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# Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Law, David

​LAW, DAVID (1831–1901), etcher and water-colour painter, son of John Law, was born in Edinburgh on 25 April 1831. Apprenticed at an early age to George Aikman, steel-engraver, he was in 1845, on his master's recommendation, admitted to the Trustees' academy, where he studied under Alexander Christie [q. v.] and Elmslie Dallas [q. v.] until 1850. On the termination of his apprenticeship he obtained an appointment as 'hill' engraver in the ordnance survey office, Southampton, and it was not until twenty years later that he realised his ambition, and, resigning his situation, became a water-colour painter. In this venture he had considerable success, but his early training as an engraver had prepared him to be a pioneer in the revival of etching, and he was one of the founders of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers in 1881. He was perhaps rather an interpreter by etching of other men's work than an original etcher, and his style, while delicate in drawing and sensitive to effects of light, was somewhat mechanical, and more reminiscent of the labours of the steel-engraver than of the spontaneity or incisiveness of the real etcher. But his plates after Turner and Corot and some modern landscape painters had many admirers, and during the time (1875–90) that reproductive etching was in high fashion they were in great demand. Probably, however, his best and most vital etched work was done from water-colours by himself. This was the case with the 'Thames,' the 'Castle,' and the 'Trossachs' sets, all of which were popular. Law, who settled in London in 1876, died at Worthing on 28 Dec. 1901, after some years of declining health. A portrait by Mr. Seymour Lucas, R.A., was reproduced in the 'Art Journal' (1902), for which magazine Law had occasionally etched a plate.
[Register of Trustees' academy; The Times, 30 Dec. 1901; Art Journal, March 1902; Bryan's Dict. of Engravers.]
J. L. C.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Lawson, George Anderson

​LAWSON, GEORGE ANDERSON (1832–1904), sculptor, born at Edinburgh in 1832, was son of David Lawson by his wife Anne Campbell. After early education at George Heriot's Hospital and training under Alexander Handyside Ritchie [q. v.] and in the schools of the Royal Scottish Academy, Lawson went to Rome, where he was a critical admirer of John Gibson [q. v.]. Returning to England, he made his home for some years at Liverpool, gaining a considerable local reputation for imaginative groups and figures in terra-cotta. In 1862 he exhibited at the Royal Academy a marble statuette of ‘Jeannie Deans,’ and in 1866 he went to London. In 1868 his ‘Dominie Sampson,’ a humorous representation, free from all exaggeration, of the old pedant in Scott's ‘Guy Mannering,’ was exhibited at the Royal Academy and gained wide popularity. Lawson continued to exhibit regularly, gradually abandoning, however, the picturesque and romantic style of his earlier ​works for a greater classical severity. He produced some charming studies of adolescence, among them 'Callicles' (R.A. 1879; now in the possession of Lady Pease), suggested by Matthew Arnold's 'Empedocles on Etna,' and 'Daphne' (R.A. 1880). More ambitious, though not more successful, works were 'In the Arena' (R.A. 1878) and 'Cleopatra' (R.A, 1881), the former a spirited representation of a struggle between athlete and panther, while the latter shows the Egyptian queen djdng of the asp's sting. 'The Danaid' (R.A. 1882), a listless figure full of weariness and dejection carrying an urn to the fountain, and 'Old Marjorie' (R.A. 1890), a fine study of an old Scottish woman's head, also had admirers.
In portraiture the Burns memorial at Ayr (R.A. 1893), a replica of which was erected in Melbourne in 1903, was his best-known work. He also executed the Wellington monument in Liverpool, and statues of Joseph Pease for Darlington and James Arthur for Glasgow, and he exhibited at the Royal Academy busts of George Macdonald (1871) and others. All his work showed intellectual effort, but at times it lacked spontaneity and freshness.
Lawson died at Richmond, Surrey, on 23 Sept. 1904. He married on 28 Aug. 1862 Jane, daughter of Matthew Frier of Edinburgh; they had no issue. A portrait in oils of Lawson, by John Pettie, R.A., is in the possession of his nephew, Mr. Matthew F. Lawson, at Seaforth, Bridge of Allan.
[The Times, 24 Sept. 1904; Spielmann's British Sculpture, 1901; art. on Sculpture in Encyc. Brit. 11th edit.; art. by Edmund Gosse in Century Mag., July 1883; Graves's Roy. Acad. Exhibitors.]
S. E. F.
# United States v. Rock Royal Co-Op Noyes

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United States Supreme Court
307 U.S. 533
United States v. Rock Royal Co-Op Noyes
Argued: April 24, 25, 1939. --- Decided: June 5, 1939
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York.
[Syllabus from pages 533-539 intentionally omitted]
Messrs. Frank Murphy, Atty. Gen., and Robert H. Jackson, Sol. Genl., for the United States.
Mr. Milo R. Kniffen, of Cobleskill, N.Y., for appellant Noyes.
Mr. Seward A. Miller, of New York City, for appellant Dairymen's League Cooperative Ass'n.
Mr. John E. Larson, of Washington, D.C., for appellant Metropolitan Cooperative Milk Producers Bargaining Agency.
Mr. Leonard Acker, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellee Central New York Cooperative Association, Inc.
Mr. Willard R. Pratt, of Utica, N.Y., for appellees Rock Royal Co-operative, Inc., et al.
Mr. Justice REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States v. Rockwell

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United States Supreme Court
120 U.S. 60
United States v. Rockwell
Atty. Gen. Garland and F. P. Dewees, for the United States.
John Paul Jones and Robert B. Lines, for appellee, Rockwell.
HARLAN, J.

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# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siah
### siah

* 錫siah8031678
* Pewter.

#### siah khì;

    pewter ware.

#### nŏ̤ lîap mâk tōa kùe siah cúaⁿ;

    eyes bigger than saucers.

#### phah siah pô̤h;

    make tin-foil.

#### hu siah;

    pulverized pewter.

#### thih siah hún;

    white lead.

#### îeⁿ siah;

    to melt pewter.

#### siah kang;

    workers in pewter.

#### phah siah phò;

    shops where pewter ware is made.

#### cù siah;

    to cast pewter.

#### pó siah kâi;

    mended with pewter.

#### cîm-thâu siah;

    bars of pewter.

#### cham kĕ kâi siah;

    adulterated pewter.
* 削siah810187
* To hew; to whittle; to pare off.

#### siah sòi cē;

    whittle it down a little.

#### khîeh pó-thâu lâi siah;

    take a hatchet and hew it off.

#### phoi siah;

    to trim off.

#### cang to̤ cē siah cū siah tīo cêk pa chut lâi;

    taking a knife to pare off a little, he cut off a great slice.
* 席sîah804507
* A banquet; an entertainment.

#### cíu sîah;

    a supper at which wine is offered.

#### to̤h sîah;

    a feast.

#### ŭ kúi nâng lâi hù sîah?

    How many have come to the banquet?

#### jît tàu cò̤ sîah chíaⁿ nâng kheh;

    make a noonday feast, and invite guests.

#### cò̤ ŭ jîeh cōi sîah?

    How many tables were spread at this feast?

#### cŏ̤ sîah;

    to sit at table.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siap
### siap

* 霎siap7321738
* A passing rain; an instant.

#### cêk-siap-sî; siap-sî-kang;

    in a little while.

#### bô̤ cêk-siap-sî kú;

    not a moment ago.

#### hŏ siap-siap-kìe, lô̤h thàng jît;

    the rain has pattered down all day long.
* 𦕲siap3571096
* Sleepy; blinking and tired.

#### siap mâk;

    heavy eyed.

#### mâk siap àiⁿ ût;

    sleepy and wants to go to bed.

#### mâk siap kàu tó̤ tak;

    so sleepy that he nods.

#### lṳ́ ŏi mâk siap a bŏi?

    Are you sleepy?

#### úa kâi mâk būe siap;

    I am not yet sleepy.

#### mâk sang mâk siap;

    dreadfully sleepy.
* 嗇siap7283010
* Sparing; stingy; close; parsimonious; mean.

#### kîam-siap;

    close-fisted.

#### siap kàu tîo sùaⁿ chng m̄ kùe;

    so tight you could not get a thread through; stingy to the last degree.

#### i phêng-sî sui sĭ siap, ŭ sṳ̄ kâi sî-hāu īu phò̤-láu;

    although ho is ordinarily so sparing, still when there is occasion for it he is liberal.
* 濇siap7288513
* Rough; harsh; stringent; uneven; difficult of performance.

#### līu tīo siap cap;

    squeeze out the acrid juice.

#### cîah tîeh khah siap;

    it tastes too astringent.

#### lâu sêk cē cū bŏi siap;

    when it gets riper it will not be astringent.

#### ka-to̤ ngân khah siap;

    the pivot of the shears is too tight, and they do not work easily.

#### mn̂g khah siap, buah cē îu lô̤h khṳ̀ cìaⁿ bŏi siap;

    the door does not turn on its hinges easily, smear on a little oil and then it will not be hard to open.

#### cē khah siap, khui tîeh cū uaiⁿ-uaiⁿ-kìe;

    when there is too much friction is creaks in being opened.

#### siap kàu khui m̄ khui;

    so much friction that I cannot open it when I use all my force.

#### siap phûe;

    an acrid rind.

#### ûa thóiⁿ i kâi meh sîap, sĭ hueh hṳ;

    I see that his pulse is irregular, it is because his blood is impoverished.
* 洩sîap798856
* To ooze; to leak; to soak through; to divulge.

#### cí kò̤ ŏi sîap cúi;

    the water exudes here.

#### ŭ cêk cūe phāng, i kâi cúi cū ŏi sîap chut lâi;

    wherever there is a crack, the water oozes out.

#### sîap khì;

    lose savour.

#### cē khǹg kú i kâi khì-bī cū cáu sîap;

    if you keep it long it loses its flavour.

#### sîap-lāu;

    to leak.

#### i kâi sṳ̄-ki sîap-lāu;

    his plan has leaked out.

#### sîap-lāu kun-ki;

    divulge the artifice.

#### ki-mît kâi sṳ̄ mó̤ sîap-lāu;

    one should not divulge secrets.

#### sîap-lāu huang-siaⁿ;

    breathe a word of it.
* 涉sîap750857
* To wade through; to pass through; to concern; to be acquainted with. ​

#### úa kio i bö̬ kang-sîap;

    I am in no way concerned in his affairs.

#### kio i bô̤ sîap;

    has nothing to do with him.

#### pŵt-sîap căi;

    very tired.

#### cêk lō kâi pŵt-sîap;

    the fatigue of the journey.

#### sîap-lêh sì-kù;

    knows the world.

#### i ío ŭ sîap-lêh;

    he is more conversant with it.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siak
### siak

* 屑siak798447
* To regard; to take pains.

#### put siak;

    unworthy of thought; to disregard; to keep aloof from.

#### put siak cò̤;

    it is not worth while to do it.

#### put siak thóiⁿ;

    have no intention of looking at it.

#### i put siak bói ci kâi mûeh;

    he need not take the trouble to buy this article.

#### i cò̤-nî put-siak thàng i kâi cîⁿ?

    Why does he hold aloof from earning this money?

#### cía kâi hŵn-lío put-siak cîah, lṳ́ àiⁿ cîah sĭm-mûeh?

    If you will not eat this, what then are you going to eat?
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siam
### siam

* 森siam734758
* Somber; majestic

#### siam ngîam;

    severe.

#### huap-lût siam-ngîam;

    the majesty of the law.

#### kui-kṳ́ siam-ngîam;

    the rule is strict.
* 參siam735289
* The ginseng plant, and many other roots of a mucilaginous nature, used in medicine and deemed to partake of the virtues of ginseng.

#### jîn siam;

    ginseng, so called from the resemblance of its forked roots to the figure of a man.

#### îeⁿ siam;

    foreign ginseng.

#### kau-lî siam;

    Corean ginseng.

#### hue-kî siam;

    American ginseng.

#### siam chiu;

    rootlets of ginseng.

#### hái siam;

    biche-de-mer.

#### tang siam;

    a species of sage.

#### táng siam;

    a species Convolvulus$^*$.

#### ngŏ siam;

    all kinds of ginseng.
* 纎siam80012017
* Fine, delicate, minute.

#### cò̤ lâi siam-khá căi;

    is of very delicate workmanship. ​
* 閃síam7521692
* To evade; to shun; to dodge.

#### síam tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;

    dodged off to one side.

#### síam-khui cē;

    move out of the way a little.

#### síam-bûa chîeⁿ-piⁿ;

    draw out of the way close to the wall.

#### i síam, khṳt úa kùe;

    he drew back and and let me pass.

#### síam sin;

    keep out of sight.

#### síam put kîp;

    too late to get out of the way.

#### bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ síam;

    had no way of evading it.
* 蟬sîam75114212
* The cicada or broad locust, common over China.

#### sîam-thò̤;

    the exuviæ of the cicada, used as a febrifuge.

#### cía sî kim-sîam thut khak kâi kòi;

    this plan is as like the last, as the exuviæ of the cicada is like the cicada's body.
* 贍sîam75315413
* To supply.

#### sîam kháu;

    to make an allowance for food.

#### cîa cîⁿ sĭ khṳt i cò̤ kháu-sîam kâi;

    this money is what is allowed him for his table expenses.
* 簷sîam108611813
* The boards or beams which uphold the eaves.

#### i ŏi pue sîam cáu piah;

    he will take flight between the eaves and the walls.
* 蟾sîam75114213

#### sîam-sû;

    a striped toad, fabled to be in the moon.

#### sîam-so;

    water taken from the eyebrows of frogs, and used as a medicine.
# What Will He Do With It? (Belford)/Book 12

* Chapter I
* Chapter II
* Chapter III
* Chapter IV
* Chapter V
* Chapter VI
* Chapter VII
* Chapter VIII
* Chapter IX
* Chapter X
* Chapter XI
* Chapter XII
# What Will He Do With It? (Belford)/Book 11/Chapter 6

CHAPTER VI.
Individual concessions are like political; when you once begin, there is no saying where you will stop.
Waife's first words on recovering consciousness were given to thoughts of Sophy. He had promised her to return, at farthest, the next day; she would be so uneasy—he must get up—​he must go at once. When he found his strength would not suffer him to rise, he shed tears. It was only gradually, and at intervals, that he became acquainted with the length and severity of his attack, or fully sensible that he was in Darrell's house; that that form, of which he had retained vague, dreamy reminiscences, hanging over his pillow, wiping his brow, and soothing him with the sweetest tones of the sweet human voice—that that form, so genial, so brother-like, was the man who had once commanded him not to sully with his presence a stainless home.
All that had passed within the last few days was finally made clear to him in a short, unwitnessed, touching conversation with his host; after which, however, he became gradually worse; his mind remaining clear, but extremely dejected; his bodily strength evidently sinking. Dr. F—— was again summoned in haste. That great physician was, as every great physician should be, a profound philosopher, though with a familiar ease of manner, and a light, off-hand vein of talk, which made the philosophy less sensible to the taste than any other ingredient in his pharmacopœia. Turning everybody else out of the room, he examined his patient alone—sounded the old man's vital organs, with ear and with stethoscope—talked to him now on his feelings, now on the news of the day, and then stepped out to Darrell.
"Something on the heart, my dear Sir; I can't get at it; perhaps you can. Take off that something, and the springs will react, and my patient will soon recover. All about him sound as a rock—but the heart; that has been horribly worried; something worries it now. His heart may be seen in his eye. Watch his eye; it is missing some face it is accustomed to see."
Darrell changed color. He stole back into Waife's room, and took the old man's hand. Waife's returned the pressure, and said, "I was just praying for you—and—and—I am sinking fast. Do not let me die, Sir, without wishing poor Sophy a last good-by!"
Darrell passed back to the landing-place, where George and Lionel were standing, while Dr. F—— was snatching a hasty refreshment in the library before his return to town. Darrell laid his hand on Lionel's shoulder.
"Lionel, you must go back to London with Dr. F——. I cannot keep you here longer. I want your room."
"Sir," said Lionel, aghast, "while Waife is still so ill! You cannot be thus unkind."
"Inconsiderate egotist! would you deprive the old man of a presence dearer to him than yours? George, you will go too; ​but you will return. You told me yesterday that your wife was in London for a few days; entreat her to accompany you hither; entreat her to bring with her the poor young lady whom my guest pines to see at his bedside—the face that his eye misses."
# Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Company

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United States Supreme Court
300 U.S. 342
Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Company
Argued: Feb. 5, 8, 1937. --- Decided: March 1, 1937
Messrs. H. C. Hughes, of Galveston, Tex., and M. G. Adams, of Beaumont, Tex., for petitioner.
Mr. M. A. Grace, of New Orleans, La., for respondents.
Mr. Justice CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Stewart, Charles James

​STEWART, CHARLES JAMES (1775–1837), bishop of Quebec, born on 13 April 1775, was third son of John Stewart, seventh earl of Galloway, by his second wife, Anne, second daughter of Sir James Dashwood of Kirtlington, bart. General Sir William Stewart (1774–1827) [q. v.] was an elder brother. Charles James was educated by private tutors, and matriculated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, on 22 May 1792, graduating B.A. in 1795, M.A. in 1799, and B.D. and D.D. in 1816. In 1795 he was elected a fellow of All Souls', and in 1799 he was presented to the rectories of Overton-Longueville and Botolph Bridge in Huntingdonshire. In 1807 he undertook work in Canada on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and was appointed to the mission of Saint Armand in Misisquoi Bay. From this time he devoted his life and fortune to the work of the church in North America, and as the result of his exertions, and partly of his liberality, twenty-four churches, some no doubt small and primitive, were erected. In 1817, after a visit to England, he removed to Hatley, a district farther east than Saint Armand; in 1819, to meet the needs of the growing number of emigrants, he became a visiting missionary, with the duty of travelling to the more remote parts of the diocese of Quebec.
In 1825 Stewart was selected to succeed Jacob Mountain [q. v.] as bishop of Quebec, and, proceeding to England, was consecrated on 1 Jan. 1826 at Lambeth. As bishop he did not suspend his laborious work, but journeyed incessantly throughout Upper and Lower Canada, seeking to supply by his personal efforts the deficient numbers of his clergy. In 1833 the first steps towards reducing the government grant to the church in North America threw fresh anxiety on him. Notwithstanding frequent visits to England, his labours broke down his constitution, which was not robust. In consequence of his infirmity, George Jehoshaphat Mountain [q. v.] was consecrated coadjutor-bishop of Montreal on 14 Feb. 1836, and later in the year Stewart returned on a visit to England. He died unmarried in London on 10 July 1837, and was buried at Kensal Green cemetery.
He was the author of several published charges and sermons.
[Morgan's Sketches of Celebrated Canadians; Christie's History of Lower Canada, iv. 411; Lives of Missionaries (Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1865), North America, pp. 161–205; Waddilove's Stewart Missions (containing a few of Stewart's letters), 1838; Douglas's Peerage, ed. Wood, i. 624; Annals of the Colonial Church, Toronto (Soc. Prom. Chr. Knowl.); Foster's Alumni Oxon. 1715–1886.]
C. A. H.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Stewart, Anthony

​STEWART, ANTHONY (1773–1846), miniature-painter, was born at Crieff, Perthshire, in 1773. He received a good education, and while a youth was introduced to the family of General Campbell of Monzie, whose daughters he assisted in painting medallions for the decoration of a summer-house. These ladies were so much pleased with his ability that they proposed to article him at their own expense to Alexander Nasmyth [q. v.] of Edinburgh, the landscape-painter. The offer was accepted, and he made many sketches of Scottish scenery, which display more of the feeling of Richard Wilson and John Cozens than of his master. But before long he gave up this branch of art, and devoted himself to miniature-painting. He practised for a time in Edinburgh, but afterwards removed to London, where he met with considerable success. He was introduced to the royal family, and painted the Princess Charlotte. Subsequently he executed the earliest miniatures of Queen Victoria, who sat to him when a year old, and afterwards for several years in succession. One of these portraits was engraved by Thomas Woolnoth. Between 1807 and 1820 he exhibited a few miniatures at the Royal Academy. He excelled in painting children, and for the last fifteen years of his life he devoted himself almost exclusively to them.
Stewart died at Stockwell, near London, in December 1846, and was buried in Norwood cemetery.
His daughters, Margaret and Grace Campbell, were instructed by him in miniature-painting. Margaret, the elder, married John Seguier, superintendent of the British Institution [see under Seguier, William]. Grace Campbell, the younger, practised miniature-painting, and exhibited a few of her works at the Royal Academy between 1843 and 1856. She died in 1863.
[Redgrave's Dict. of Artists of the English School, 1878; Royal Academy Exhibition Catalogues, 1807–56; information from Stewart's grandson, F. P. Seguier, esq.]
R. E. G.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Stewart, Charles (1764-1837)

​STEWART, CHARLES (1764–1837), orientalist, eldest son of Poyntz Stewart, captain 1st regiment, of Lisburn, co. Antrim, was born in 1764. In 1781 he entered the East India Company's Bengal army as cadet, and left it with the rank of major in ​1808. On the foundation of the Fort William College at Calcutta in 1800, he was appointed assistant professor of Persian there, but in 1806 returned to England, and in the following year was appointed to the professorship, which he retained till 1827, of Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani in the Haileybury College. He died at Bath on 19 April 1837. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Munich and other learned bodies, and in 1831 received the gold medal of the Oriental Translation Fund.
Stewart married, first, Amelia, daughter of Sir W. Gordon of Embo, bart., and, secondly, in 1828, Anne, daughter of the Rev. Nicholas Holland, rector of Stifford, and widow of J. Reid, esq., of Calcutta, but had no children. He wrote:
* ‘The Anvari Soohyly of Hussein Vaiz Kashify,’ published by Moolvey Hussein and Captain C. S., Calcutta, 1804, fol.
* ‘A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Library of the late Tippoo Sultan of Mysore, to which are prefixed Memoirs of Hyder Aly and his Son, Tippoo Sultan,’ Cambridge, 1809, 4to.
* ‘Abu Taleb Khan's Travels in Europe and Asia, edited by his Son, Mirza Hasein Ali, translated,’ London, 1810, 2 vols. 8vo; 1814, 3 vols. 12mo.
* ‘The History of Bengal, from the first Mohammedan Invasion until 1757,’ London, 1813, 4to.
* ‘An Introduction to the Anvari Soohyly,’ London, 1821, 4to.
* ‘Seventh Chapter of Anvari Soohyly, with an English Translation and Analysis of all the Arabic Words,’ London, 1821, 4to.
* ‘Original Persian Letters and other Documents, compiled and translated,’ London, 1825, 4to.
* ‘The Mulfuzāt Timury, or Autobiographical Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Timur, translated,’ London, 1830, 4to (Oriental Translation Fund).
* ‘The Tezkereh al Vakiāt, or Private Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Humayūn,’ by Jouher, translated, London, 1832, 4to (Oriental Translation Fund).
* ‘Biographical Sketch of the Emperor Jehángir’ (explanatory of a painting presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by C. S.), pamphlet, 8vo, n. d.
[Memorials of the Stewarts of Fothergill, by C. P. Stewart, privately printed, 1879, 4to; Memorials of Old Haileybury College, 1894, 8vo; private information.]
T. E. H.