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# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Pekah

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Pekah Open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25). Seventeen years after this he entered into an alliance with Rezin, king of Syria, and took part with him in besieging Jerusalem (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5). But Tiglath-pilser, who was in alliance with Ahaz, king of Judah, came up against Pekah, and carried away captive many of the inhabitants of his kingdom (2 Kings 15:29). This was the beginning of the "Captivity." Soon after this Pekah was put to death by Hoshea, the son of Elah, who usurped the throne (2 Kings 15:30; 16:1-9. Comp. Isa. 7:16; 8:4; 9:12). He is supposed by some to have been the "shephard" mentioned in Zech. 11:16.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Bekker, Elizabeth

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BEKKER, or Wolff, Elizabeth, a Dutch novelist, was born in 1738. She was married to Adrian Wolff, a Reformed clergyman, but is always known under her maiden name. After the death of her husband in 1777, she resided for some time in France, with her close friend, Agatha Deken. She was exposed to some of the dangers of the French Revolution, and, it is said, escaped the guillotine only by her great presence of mind. In 1795 she returned to Holland, and resided at the Hague till her death in 1804. Her novels were written in conjunction with Agatha Deken, and it is somewhat difficult to determine the exact qualities contributed by each. The Historie van William Levend (1785), Historie van Sara Burgerhart (1790), Abraham Blankaart (1787), Cornelie Wildschut (1793–96), have been extremely popular. Some of them have been translated into German and French.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Beaune

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BEAUNE, the chief town of an arrondissement in France, in the department of Côte-d'Or, situated on the River Bourzeoise, twenty-three miles S.S.W. of Dijon, on the railway from Paris to Lyons. The town is of poor appearance, but has several buildings of interest, such as the churches of Notre Dame and Saint Pierre, both of the 12th century, the hospital, founded by Nicholas Rollin in 1443, and the belfry of the old town-house. Of more modern erection are the public baths, the theatre, the communal college, and the library. In the 18th century there were no fewer than seven monastic buildings in the town besides a Bernardine abbey, a Carthusian convent, and a society of priests engaged in educational pursuits. Beaune enjoys considerable commercial prosperity as the principal seat of the Burgundian wine-trade; it also manufactures cloth, cutlery, and leather, and has dye-works, flour-mills, and distilleries. Population in 1871, 10,415.
Beaune appears as a fortified place as early as the 7th century, and for some time was the capital of a separate duchy. United to Burgundy in 1227, it became the first seat of the Burgundian parliament, or Jours Généraux, and was the residence of several of the dukes. On the death of Charles the Bold, it sided with his daughter, but was besieged and taken by Louis XI. in 1478. It suffered severely in the wars of the League, prospered in the reign of Henry IV., and was greatly injured by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Bellona

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BELLONA, in Roman Mythology, the goddess of war, corresponding to the Greek Enyo, and called now the sister or daughter of Mars, now his charioteer or his nurse. Her worship appears to have been promoted in Rome chiefly by the family of the Claudii, whose Sabine origin, together with their use of the name of “Nero,” has suggested an identification of Bellona with the Sabine war goddess Nerio. Her temple at Rome, founded by Appius Claudius Cæcus, 296 B.C., stood in the Campus Martius, near the Flaminian Circus, and outside the gates of the city. It was there that the senate met to discuss the claims of a general to a triumph, and to receive ambassadors from foreign states. In front of it was the columna bellica where the ceremony of declaring war was performed. From this native Italian goddess is to be distinguishad the Asiatic Bellona, whose worship was introduced into Rome from Comana, in Cappadocia, apparently by Sulla, to whom she had appeared, urging him to march to Rome and bathe in the blood of his enemies. For her a new temple was built, and a college of priests (Bellonarii) instituted to conduct her fanatical rites, the prominent feature of which was to lacerate themselves and sprinkle the blood on the spectators. To make the scene more grim they wore black dresses from head to foot.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Bellot, Joseph René

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BELLOT, Joseph René, one of the heroes and victims of Arctic exploration, was born at Paris, March 18, 1826. At the age of fifteen he entered the Naval School, in which he studied two years, and earned a high reputation. He distinguished himself in the French expedition of 1845 against Tamatave in Madagascar; and although he was not yet twenty he received the cross of the Legion of Honour at the close of that year. He was afterwards attached to the staff of the station, was promoted to the rank of Enseigne de Vaisseau in November 1847, and in 1851 obtained permission to join the English expedition then preparing to go out, under the command of Captain Kennedy, in search of Sir John Franklin. On this occasion he displayed great courage, presence of mind, andself-devotion, rendered important services, and made the discovery of the strait, which bears his name, between Boothia Felix and Somerset Land. Early in 1852 he was promoted lieutenant. In the same year he accompanied, as a volunteer, the expedition sent out by the English Government under Captain Inglefield on the same quest. His intelligence, his devotion to duty, and his courage won him the esteem and admiration of all with whom he was associated. While making a perilous journey with two comrades across the ice, for the purpose of communicating with Captain Inglefield, he was overtaken by a storm, August 21, and being blown into an opening between the broken masses of ice was seen no more. A pension was granted to his family by the Emperor Napoleon III., and an obelisk was erected to his memory in front of Greenwich Hospital.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Bekes

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BEKES, a market-town of Hungary, formerly a royal free city, and the capital of the county of the same name, situated at the confluence of the White and Black Körös, 14 miles N.N.W. of Gyula, which is now the capital. The inhabitants, principally Calvinists, amount to 22,500, and are chiefly engaged in agriculture and the rearing of cattle. Count Wenkheim has a fine castle in the town, which was at one time strongly fortified. Long. 20° 41' 37" E., lat. 46° 46' 16" N.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Bekker, Balthazar

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BEKKER, Balthazar, a celebrated Dutch divine, was born in Friesland in 1634. He was the author of several works in philosophy and theology, which from their freedom of thought and critical rationalism excited considerable enmity against him. His most celebrated production was the work entitled Die Betooverde Wereld, or The World Bewitched, in which he examined critically the phenomena generally ascribed to spiritual agency, and exposed with much force the many absurdities regarding the power of Satan that had become articles of Christian faith. The odium theologicum was fiercely roused by this book, and Bekker was deposed from the office of the ministry. He resided at Amsterdam till his death in 1698.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Beaumaris

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present French name of Beau Marais from Edward I.), a borough and market-town of Anglesea, North Wales. It is situated on the Bay of Beaumaris, at the northern entrance of the Meuai Straits, in lat. 53 16 N., long. 4 5 W. The town consists of several streets ; and at the extremity of the principal one stands the castle. This fortress was built by Edward I. about 1295. It covers a great extent of ground, but its imposing effect is somewhat lessened by its low position, which was so designed that the fosse might communicate with the sea, so that vessels might unload beneath the walls. The chapel, dedicated to ​the Virgin, is a spacious structure, containing several fine monuments. A free school was founded here in 1603. The principal buildings are the town-hall, county hall, prison, custom-house, assembly-room, and national school. Beaumaris has no manufactures and comparatively little trade, but is much frequented as a bathing-place. It unites with Holyhead, Amlwch, and Llangefni in returning a member to parliament. The bay affords good anchorage, having seven fathoms of water at the lowest ebb. Population in 1871, 2291.
# Essays in idleness

ESSAYS IN IDLENESS
BY
AGNES REPPLIER
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1897
Copyright, 1893,
By AGNES REPPLIER.
All rights reserved.
SEVENTH EDITION.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
To AGNES IRWIN.
CONTENTS.
| | PAGE |
| Agrippina | 1 |
| The Children's Poets | 33 |
| The Praises of War | 65 |
| Leisure | 94 |
| Words | 113 |
| Ennui | 137 |
| Wit and Humor | 168 |
| Letters | 192 |
"Leisure" is reprinted from "Scribner's Magazine" by permission of the publishers.
ESSAYS IN IDLENESS.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1950, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 73 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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# English Folk-Carols/King Herod and the Cock

This abridged version of "The Carnal and the Crane" was sung by Mrs. Plumb at Armscote, Worcestershire. For more information, see Notes on the Songs at the end of this volume.
KING HEROD AND THE COCK.
1There was a star in David's land,
In David's land appeared;
And in King Herod's chamber
So bright it did shine there.
2The Wise Men they soon spi-ed it,
And told the King a-nigh
That a Princely Babe was born that night,
No King shall e'er destroy.
3If this be the truth, King Herod said,
That thou hast told to me,
The roasted cock that lies in the dish
Shall crow full senses three.
4O the cock soon thrustened and feathered well,
By the work of God's own hand,
And he did crow full senses three
In the dish where he did stand.
# English Folk-Carols/New Year's Carol

This carol was sung by Mr. Seth Vandrell and Mr. Samuel Bradley of Donnington Wood, Shropshire. For more information, see Notes on the Songs at the end of this volume.
XX.NEW YEAR'S CAROL.
NEW YEAR'S CAROL.
1Awake! Awake! ye drowsy souls And hear what I shall tell; Remember Christ, the Lamb of God, Redeemed our souls from hell. He's crowned with thorns, spit on with scorn, The Jews have hid themselves. So God send you all a joyful New Year.
2They bound Christ's body to a tree, And wounded Him full sore; From every wound the blood ran down Till Christ could bleed no more; His dying wounds, all rent and tore, Were covered with pearly gore. So God send you all a joyful New Year.
​3And when the Jews had murdered Christ And shown their cruel spite, The sun and moon did hide their heads And went in mourning straight. The heavens stood amazed, and angels gazed, And the earth it was darkened quite. So God send you all a joyful New Year.
4And when Christ's soul departed And from His body fled, The rocks did rend, the graves did ope And then appeared the dead; All they that were there did quake for fear And said it was the Son of God. So God send you all a joyful New Year.
5Then Christ He called Thomas And bid him: Come and see, And put thy fingers in the wounds That are in my body; And be not faithless, but believe, And happy shalt thou be. So God send you all a joyful New Year.
6Then Christ called His disciples And tried them over death And said: All powers are given to you In heaven and on earth; Go forth and teach all nations Despise you not my death. So God send you all a joyful New Year.
7Go seek you every wandering sheep That doth on earth remain, Till I myself have paid your debts And turned you back again; Come all ye heavy laden, I'll ease you of your pain. So God send you all a joyful New Year.
​8It was early in one morning That Mary did Him seek; She saw two angels sitting At Jesus's head and feet. Mary shed tears while Christ appeared, And He said: Why dost thou weep? So God send you all a joyful New Year.
9God bless the ruler of this house And send him long to reign; Let many a happy New Year Go over his head again, And all his godly family That serveth the Lord so dear. So God send you all a joyful New Year.
10God bless the mistress of this house, With gold all round her breast, And, let her body be asleep or awake, Lord send her soul to rest, And all her godly family That serveth the Lord so dear. So God send you all a joyful New Year.
# English Folk-Carols/Preface

PREFACE.
HE Editor wishes to thank, first of all, those singers, many of them of great age, who, in allowing him to note down their songs, have provided him with the material for this volume; their names are recorded in the Notes. And, secondly, he would thank the many kind friends who in various ways have aided him in his investigations, making special mention of Mrs. Stanton, Miss K. Sorby, Miss Eliza Wedgwood and Mr. Robin Hammond.
# English Folk-Carols/Sons of Levi

This carol was sung by Mr. James Beale and Mrs. Harding at Ham Street, Kent. For more information, see Notes on the Songs at the end of this volume.
XVI.SONS OF LEVI.
SONS OF LEVI
1Come all you knights, you knights of honour, For the wars have just begun, That you may shine in your armour bright All in the New Jerusalem. And we are the true born sons of Levi, Very few with us compare, For we are the root and the branch of David, By the bright and the glorious star.
2It was in Gilgal that Moses wandered, Playing on his musical horn, It was in Gilgal that Moses was quartered Where he left his holy mark. And we are, etc., etc.
3It was in Gilgal that Moses wandered Near unto the place that's good. Where he smote the waters of the Egyptians And turned the Jordan into blood. And we are, etc., etc.
4Broad is the path that leads to ruin, Many walk that way therein; It will take you to that sinful Temple, The place that's burdened with sin. And we are, etc., etc.
5Narrow is the path that leads to Heaven, Very few that walk therein; It will take you to that holy Temple, The very place that is free from sin. And we are, etc., etc.
# English Folk-Carols/The Cherry Tree (1)

This version of "The Cherry-Tree Carol" was sung by Mrs. Mary Anne Clayton, at Chipping Campden. For more information, see Notes on the Songs at the end of this volume.
III.THE CHERRY TREE.
FIRST VERSION.
CHERRY TREE CAROL.
first version.
1Joseph was an old man And an old man was he; And Joseph married Mary, The Queen of Galilee.
2Mary and Joseph
Together did go,
And there they saw a cherry tree,
Both red, white and green.
3Then up speaks Mary,
So meek and so mild:
O gather me cherries, Joseph,
For I am with child.
4Then up speaks Joseph
With his words so unkind:
Let them gather thee cherries That brought thee with child.
5Then up speaks the little Child
In his own mother's womb:
Bow down, you sweet cherry tree,
And give my mother some.
6Then the top spray of the cherry tree
Bowed down to her knee:
And now you see, Joseph,
There are cherries for me.
# English Folk-Carols/The Cherry Tree (2)

This version of "The Cherry-Tree Carol" was sung by Mrs. Plumb, at Armscote, Worcestershire. For more information, see Notes on the Songs at the end of this volume.
IV.THE CHERRY TREE.
SECOND VERSION.
THE CHERRY TREE.
second version.
1Joseph was an old man,
And old man was he ;
He married with Mary,
The Queen of Glory.
2Joseph took Mary
In the orchard wood,
Where there were apples, plums, cherries,
As red as any blood.
3Then bespoke Mary,
So meek and so mild:
Get me some cherries
For my body's bound with child.
4Joseph he's taken
These words so unkind:
Let them get you cherries, Mary,
That did your body bind.
5Then bespoke Jesus,
All in His mother's womb:
Go to the tree, Mary,
And it shall bow down;
6The highest bough of the cherry tree
Shall bow down to Mary's knee,
And she shall have cherries
For her young Son and she.
7Mary got cherries
By one, two and three;
Mary got cherries
For her young Son and she.
# English Folk-Carols/The Bitter Withy

This carol was sung by Mrs. Hands of Snowshill, Gloucestershire. For more information, see Notes on the Songs at the end of this volume.
II.THE BITTER WITHY.
THE BITTER WITHY.
1As it fell out on a bright holiday, Small hail from the sky did fall; Our Saviour asked His mother dear If he may go and play at ball.
2At ball! at ball! my own dear Son! It is time that you were gone; And don't let me hear of any doings At night when you come home.
3So up Lincull and down Lincull
Our sweetest Saviour ran,
And there He met three rich young lords:
Good morning! to you all.
4Good morn! good morn! good morn! said they:
Good morning! then said He,
O which of you three rich young men
Will play at ball with me?
5We are all lords' and ladies' sons,
Born in our bower and hall;
And Thou art nothing but a poor maid's child,
Born in an ox's stall.
6If you're all lords' and ladies' sons,
Born in your bower and hall,
I will make you believe in your latter end;
I'm an angel above you all.
7So He made Him a bridge with the beams of the sun,
And o'er the water crossed He.
These rich young lords followed after Him,
And drowned they were all three.
8Then up Lincull and down Lincull
These young lords' mothers ran,
Saying: Mary mild, fetch home your child,
For ours He has drowned all.
9So Mary mild fetched home her child
And laid Him across her knee; With a handful of green withy twigs She gave Him slashes three.
10O withy! O withy! O bitter withy! Thou hast caused Me to smart;
And the withy shall be the very first tree That shall perish at the heart!
# English Folk-Carols/On Christmas Night

This version of "The Sussex Carol" was sung by Mr. William Bayliss of Buckland (Gloucestershire). For more information, see Notes on the Songs at the end of this volume.
X.ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
1On Christmas night all Christians sing To hear what news those angels bring; News of great joy, news of great mirth, News of our Saviour King's own birth.
2Then why should men on earth be so sad? Since our Redeemer made us glad, When from sin He set us free All for to gain our liberty.
3Now sin depart, behold His grace, Everlasting life comes in its place, And soon we shall its terror see And poor and rich must conquered be.
4Then out of darkness we see light, Which makes all angels to sing this night: Glory to God and peace to men Both now and evermore. Amen.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Charles Ancillon

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ANCILLON, Charles, son of David Ancillon, and one of a distinguished family of French Protestants, was born 28th July 1659, at Metz, and died, 5th July 1715, at Berlin. He studied law at Marburg, Geneva, and Paris, where he was called to the bar. At the request of the Huguenots of his native place, he pleaded its cause at the court of Louis XIV., urging that it should be excepted in the revocation of the Edict of Nantes ; but his efforts were so unsuccessful that he quitted the country and joined his father, who was already in Berlin. Thnnigh the influence of his father with the elector of Brandenburg, he was appointed at first judge and director of French refugees, and ultimately embassy counsel, historian to the king, and .superintendent of the French school. He is known chiefly by his writings, several of which relate to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and other events of his time. He also wrote Miscellaneous Literary Criticisms, a Life of Soliman //., and a Treatise on Eunuchs, the last of which he pub lished under the name of Ollincan, an anagram of Ancillon.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Charles Anthon

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ANTHON, Charles, an American philologist and professor of classics, was born in New York city in 1797, and died there 29th July 1867. After graduating with honours at Columbia College in 1815, he commenced the study of law, and in 1819 was admitted to the bar. But in 1820 he was appointed assistant professor of languages in his alma- mater, and he thenceforth devoted himself solely to classical literature. Soon after he commenced his well-known editions of the classics, the best known being that of the Poems of Horace, with extensive notes and comments, pub lished in 1830. In the latter year he was made rector of the grammar school attached to his college, and in 1835 he succeeded to the chair of Professor Morse.
# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Charles Martel

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​CHARLES MARTEL (about 689-741), was an illegitimate son of Pepin d'Heristal, duke of Austrasia and mayor of the palace of the Merovingian kings of France. The wildness of Charles s youth, and most of all the suspicion that he was concerned in the murder of his brother, totally estranged the affection of his father, who left the mayoralty to one of his grandsons, and the regency to his wife. The Austrasians, however, unwilling to be ruled by an infant and a woman, made Charles their duke. His life was from that time one continual battle, of which the result was to lay the foundation of the modern. French kingdom. He subdued the Neustrians, and made himself mayor of the palace ; he forced the duke of Aquitaine to do ​homage to the French crown; he drove back the Saxons, Bavarians, and other German tribes, who ravaged the frontier; and he compelled the Frisians to embrace Christianity. But by far his most important achievement was the victory which he won between Tours and Poitiers in 732, when he finally stayed the northward advance of the Saracens, and thus materially affected the subsequent course of European history. It is a commonly accepted tradition that it was his valour in this battle which gained him the title of Martel, or “the Hammer.” In 737, on the death of Thierry IV., Charles did not go through the form of appointing another nominal king, though he never altered his own title. He divided his territory between his two sons, Pepin and Carloman, the former receiving Neustria, the latter Austrasia; and on the death of Carloman, Pepin gained possession of the whole kingdom, and assumed the title of king. Of the favour of the church Charles Martel was careless; he seized her lands to reward his warriors; and though he more than once defended the Pope, his name was execrated by the clergy, who were fond of painting him amid the torments of hell.