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# A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Nitocris (of Babylon)

Neroglissar and Labarosoarchad usurped the throne. But in 555, Nabonidas and Belshazzar began to reign. This last was the son of Evil Merodac and Nitocris, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar: he was an impious and pleasure loving prince, neglecting his subjects and kingdom; but Nitocris, a woman of great understanding and masculine spirit, took the main burden of the government upon herself; and whilst her son was following his pleasures, exerted her utmost effort to preserve the state. Herodotus ascribes to her the construction of the bridge, river banks, and artificial lake, for the preservation of the city from the overflowing of the Euphrates. Most probably she only completed the unfinished work of Nebuchadnezzar. Whilst the river was turned, for thus finishing its banks, and the walls of the city, she caused a wonderful vault or gallery to be made underneath it, leading from the old palace to the new, 12 feet high and 15 wide; and having covered it with a strong arch, and over that a layer of bitumen 6 feet thick, she turned the river again over it; for, as it is the nature of that bitumen to petrify when water comes over it, and become as hard as ​stone, it preserved the vaulted gallery from being penetrated by the water. This preserved the communication of the two palaces, between which the river flowed, both of them being strongly fortified; that, in case one of them should be taken, the other might serve to escape unto. A necessary precaution, as the Babylonian empire had been some time before invaded by the united forces of Cyaxares and Cyrus; though they proved in vain, the city being taken by surprize, on the night of an annual festival. God at that time manifesting his vengeance in an extraordinary manner, by sending a miracle to denounce the fall of the empire. The king and nobles, banqueting in the palace, saw the appearance of a hand writing an unknown sentence on the wall. Struck with terror, they sent for the wise men, magicians, and astrologers, but none of them could explain the writing and appearance. Nitocris, hearing of the matter, went to the banqueting house, and informed the king of the wisdom of Daniel; for though Daniel was unknown to the king, Nitocris, holding the regency of the kingdom during his minority, had constantly employed him in public affairs, and knew him well; and though Belshazzar had then reigned 17 years, he had been so immersed in pleasure, as entirely to have left the welfare and direction of the nation to his mother, whose superior wisdom eminently fitted her for that high station, and she certainly did the utmost to save the state from ruin. Her name was for some time after so great in the East, that Herodotus speaks of her as sovereign, in the same manner as Semiramis.
Prideaux's Connections.
# A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Myrtis

MYRTIS.
A Grecian woman, eminent for her poetical talents, who taught Corinna, of Thebes, the art of writing verses. She lived a little before Pindar, and some fragments of her poems may be found with those of Anyta.
L'Advocat's Dict.
# A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Mœroe

MŒROE.
A woman who seems to have been one of the most considerable of the ancients for learning, but is particularly remembered for her Hymn to Neptune.
Female Worthies.
# A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Nitocris (of Egypt)

NITOCRIS, Queen of Egypt and Ethiopia,
Reigned, it is said, with greater glory than any of the kings her predecessors; one of the pyramids is supposed to have been raised to her memory.
F. C.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hall (Henry)

​HALL (HENRY), printer at Oxford, 1642-79 (?). Apprentice to William Turner, q.v., and upon the death of the latter, in 1643, purchased his "presses, letters, and utensils." Hall was elected printer to the University in Turner's place on November 21st, 1644. [Madan, Chart of Oxford Printing, p. 29.] He was the printer of the famous Oxford news-sheet, Mercurius Aulicus. In October, 1649, he was bound over in a sum of £300 not to print seditious or unlicensed books or pamphlets. [Calendar of State Papers, 1649-50, p. 524.] Hall married Dorothy Bowring not later than 1644, and had six children born between 1645 and 1653, in St. John the Baptist's parish, Oxford.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hall (Richard)

​HALL (RICHARD), bookseller in London ; Westminster Hall at the sign of the Golden Ball, 1661-62. Associated with Thomas Bassett, q.v., in the publication of the Life and Death of Thomas Cawton, 1662. He was also the publisher of a tragedy called Andronicus in the previous year.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hales (Thomas)

​HALES (THOMAS), bookseller in London, 1641. Took up his freedom June 5th, 1626. [Arber, iii. 686.] To the Right Honourable the House of Peers … the humble Petition of many thousands … inhabiting within the cities of London and Westminster, 1641. A broadside. [Lutt. Coll., 3, 66.] His address has not been found.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hall (William) (I)

​HALL (WILLIAM), bookseller in Colchester, 1663. The Arithmetical Questions, by John Duke or Le Duke, were advertised in the Mercurius Publicus of June 25th, 1663, to be sold by this bookseller. His name is also found on another book of local interest, John Le Duke's Tables for the ready casting up of the price of Colchester Bays, 1663.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hammond (John)

​HAMMOND (JOHN), printer in London; Over against S. Andrews Church in Holborne, 1642-51. In partnership with M. Rhodes, q.v. Hammond was the printer of the news-sheet, The Kingdoms weekly Post, 1643, and a curious piece of Americana entitled Of the Conversion of Five Thousand and Nine Hundred East Indians … By means of M. Ro. Junius … related by M. C. Sibellius … Translated … by H. Jessei … with a Postscript of the Gospels good successe also amongst the West Indians in New England. London. Printed by John Hammond, and are to be sold at his house voer [i.e. over] against S. Andrewes Church in Holborne; and in Pope's-Head-Alley by H. Allen. 1650. [E. 614 (6).]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hammond (Thomas)

​HAMMOND (THOMAS), bookseller (?) in London, 1662. Only known from the imprint to the following. Trade Revived, Or a way proposed to restore the … trade of this our English Nation … London, Printed by T. Leach for Tho. Hammond … 1662. [Hazlitt, ii. 287.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hanken (Jer.)

​HANKEN (JER.), bookseller (?) in London, 1660. Only known from the imprint to the following pamphlet. An exact accompt of the receipts and disbursements expended by the Committee of Safety, 1660. [Hazlitt, ii. 107.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hall (William) (II)

​HALL (WILLIAM), printer at Oxford, 1656-72. Briefly noticed by Mr. Madan in his Chart of Oxford Printing, p. 30. Probably related to Henry Hall, q.v. In 1662 he was University printer, with Henry Hall.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hancock (John)

​HANCOCK (JOHN), bookseller in London, (1) Bible in Birchen Lane; (2) Pope's Head neer the Exchange; (3) In Cornhill at the entrance unto Pope's Head Alley. 1643-66. Took up his freedom October 1st, 1638. [Arber, iii. 688.] Dealt largely in political broadsides, but amongst his publications was an edition of Gildas' Description of Great Britain, 1652.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Hanson (Thomas)

​HANSON (THOMAS), bookseller (?) in London, 1643. Only known from the imprint to the following, The Humble Petition Of divers of the knights, gentry and other Inhabitants of the County of Berkes … London. Printed for Thomas Hanson Anno Dom. 1643. [b.m. C. 21, b. 10 (6).]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Rookes (Mark)

​ROOKES (MARK), bookseller (?) in London; Grub Street neer to the Flying Horse, 1641. Associated with J. Salmon in publishing the following political pamphlets relating to Ireland:—(1) Bloody Newes from Ireland, 1641 [E. 179, (9)]; (2) Treacherous Plot of a confederacie in Ireland', 1641 [E. 179, (15).]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Rothwell (John), younger

​ROTHWELL (JOHN), the younger, bookseller in London, (1) Sun in Paul's Church Yard; (2) Fountain and Bear in Goldsmith's Row, Cheapside. 1633-60. Son of John Rothwell the elder. Took up his freedom ​January 12th, 1631. [Arber, iii. 686.] In 1657 he published a Catalogue of approved divinity books. He sometimes used a device showing a bear standing beside a fountain.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Rosseter (Edward)

​ROSSETER (EDWARD), bookseller in Taunton, co. Somerset, 1658. Published a sermon preached by the Rev. John Norman, minister at Bridgewater, at an Ordination at Somerton, co. Somerset, entitled Christ's Commission Officer, or The Preacher's Patent Cleared. [Ames Coll., 2781.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Rothwell (John), elder

​ROTHWELL (JOHN), the elder, bookseller in London; Sun in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1628-49. Dealt almost wholly in theological works. The first entry to him occurs in the Registers on 9th October, 1628. Rothwell served as Warden of the Company of Stationers in 1634 and 1638. Died early in 1649, his will being proved January 11th. He left four sons, John, William, Henry, and Andrew. [P.C.C. 15, Fairfax.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Rowlandson (Thomas)

​ROWLANDSON (THOMAS), bookseller in Gateshead, Yorks. [c 1664.] His burial is recorded in the parish registers of St. Mary, Gateshead, on August 7th, 1664. [Notes and Queries, 10th Series, vol. 6, p. 443.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Rounthwait (Ralph)

​ROUNTHWAIT (RALPH), (?) bookseller in London, 1640-63. Smyth records his burial on June 8th, 1663 [Obituary, p. 58.] He was probably a descendant of the earlier Ralph Rounthwaite, 1618-26. [Arber, v. 262.] His address is unknown.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Roycroft (Thomas)

​ROYCROFT (THOMAS), printer in London, (1) Bartholomew Close; (2) Printing House, Charterhouse Yard. 1651-77. Among English printers of the seventeenth century who did credit to their profession, Roycroft is conspicuous. He was the printer of the Polyglott Bible described by Mr. T. B. Reed in his Old English Letter Foundries as a lasting glory to the typography of the seventeenth century. The work, consisting of six folio volumes, was carried through in four years, and was the impression of English type, supplied by the four recognised typefounders. Roycroft was also the printer of the handsome editions of the classics published and edited by John Ogilby. On the accession of Charles II he was appointed the King's printer in the Oriental languages, and in partnership with George Sawbridge and others he held a share in the King's Printing House. Roycroft's printing house was totally destroyed in the Fire of London, and many valuable books perished with it. He became Master of the Stationers' Company in 1675. Roycroft died on August 10th, 1677, and was buried in the church of St. Bartholomew the Great. His will is in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. [P.C.C. 86, Hale.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Royston (Richard)

​ROYSTON (RICHARD), bookseller in London and Oxford; London, Angel in Ivy Lane, 1629-86; St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1667. His first book entry occurs on January 28th, 162 8/9. [Arber, iv. 208.] In 1631 he ​published T. Heywood's Fair Maid of the West. In 1645 he was accused of being a factor for scandalous books and papers against the Parliament, and thrown into prison. [Hist. MSS. Comm., 6th Rep., pp. 71-2.] The first edition of Εἰκων Βασιλικη was published by him in 1648. [Almack, Bibliography of the King's Book, 1896.] He was several times called before the Council of State for publishing unlicensed and scandalous books and pamphlets, and was with other booksellers and printers bound in sureties in 1649-50. [Cal. of Domestic State Papers, 1649-50, pp. 362, 524.] At the Restoration he was granted the monopoly of printing the works of Charles I, and was allowed a sum of £300 in consequence of his losses by the fire of London in 1666. [Cal. of Domestic State Papers, 1666-7, p. 167.] He was Master of the Stationers' Company in 1673 and 1674. Royston died in 1686, aged 86. By his will, proved on November 16th, he desired to be buried in St. Paul's, but probably the Cathedral was not then finished, and his wishes could not be carried out, so he was buried in Christ Church, Newgate Street. He bequeathed all his copyrights to his grand-daughter Elizabeth Maior, daughter of Mary, the wife of Richard Chiswell, on the understanding that she married with her mother's consent, otherwise the copyrights were to pass to his grandsons, Royston Chiswell, Richard Chiswell, and John Chiswell. Another curious clause in connection with these copyrights was that the holder of them was to be a member of the Church of England. Whether these conditions were fulfilled is unknown, but Elizabeth, the daughter of Mary Chiswell, married Luke Meredith, her grandfather's apprentice. [Timperley, p. 569.] Royston left bequests to the following booksellers of Oxford: George West, Richard Davis, John Crosley and John Wilmot, which seems to bear out the statement that he had a bookseller's shop there. [Madan, Chart of Oxford Printing, p. 29.] He also bequeathed a piece of plate of the value of twenty pounds to the Company of Stationers. [P.C.C. 154, Lloyd.] A Catalogue of some books printed for Richard Royston at the Angel in Ivie Lane, London, and some formerly printed at Oxford, is found at the end of the second part of William Langley's sermon, The persecuted Minister, 1655 [1656.] [E. 860 (4), D.N.B.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Roper (Abel)

​ROPER (ABEL), bookseller in London, (1) Black Spread Eagle, over against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet St., 1641; (2) Sun in Fleet Street, 1650(?)-1667. [1638-80.] Born at Atherston, co. Warwick. Took up his freedom April 3rd, 1637. [Arber, iii. 688.] In company with Thomas Collins, was appointed "printer" to the Council of State, i.e., they were allowed to sublet the printing, and on April 24th, 1660, a sum of £88 was paid to them for printing proclamations. [Calendar of State Papers, 1659-60, p. 598.] Abel Roper died early in the year 1680, his will being proved on March 4th, 167 9/80. He died without issue, and left the interest in his stock of books to his executors for the benefit of his nephew, Abel Roper. Henry Herringman was his cousin, and one of the executors to his will. [p.c.c. 40, Bath.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Roybould (William)

​ROYBOULD (WILLIAM), bookseller in London; Unicorn in Paul's Churchyard, 1651-60. A list of nineteen works published by him in 1652 occupies the verso of the last leaf of Francis Fulwood's Churches and Ministry of England … 1652. [E. 671 (2).]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ascher, Joseph

From volume 1 of the work.
​ASCHER, Joseph, was born in London, 1831, and died there 1869 [App. p.524 "June 20"]. A fashionable pianist, and composer of drawing-room pieces. He was taught by Moscheles, and followed his master to the Conservatorium at Leipzig. His successful career began in Paris, where he was nominated court pianist to the Empress Eugenie, an honour which appears to convey considerable business advantage in the fashionable world, and is accordingly a coveted title.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ashe, Andrew

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ashdown and Parry

From volume 4 of the work.
​ASHDOWN & PARRY. See Wessel.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ashley, John (of Bath)

From volume 1 of the work.
[ E. F. R. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ashwell, Thomas

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

From volume 1 of the work.
​ASOLA, or ASULA, Giovanni Matteo, born at Verona in the latter half of the 16th century; priest and composer of church music and madrigals. He was one of the first to use figured basses. In 1592 he joined other composers in dedicating a collection of Psalms to Palestrina.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Assai

From volume 1 of the work.
​ASSAI (Ital.), 'Very'; e.g. 'Allegro assai,' very fast; 'Animate assai,' with great animation; 'Maestoso assai,' with much majesty, etc.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Asioli, Bonifacio

From volume 1 of the work.
[ F. G. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Aspull, George

From volume 1 of the work.
[ W. H. H. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Bowley, Robert Kanzow

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

From volume 1 of the work.
[ E. F. R. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Brabançonne, La

From volume 1 of the work.
​BRABANÇONNE, LA, the national air of the Belgians, dating from the revolution of 1830, when Belgium became an independent country. Both words and music were composed during the struggle; the former by a certain Jenneval, who was killed in one of the actions near Antwerp, the latter by Campenhout. The air is certainly unlike other 'national airs,' but it has taken a very firm hold in the country. The melody, and the words of the first stanza are subjoined:—
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Brace

From volume 1 of the work.
​In orchestral scores the whole of the staves forming the score are braced together by a vertical straight line, and curved braces are added to show the position in the score of certain instruments or groups of instruments, and so to facilitate the reading. These curved braces are usually employed to couple together the parts for the first and second violins, pianoforte or organ (if any), the violoncello and double-bass, and the three trombones.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Brambilla, Marietta

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

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

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Sartoretti

From volume 3 of the work.
[ G. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Sapho

From volume 3 of the work.
[ G. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Sartoris, Mrs

From volume 3 of the work.
[ W. H. H. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Satanella

From volume 3 of the work.
[ G. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Saturday Concerts, Crystal Palace

From volume 3 of the work.
[ G. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Satz

​SATZ. The German term for Movement, which see.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Sarasate, Martin

From volume 3 of the work.
​SARASATE, Martin Meliton, [App. p.780 "his full name is Pablo Martin Meliton Sarasate y Navascues"] born at Pampeluna, March 10, 1844, came to France as a child, and entered the Paris Conservatoire, Jan. 1, 1856. The following year he became the favourite pupil of Alard, and gained the first prizes for solfeggio and violin. He then entered Reber's harmony class, and secured a premier accessit in 1859, but shortly after relinquished the study of composition for the more tempting career of a concert player. His beautiful tone, retentive memory, immense execution, and certainty of finger, added to the singularity of his manners and appearance, ensured his success in Paris, the French provinces, and the Peninsula. The Spaniards naturally honoured an artist whom they looked upon as their own countryman, but Sarasate aspired to make his name known wherever music was appreciated, as well as in the two countries especially his own by birth and adoption. No violinist has travelled more than he; besides making his way through Europe, from the remotest corner of Portugal to Norway, and from London to Moscow, he has visited America, North and South. In all his wanderings he has contrived to carry on his cultivation, and develope his great natural gifts. To London his first visit was in 1874, when he played at the Philharmonic Concert, May 18, and at the Musical Union, June 9, etc. He returned in 1877 (Crystal Palace, Oct. 13), and 78 (Philharmonic, Mar. 28), since when he has not crossed the channel. [App. p.780 "In 1885 and 1886 he gave sets of orchestral concerts, conducted by Mr. Cusins, in St. James's Hall, and at the Birmingham Festival of 1885 played a violin concerto written for him by Mr. Mackenzie."]
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Saturday Popular Concerts, The

From volume 3 of the work.
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# A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains/Note

PREFATORY NOTE.
These letters, as their style sufficiently indicates, were written without the remotest idea of publication. They appeared last year in the Leisure Hour at the request of its editor, and were so favourably received that I venture to present them to the public in a separate form, as a record of very interesting travelling experiences, and of a phase of pioneer life which is rapidly passing away.
NOTE TO SECOND EDITION.
For the benefit of other lady travellers, I wish to explain that my "Hawaiian riding dress" is the "American Lady's Mountain Dress," a half-fitting jacket, a skirt reaching to the ankles, and full Turkish trousers gathered into frills which fall over the boots,—a thoroughly serviceable and feminine costume for ​mountaineering and other rough travelling in any part of the world. I add this explanation to the prefatory note, together with a rough sketch of the costume, in consequence of an erroneous statement in the Times of November 22d.
I. L. B.
* ↑ See Title page.
* ↑ "She donned masculine habiliments for greater convenience."
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# A Lady red—amid the Hill

A Lady red — amid the Hill Her annual secret keeps! A Lady white, within the Field In placid Lily sleeps!
The tidy Breezes, with their Brooms — Sweep vale — and hill — and tree! Prithee, My pretty Housewives! Who may expected be?
The Neighbors do not yet suspect! The Woods exchange a smile! Orchard, and Buttercup, and Bird — In such a little while!
And yet, how still the Landscape stands! How nonchalant the Hedge! As if the "Resurrection" Were nothing very strange!
# A Lame Beggar

I am unable, yonder begger cries, To stand, or move; if he say true, hee lies.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Wilt, Marie

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