and defeated by Nelson in 1801, and in 1807 the British bombarded Copenhagen. Norway was ceded to Sweden in 1814. (For the relations with Schleswig and Holstein, see those names.) The Schleswig-Holstein war in 1864, waged unsucce fully by Denmark against Pru ia and Austria, resulted in the lo of SchleswigHolstein and Lauenburg. The present constitution was adopted in 1866, and recent history has been marked by a constitutional struggle between the government and the people. Area, including the Faroe Islands, 15,289 square Iniles. Pop., including the Faroe Islands (1901), 2,464,770. Dennewitz (den'ne-vits). A village in the province of Brandenburg, Pru ia, 41 miles southwest of Berlin. IMG:content-0415.png:[blocks in formation] Depew (de-pū'), Chauncey Mitchell. Born at Peeks kill, N. Y., April 23, 1834. An American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was graduated at Yale in 1856; was a member of the New York A embly 1861-62; was secretary of state for New York 1863-65; and in 1869 became counsel for the New York Central Railroad, of which he has been president since 1885. He was an unsucce ful candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1888. Elected senator from New York 1899. New Amsterdam (New York), July 8, 1658: died Dennie (den'i), Joseph. Born at Boston, Ma ., De Peyster (de pis'ter), Abraham. Born at Aug. 30, 1768: died at Philadelphia, Jan. 7, 1812. An American journalist: edited the "Portfolio" (in Philadelphia) 1801-12. Dennis (den'is). 1. Servant to Oliver in Shakspere's "As you Like it."-2. A hangman in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge." Dennis, John. Born at London, 1657: died Jan. 6, 1734. An English critic. He graduated at Cambridge with the degree of B. A. in 1679, and devoted himself to literature. He wrote a number of indifferently succe ful plays, but is chiefly remembered as a critic, in which character he incurred the enmity of Pope, by whom he was ridiculed in the "Dunciad." Among the collective editions of his works are "Miscellanies in Prose and Verse" (1693), and "Works" (1702). Denon (de-nôn'), Baron Dominique Vivant. Born at Châlon-sur-Saône, France, Jan. 4, 1747: died at Paris, April 27, 1825. A French artist, archæologist, diplomatist, and admin is at New York, Aug. 10, 1728. An American Peyster. He was mayor of New York 1691-95, and merchant and official, son of Johannes De afterward became chief justice of the province and presi dent of the king's council. By virtue of the latter post he was acting governor in 1701. De Peyster, Arent Schuyler. Born at New York, June 27,1736: died at Dumfries, Scotland, Nov., 1832. A Royalist officer, grandson of Abraham De Peyster. He commanded at Detroit, Mackinac, and various places in Upper Canada during the Revolutionary War, and by his tact and conciliatory mea sures succeeded in detaching the Indians of the Northwest from the colonists and allying them with the British. De Peyster, Johannes. Born at Haarlem, Holland: died at New York about 1685. A Dutch colonist in New Amsterdam, where he settled in 1640. Green heys, Manchester, Aug. 15, 1785: died at Edinburgh, Dec. 8, 1859. An English e ayist and miscellaneous writer. He was the son of Thomas De Quincey, a wealthy merchant, who died about 1792. He was sent to the Manchester grammar-school in 1801, but ran away in the following year, and, after a pedestrian tour in Wales, lived some time in extreme poverty in London. He subsequently studied at Oxford, without taking a degree. About 1808 he made the acquaintance of Cole ridge and Words worth, which induced him to settle at Grasmere. He married Margaret Simpson in 1816. Some years later he lost his fortune, and in 1821 went to London in search of literary work. During his stay at Oxford he had contracted the habit of opium eating, which grew upon him to such an extent that at one time he took 340 grains daily, and which eventually disabled him from protracted application to literary work. In 1821 he made his experience with this drug the basis of a narrative, entitled "Confe ions of an English Opium Eater," which appeared in the "London Magazine," and which established his reputation. He subsequently wrote much for "Blackwood's Magazine" and the "Edinburgh Literary Gazette," and eventually took up his residence at Edinburgh. His only separate publications were Kloster (1832), and "Logic of Economy" (1844). The most complete edition of his works appeared in 1852-55. Dera Ghazi Khan (der'ä ghä-zē khän). 1. A district in the Derajat division of the Panjab, British India, west of the Indus, and intersected by lat. 30° N., long. 70° 30′ E. Area, 5,606 square miles. Population (1891), 409,965.-2. The chief town of the above district, on the Indus in lat. 30° 5′ N., long. 70° 51′ E. Population, with cantonment (1891), 27,886. Dera Is mail Khan (der'ä ēs-mä-ēl' khän). 1. A district in the Derajat division of the Panjab, British India, intersected by lat. 32° N., long. 71° E. Area, 9,440 square miles. Population (1891), 486, 201. – 2. The chief town of the above district, near the Indus in lat. 31° 49′ N., long. 70°55′ E. Pop., with cantonment (1891), 26,884. Derajat (der-a-jät'). A division in the Panjab,