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# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Berengaria

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BERENGARIA,
Of Navarre, was daughter of Sancho the Wise, King of Naples, and married Richard Cœur de Lion, soon after he ascended the throne of England. Richard had been betrothed when only seven years of age, to Alice, daughter of Louis the Seventh, who was three years old. Alice was sent to the English court, when a girl of thirteen, for her education. The father of Cœur de Lion, Henry the Second, fell in love with this betrothed of his son; and had prevented the marriage from being solemnized. But Richard, after he ascended the throne, was still trammelled by this engagement to Alice, while he was deeply in love with Berengaria. At length these obstacles were overcome. "It was the joyous month of May, 1191," to quote an old writer, "in the flourishing and spacious isle of Cyprus, celebrated as the very abode of the goddess of love, did king Richard solemnly take to wife his beloved lady Berengaria."
This fair queen accompanied her husband on his warlike expedition to the Holy Land. In the autumn of the same year Richard concluded his peace with Saladin, and set out on his return to England. But he sent Berengaria by sea, while he, disguised as a Templar, intended to go by land. He was taken prisoner, and kept in durance, by Leopold of Austria, nearly five years. Richard's profligate companions seem to have estranged his thoughts from his gentle, loving wife, and for nearly two years after his return from captivity, he gave himself up to the indulgence of his baser passions; but finally his conscience was awakened, he sought his ever-faithful wife, and she, woman-like, forgave him. From that time they were never parted, till his death, which occurred in 1199. She survived him many years, founded an abbey at Espan, and devoted herself to works of piety and mercy. "From her early youth to her grave, Berengaria manifested devoted love to Richard: uncomplaining when deserted by him, forgiving when he returned, and faithful to his memory unto death," says her accomplished biographer, Miss Strickland.
# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Berners, or Barnes, Juliana

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BERNERS, or BARNES, JULIANA,
Sister of Richard, Lord Berners, is supposed to have been born about 1388, and was a native of Essex. She was prioress of Sopewell nunnery, and wrote "The Boke of Hawkyng and Huntyng," which was one of the first works that issued from the English press. She is represented as having been beautiful, high-spirited, and fond of all active exercises. She lived to an advanced age, and was highly respected and admired. The indelicacies that are found in her book, must be imputed to the barbarism of the times. She is usually spoken of by contemporary writers as Lady Juliana Bernerst.
# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Berenice

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BERENICE,
Daughter of Herod Agrippa the First, King of Judea, grandson of Herod the Great, was the sister of Herod Agrippa the Second, before whom Paul preached, and married her uncle, Herod, king of Chalcis, at whose death she signified her willingness to become the wife of Polemon, King of Cilicia, if he would embrace Judaism. Polemon, induced by her wealth, consented; but Berenice soon deserted him, and he returned to his former faith.
Scrupulous in all religious observances, she made a journey to Jerusalem, where she spent thirty days in fasting and prayer. While thus engaged, she suffered a thousand indignities from, the Roman soldiers. She also went barefoot to the Roman governor to intercede for her people, but he treated her with open neglect. Berenice then resolved to apply to Vespasian, emperor of Rome, or his son Titus, to avoid being involved in the ruin of her nation. She accordingly went, with her brother, to Rome, and soon gained Vespasian by her liberality, and Titus by her beauty. Titus wished to marry her; but the murmurs of the Roman people prevented him; he was even obliged to banish her, with a promise of a recall when the tumult should be appeased. Some historians assert that Berenice returned and was again banished.
She is mentioned in the 26th. chapter of the Acts of the Apostles as coming with her brother Agrippa to Cesarea, to salute Festus.
# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Bernard, Catharine

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BERNARD, CATHARINE,
Of the academy of the Ricovrate of Padua, was born at Rouen, and died at Paris in 1712. Her works were several times crowned by the French academy, and by that of the Jeux-Floraux. Two of her tragedies were represented at the French theatre, "Brutus," in 1691, and "Laodamia." It is thought she composed these pieces conjointly with Fontenelle, her friend and countryman. She wrote several other works in verse, showing ease and sometimes delicacy. She acquired some celebrity by her placet to Louis the Fourteenth, to petition for the two hundred crowns given to her annually by that prince; it is to be seen in the "Recueil de vers Choisis du père Bonhors." She discontinued writing for the theatre at the advice of Madame la Chanceliére de Pont-Chartrain, who gave her a pension; even suppressing several little pieces, which might have given wrong impressions of her manners and religion. Two romances are likewise ascribed to her; "The Count d'Amboise," and "Ines of Cordova." Some of the journalists attributed to her, others to Fontenelle, the account of the "Island of Borneo."
# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Bersala, Ann

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BERSALA, ANN,
Daughter and principal heiress of Wolfard de Borselle, and of Chariotte de Bourbon-Montpensier, who was married June the 17th., 1468; she was wife of Philip of Burgundy, son of Anthony of Burgundy, Lord of Bevres, of the illegitimate sons of the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good. She brought to him, for her dowry, the lordship of Vere, that of Flushing, and some others, and had by him one son and two daughters.
Erasmus had a peculiar esteem for her. He thus writes to a friend:—"We came to Anne, Princess of Vere. Why should I say anything to you of this lady's complaisance, benignity, or liberality? I know the embellishments of rhetoricians are suspected, especially by those who are not unskilled in those arts. But, believe me, I am so far here from enlarging, that it is above the reach of our art. Never did nature produce anything more modest, more wise, or more obliging. She was so generous to me—she loaded me with so many benefits, without my seeking them! It has happened to me, my Battus, with regard to her, as it often used to happen with regard to you, that I begin to love and admire most when I am absent. Good God, what candour, what complaisance in the largest fortune, what evenness of mind in the greatest injuries, what cheerfulness in such great cares, what constancy of mind, what innocence of life, what encouragement of learned men, what affability to all!"
# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Benger, Elizabeth Ogilvy

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BENGER, ELIZABETH OGILVY,
Was born at Wells, in 1778, and had to struggle with many difficulties in early life. So few books could she procure, that she used to read the open pages of the new publications in the window of the only bookseller's shop in the little town in Wiltshire in which she lived, and return, day after day, in the hope of finding another page turned over. She, nevertheless, acquired a respectable portion of learning. On her removal to London, she obtained kind literary friends and patronage, and was generally esteemed for her virtues, manners, and talents. She died January the 9th., 1827. Besides a drama, two novels, and poems, she wrote "Memoirs of Mrs. Hamilton;" "Lobin and Klopstock;" and "Lives of Anne Boleyn; Mary, Queen of Scots; the Queen of Bohemia; and Henry the Fourth, of France."
# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Bendish, Bridget

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BENDISH, BRIDGET,
Wife of Thomas Bendish, Esq., was the daughter of General Ireton, and grand-daughter of Oliver Cromwell; whom she resembled in piety, dissimulation, personal arrogance, and love of display. After managing her salt-works at Southtown, in Norfolk, with all the labour and exertion of the most menial servant, she would sometimes spend an evening at the public assembly at Yarmouth, where her princely behaviour and dignified manners ensured her the respect of her neighbours. This remarkable woman, who, in public life, would have been famous for her great mental powers and self-command, died in retirement, in 1727. Hers was a mixed character, in which one could hardly decide whether the great or the little predominated.
# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Benwell, Mary

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BENWELL, MARY,
Was an English portrait-painter. Her principal works were in crayons, oil, and miniature, and were exhibited to the public in the Artists' and Royal Academy Exhibitions from 1622 till 1783.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kát
### Kát.
#### 結$^4$

    To tie; bind; collect together; to contract; a contract; bond; to produce.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kʽek
### Kʽek.
#### 刻$^4$

    To cut; engrave; carve; peel; to use harshly.

#### 擊$^4$

    To strike; knock; beat; to rouse; excite; attack; kill.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kùt
### Kùt.
#### 乞$^4$

    To beg; a beggar.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kʽi
### Kʽi.
#### 奇$^{-1}$

    Strange; wonderful; mysterious; to wonder.

#### 畸$^{-1}$

    Small pieces of waste land; surplus;

#### 琦$^{-1}$

    A certain precious stone; fond of play.

#### 綺$^{-1}$

    Variegated; striped with different colors.

#### 其$^{-1}$

    He; she; it; they; his; its; any one; the; that.

#### 期$^{-1}$

    An appointed time; to expect.

#### 蜞$^{-1}$

    Name of a shelf fish, similar to a crab, not eatable.

#### 麒$^{-1}$

    A fabulous male animal which appears on the birth of great sages.

#### 圻$^{-1}$

    A limit; boundary, 1000 li around the royal abode.

#### 祈$^{-1}$

    To pray; invoke; supplicate of the gods; beg.

#### 祗$^{-1}$

    The soul which animates the earth; the earth; respect; awe.

#### 祁$^{-1}$

    Affluent; abundant; numerous; great; at ease.

#### 耆$^{-1}$

    Aged; sixty years old; to direct; adjust.

#### 欺$^1$

    To deceive; impose upon; insult; deceive one's self; to slant; to tip.

#### 谿$^1$

    A valley with a stream running through it.

#### 蹊$^1$

    A road; a path.

#### 崎$^1$

    Mountainous path; dangerously precipice; dangerous.

#### 踦$^1$

    Incomplete; single; with but one foot. ​

#### 起$^2$

    To rise; to raise; lift up; to begin.

#### 啟$^2$

    To open; explain; inform; instruct; distinguish.

#### 𣘼$^2$

    An ensign of authority; a spear carried by a forerunner.

#### 器$^{-3}$

    A vessel; instrument; utensil; talent.

#### 氣$^{-3}$

    Breath; animal life; any subtle fluid; spirit or temper; feelings; ethereal; primary substance.

#### 餼$^{-3}$

    Provisions; grain for cattle, for presents or offerings.

#### 亟$^{-3}$

    Haste; speed; promptly.

#### 棄$^{-3}$

    To break off; forget; reject; give up; refuse.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kó
### Kó.
#### 歌$^1$

    To sing; recite in a musical tone; play on an instrument.

#### 竿$^1$

    A reed; cane; rod; staff; stick of bamboo.

#### 哥$^1$

    An elder brother used also by equals to each other.

#### 𪃿$^1$

    A goose.

#### 膏$^1$

    Fat; lard; greasy; rich food; rich favors.

#### 糕$^1$

    A kind of pudding; dumpling; cake; bait.

#### 槁$^2$

    Rotten wood; dried fish; a certain medicine.

#### 稿$^2$

    Straw; rough sketch of any document; original copy.

#### 吿$^{3-}$

    To inform against; prosecute; to make known.

#### 塊$^{3-}$

    A clod of earth; a lump; a piece.

#### 閣$^4$擱$^4$

    A screen before a door; a case or press in which to lay up provisions; a gallery; council chamber.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kʽau
### Kʽau.
#### 䰗$^1$鬮$^1$

    To cast lots; to choose by writing names on slips of paper and drawing them out.

#### 口$^2$

    The mouth; entrance; narrow passage; speech; a numeral.

#### 攷$^2$考$^2$

    Aged; a deceased father; terminated; to question; to examine.

#### 拷$^2$

    To examine; inflict torture; to extort confession.

#### 哭$^{3-}$

    To cry; lament; weep.

#### 犒$^{3-}$

    To confer rewards or honors especially on the army.

#### 叩$^{3-}$

    To strike; knock; discuss; ask; bow the head to the ground.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kù
### Kù.
#### 籧$^{-1}$

    An ugly deformity of person; a man's name.

#### 居$^1$

    To dwell; reside; remain; to desist; an abode.

#### 車$^1$

    A wheel carriage; a wheel.

#### 莒$^2$

    Name of a plant and of a kingdom.

#### 舉$^2$

    To set up; elevate; raise.

#### 矩$^2$

    A square; a rule; usage; pattern; to square; adjust.

#### 巨$^{3-}$

    Great; vast; numberless; powerful. ​

#### 拒$^{-3}$

    To ward off; withstand; resist; defend; oppose.

#### 秬$^{-3}$

    A species of black millet.

#### 距$^{-3}$

    The spur of a cock; to oppose; be distant; large.

#### 倨$^{-3}$

    To stand erect; proud; indecorous.

#### 据$^{-3}$

    Hands diseased; restricted; embarrassed; precipitate.

#### 踞$^{-3}$

    To crouch; sit cross-legged.

#### 據$^{-3}$

    Proof; to lean or rest upon; according to; to take; seize.

#### 遽$^{-3}$

    Hurried; a fluttered; irresolute; afraid; hasty.

#### 鋸$^{3-}$

    A saw; to saw.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kùn
### Kùn.
#### 巾$^1$

    A piece of cloth; a napkin.

#### 斤$^1$

    An axe; a catty; Chinese pound; to examine.

#### 根$^1$

    The root of a tree; radical; the source or origin of.

#### 跟$^1$

    The heel of the foot.

#### 均$^1$

    Equal; equally; all alike; to equalise; blend.

#### 鈞$^1$

    Thirty catties weight; to make, as a potter; nature.

#### 筋$^1$

    Tendons; strong muscular fibres; strong and nervous. ​

#### 僅$^2$

    Hardly; just about; just adequate; none to spare.

#### 槿$^2$

    A handle; name of a tree.

#### 謹$^2$

    Seriousness; respect; awe; care; attention; to guard against.

#### 近$^{-3}$

    Near, either in time or place; to approach.

#### 覲$^{3-}$

    To see; to see or be introduced to a superior.

#### 饉$^{3-}$

    Dearth; scarcity of vegetable diet.

#### 𢀿$^{3-}$

    Wine vessels used at marriages.

#### 艮$^{3-}$

    Perverse; firm; obstinate; a limit; boundary.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kʽai
### Kʽai.
#### 開$^1$

    To open; unloose; separate from; to begin.

#### 凱$^2$愷$^2$

    Good; excellent; victory; peace and joy.

#### 剴$^2$

    A large sickle or hook; to grind; assiduously.

#### 覬$^2$

    To hope for; desire; covet; fortunate; lucky.

#### 鎧$^2$

    A coat of mail; armor.

#### 嘅$^{3-}$

    To sigh; lament.

#### 慨$^{3-}$

    Magnanimous; generous; high minded.

#### 槪$^{3-}$

    To level; adjust; a leveler; in general.

#### 漑$^{3-}$

    Rolling towards; to. cleanse or wash with water.

#### 曁$^{3-}$

    With; and; the termination, end, or extreme degree of.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kʽeng
### Kʽeng.
#### 擎$^{-1}$

    To raise or lift up with the land; to lift high.

#### 鯨$^{-1}$

    A large fish; a sea monster.

#### 扃$^1$

    The bar of a door; to bolt a door.

#### 兢$^1$

    Attentive; cautious; respectful; anxious; alarm.

#### 卿$^1$

    A title conferred on high officers; a prince.

#### 筐$^1$

    A basket.

#### 硜$^1$

    Noise of stones dashing against each other; mean.

#### 肯$^2$

    Willing; pleased.

#### 虹$^{-3}$

    A rainbow.

#### 磬$^{3-}$

    The sound of a sonorous stone; to suspend.

#### 罄$^{3-}$

    Empty; exhausted; to exhaust.

#### 慶$^{3-}$

    To congratulate; good; happy.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Benedict, Julius

From volume 1 of the work.
[ H. S. E. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Benini, Signora

From volume 1 of the work.
[ J. M. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Bendler, Salomon

From volume 1 of the work.
[ J. M. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Benedetti

From volume 1 of the work.
​BENEDETTI, an Italian singer at the Opera in London, 1720. He is mentioned in a witty letter by Sir John Edgar in Steele's journal, 'The Theatre,' from Tuesday March 8 to Saturday March 12, 1720, as an instance of the touchiness of some artists. 'He set forth in the recitative tone, the nearest approach to ordinary speech, that he had never acted anything in any other opera below the character of a sovereign, and now he was to be appointed to be captain of a guard.'
[ J. M. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Benincori, Angelo

From volume 1 of the work.
[ M. C. C. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Bennet, John

From volume 1 of the work.
[ W. H. H. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Benelli, Antonio

From volume 1 of the work.
​BENELLI, Antonio Peregrino, born Sept. 5, 1771, at Forli. It is doubtful whether, as is said, he received instruction in counterpoint from Padre Martini, who died when Benelli was little more than 12, and was unable, for above two years before his death, to bestow much care upon his scholars. Benelli had, however, the instruction of Padre Mattel, the successor of Martini.
In 1790 he made his first appearance at the San Carlo, at Naples, as first tenor. His voice was of moderate quality; but his method was admirable, and obtained for him a succés d'estime. Benelli accepted an engagement at London in 1798, where he was received with favour. In 1801 he repaired to Dresden, and remained until the year 1822, at which time, when 51, and after singing in public for 32 years, his voice failed, and he retired with a pension.
[ J. M. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Benedicite

From volume 1 of the work.
​BENEDICITE, or the 'Song of the Three Children,' is the canticle which is used in the Anglican service after the first lesson in the morning, alternatively with the Te Deum, at the option of the minister. It is taken from the Greek continuation of Daniel, chap. iii., and is of very ancient use in the Church service, being mentioned in St. Benedict's 'Regula,' and by Amalarius as used at matins. It was also prescribed by Athanasius. The ancient Spanish and Gallican churches appointed it to come between the lessons, and in the ancient English offices it was one of several psalms with which Lauds began. It was retained by Cranmer in his 'English Liturgy' of 1549, and appointed to be used instead of the Te Deum in Lent; but this injunction was afterwards removed, and it became optional to use it at any time of the year.
In 'the Book of Common Prayer noted' which was published in 1550, the chant given for it by Marbeck is the same as that in the Sarum Breviary, but simplified, in accordance with Cranmer's wish that 'the note that shall be made thereunto, would not be full of notes, but as near as may be for every syllable a note, so that it may be sung distinctly and devoutly.'
[ C. H. H. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Benedictus

From volume 1 of the work.
​BENEDICTUS, the song of Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, taken from Luke i., is the canticle appointed, alternately with the Jubilate, to follow the lessons in the Morning Service of the Anglican Church. It has occupied that position from ancient times, being mentioned by Amalarius († 837) as following the lessons at Lauds. It followed the lessons in the ancient English offices, and was retained by Cranmer in his English Liturgy in 1549, at first without the Jubilate, which was added in 1582 to obviate repetition when the Benedictus occurred in the gospel or second lesson. Two chants are given for it by Marbeck in 'The Book of Common Prayer Noted,' of 1550, viz. the 5th tone with 1st ending, and the 8th tone with 1st ending. It is admirably adapted to more elaborate forms of composition, and there are two well-known ancient settings by Tallis and Gibbons.
[ C. H. H. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Benevoli, Orazio

​BENEVOLI, Orazio, a celebrated contrapuntist, born at Rome in 1602, was reputed to be a natural son of Duke Albert of Lorraine. He studied under Vincenzo Ugolini, and commenced his professional career as Maestro di Cappella in the Church of S. Luigi de' Francesi. After a brief tenure of this post he was called into the service of the Austrian Court, and during his residence at Vienna, in the years 1643–45, he published several collections of motets and offertories, but his best works were produced after his return to Rome. Here he resumed his former office in S. Luigi de' Francesi, but held it only for a few weeks. On Feb. 23, 1646, he was transferred to S. Maria Maggiore, and on Nov. 7 of the same year he succeeded Mazzocchi as maestro di cappella at the Vatican. This appointment he retained, in high repute both as a teacher and a composer, until his death on June 17, 1672. He was buried in the Church del Santo Spirito in Sassia. One of his best pupils was Bernabei.
[ A. H. W. ]
* ↑ Martini, Burney, Bertini, Orloff, and others, speak of Benevoli as the pupil of Bernadino Nanini; but Liberati, doubtless writing with accurate knowledge, says in his Lettera ad Ottav. Penapegi, pp. 58, 59, 'the other renowned pupil and favourite of B. Nanini was Vincenzo Ugolini, a great master in the art of teaching … as many of his pupils have shown, especially Benevoli … who excelled his master and all others living in writing for four or even six choirs in four parts each …'
* ↑ This Mass was sung at Rome, in S. Maria sopra Minerva, by 150 professors, on August 4, 1650; and the expense of the performance was borne by a notary, Dominique Fonthia by name.
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Hamath

​HAMATH. The principal city of Upper Syria (now Hamah). It is mentioned twice in the Book of Mormon, in Nephi's quotations from the prophecies of Isaiah (II Nephi, 20:9; 21:11).
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Gimgimno, City of

​GIMGIMNO, CITY OF. One of the iniquitous cities of the Nephites, whose inhabitants had persecuted, cast out and slain the prophets and saints of the Lord, and for that cause was destroyed by being sunk, with all its sin-stained ​citizens, in the great earthquakes, etc., that convulsed this continent when Jesus was crucified. Hills and valleys occupied the place where Gimgitnno had before stood. (III Nephi, 9:8).
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Hearthom

​HEARTHOM. A king of the Jaredites; he was the son of Lib, whom he succeeded. When he had reigned twenty-four years the kingdom was wrested from him, and he was held in captivity by the successful party all the remainder of his life. Only one of his sons is mentioned, whose name was Heth. Of Hearthom's private character the record is silent.
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Hebrew

​HEBREW. This word only appears in one verse of the Book of Mormon (Mormon, 9:33), where it occurs three times; always referring to a language and in connection with the engravings on the Nephite records. The language to which this name was applied in the days of Mormon and Moroni was greatly changed from the Hebrew spoken by the Israelites at the time Lehi left Jerusalem, nearly a thousand years before.