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# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Masham, Abigail

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MASHAM, ABIGAIL,
Was the daughter of Mr. Hill, a wealthy merchant of London, who married the sister of Mr. Jennings, the father of the Duchess of Marlborough. The bankruptcy of her father obliged her to become the attendant of Lady Rivera, a baronet's lady, whence she removed into the service of her relative, then Lady Churchill, who procured her the place of waiting-maid to the Princess Anne. The maid retained her situation after her mistress ascended the throne, and gradually acquired considerable influence over her. Abigail Hill was not a woman of superior mind or attainments; but there were many points of sympathy between the queen and herself, which may account for the ascendency of this favourite. She possessed great powers of mimicry, and considerable taste in music, of which latter accomplishment the queen was very fond. She also favoured the tories, to which party the queen was secretly attached. Subjected for years to the violent and domineering temper of the Duchess of Marlborough, the queen turned naturally to the milder and more conciliating disposition of her maid in waiting for sympathy and repose; and she gradually superseded the duchess as favourite. In 1707, Abigail Hill married Mr. Masham, a man of ancient family, one of the pages of the court. This marriage was performed secretly, and in the presence of the queen. The Duchess of Marlborough, on learning these facts, gave way to such violence, that it severed finally the tie between herself and the queen; and in a short time she was deprived of all her offices and dignities at court. One of her situations, that of keeper of the privy-seal, was given to Mrs. Masham.
Mrs. Masham leagued herself with Harley and Bolingbroke, who were intriguing to remove the Duke of Marlborough and his adherents, and became an instrument in their hands. In 1711, a change of ministry took place, and Mr. Masham was raised to the peerage. Henceforward Lady Masham became involved in all the intrigues of the court, especially in those of the tories in favour of the exiled house of Stuart, which she warmly advocated. Attached to the cause of the Pretender, she was the medium of communication between the queen and her unfortunate young brother, in the latter part of her reign, when the succession was still uncertain, and when in her moments of vacillation and remorse she clung to the hope that her brother, by renouncing his religion, might succeed her.
Mrs. Masham's name occupies a prominent place in the political writings of those times, connected as she was with Swift, Arbuthnot, Bolingbroke, and other eminent men. Mrs. Masham was plain in appearance, and delicate in health. One of her personal traits was a remarkably red nose, furnishing the wits of the day with a constant subject at which to level their shafts. After the death of the queen, she lived in great retirement, and died at an advanced age. Her husband's title became extinct upon the death of her only son in 1776.
# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Masquieres, Francoise

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MASQUIERES, FRANCOISE,
Was the daughter of the steward of the king, and was born at Paris, where he died in 1728. She had a great taste for poetry, and wrote it with facility. Among her poetical works are a "Description of the Gallery of St. Cloud," and "The Origin of the Lute."
# A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Mary of Hungary

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MARY OF HUNGARY,
Daughter of Philip, King of Spain, married, in 1521, Louis, King of Hungary, who was killed in battle five years after. She was made governess of the Netherlands by her brother, Charles the Fifth, where she behaved with great courage, and opposed, successfully, Henry the Second of France. She was a friend to ​the Protestants, and a patroness of literature. Her fondness for field-sports procured her the name of Diana; and from her military prowess, she was called 'the mother of the camp.'
Her sagacity and penetration were of singular service to her brother, by whom she was consulted on all affairs of government. She conducted several wars with glory and success, frequently mingling on horseback with the troops. While Charles the Fifth was besieging Mentz, Mary made a diversion in Picardy, to prevent the King of France from succouring the besieged; she caused, on this occasion, great havoc, ruining seven or eight hundred villages, and burning Folembrai, a royal palace, built by Francis the First. Henry the Second of France, in retaliation, burned several of the populous towns of the Netherlands, and the royal palace of Bains, the wonder of the age. When Mary heard of this, she vowed that all France should repent the outrage; and she carried out the threat, even to cruelty, as far as she could. Henry ardently desired to take Mary prisoner, to see whether she would retain in captivity the same courageous and lofty spirit.
Her person was majestic and handsome, and her manners agreeable; her court was celebrated for the magnificence of its feasts, its tournaments, and its spectacles. She was also fond of study, particularly of the Latin authors. In 1555, she left her government of the Netherlands and returned to Spain, where she died, in 1558.
# A Mirage (Gilbert)

A song from the opera The Yeomen of the Guard.

### Versions of The Yeomen of the Guard

See The Yeomen of the Guard

### Other versions

* "A Mirage" in Songs of a Savoyard, 1890
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# A Mirror or Looking-glass for the Ladies of England

aka, Mamillia
* A Looking-glass for London and England in The dramatic works of Robert Greene, 1831. IA
* A Looking-glass for London and England in Robert Greene, 1909. IA
# A Miscellany of Men

A Miscellany of Men is a collection of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. It discusses everyday and contemporary topics of 20th century Europe.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
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## Contents

* The Suffragist
* The Poet and the Cheese
* The Thing
* The Man Who Thinks Backwards
* The Nameless Man
* The Gardener and the Guinea
* The Voter and the Two Voices
* The Mad Official
* The Enchanted Man
* The Sun Worshipper
* The Wrong Incendiary
* The Free Man
* The Hypothetical Householder
* The Priest of Spring
* The Real Journalist
* The Sentimental Scot
* The Sectarian of Society
* The Fool
* The Conscript and the Crisis
* The Miser and His Friends
* The Mystagogue
* The Red Reactionary
* The Separatist and Sacred Things
* The Mummer
* The Aristocratic 'Arry
* The New Theologian
* The Romantic in the Rain
* The False Photographer
* The Sultan
* The Architect of Spears
* The Man on Top
* The Other Kind of Man
* The Mediaeval Villain
* The Divine Detective
* The Elf of Japan
* The Chartered Libertine
* The Contented Man
* The Angry Author: His Farewell
# A Good Woman (Bromfield)/Part 3/Chapter 25

The Reverend Castor was buried from his own house, and Naomi from the flat over the drugstore. Emma had proposed that the services should be held in the slate-colored house, but Philip refused. It seemed wrong that Naomi should enter it again, even in death. He would not even allow any mourners save the family. His mother and father were there, Jason in a curious state of depression, more than ever like a bedraggled bantam rooster, and Mabelle bringing both Ethel and little Jimmy, who kept asking in loud whispers where Cousin Naomi had gone, and why he wasn't supposed to speak of her. Mabelle herself repeated over and over again, "I can't believe it. She was so cheerful, though she did seem a bit nervous and fidgety ​that last day. She came twice to see me. I suppose she wanted to tell me something," and, "What strikes me as funny is that nobody ever suspected it. There wasn't any talk about them at all. It was like a flash out of the blue." It was impossible to silence her tongue. Even during the service she whispered to Jason, "Don't she look pure and sweet? You just can't believe that things like this happen. Life is a funny thing, I always say. It was just like a flash out of the blue."
And "pie-faced" Elmer was there too, all in dingy black. He read the service, looking like the Jewish god of vengeance. He only spoke once or twice in a ghoulish whisper, but his eyes were eloquent. They said, "You see the wages of sin . . ." and, "This is what comes of Philip abandoning God."
Once the service was interrupted when little Philip, wakened by the singing of Crossing the Bar by the hired quartet, stirred in his crib and began to cry.
Naomi was buried in the dress of figured foulard. Mabelle observed that in the coffin it looked all right. Naomi, she said, looked so young and so natural.
# A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

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Original French title: "Un Grand homme de province a Paris". First published 1839. Included as part of La Comédie humaine.
Part 1
* Section 1
* Section 2
* Section 3
* Section 4
* Section 5
* Section 6
* Section 7
* Section 8
Part 2
* Section 1
* Section 2
* Section 3
* Section 4
* Section 5
* Section 6
* Section 7
* Section 8
* Section 9
* Section 10
* Section 11
* Section 12
* Section 13
* Section 14
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* Section 19
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# A Dissertation on the Puerperal Fever/Introduction

IT is not without diffidence that I appear before this honourable and reverend Assembly, in conformity to the laudable custom established in the University.
To produce a dissertation in a language I have never professedly studied, before I entered these walls, is not so easy a talk as some perhaps may imagine: but relying on that candor which distinguishes a polite education, I am emboldened to offer you this specimen of my studies, hoping that every deficiency of language will be excused.
I shall say a few words for the information of those who may wonder to see a person of my age engaging in the study of Physic. The occasion of it is this;—Canada, like most provinces at a great distance from the mother country, has become very deficient in medical knowledge. Not only the most approved English authors are unknown to most of us, but even the late French writers on physic and surgery are scarcely seen among us.
Ignorance and quackery having, from these and some other causes, spread among us, to the great detriment of the lives of his Britannic Majesty's subjects, it excited the attention of the legislature, and particularly of the humane Lord Dorchester, who, touched with a tender feeling for the sufferings of others, issued an Ordonnance, obliging ​every practitioner to undergo an examination before a committee of physicians and members of the legislative council.
The result of this plan was,—A certain number having been examined, were approved, and permitted to go on in practice: a number were rejected as unqualified, and prohibited practising; and some were passed conditionally, that is, they were recommended to pass some time at any university, where medicine was taught with regularity, according to the most improved British systems.
Finding myself included among the last, I took from the register's office what concerned myself only, and set off for the University of Cambridge, which had been strongly recommended to me as a medical school, where I could obtain every thing the ordonnance required of me.
Although I had formed an high idea of the University of Cambridge, and of the medical lectures in particular, yet I am happy in declaring that they far exceed my most sanguine expectations, and I shall account those circumstances, which I once was ready to conceive as grievances, among the most fortunate events of my life, inasmuch as they have made me acquainted with a set of truly learned men, whose urbanity, as well as abilities, I shall never cease to revere.
# A Desperate Street Fight

This newspaper article covering the gunfight at the O.K. Corral first appeared in the Tombstone Daily Nugget. The newspaper's publisher supported one side of the conflict (the Cowboys), but as he was out of town the article was written by Rule and favoured the other side of the conflict (the Earps).
* "A Desperate Street Fight" in the Tombstone Daily Nugget (1881).
* "A Fierce Fight" in The Abbeville Press and Banner (1881).
# A Dew sufficed itself—

A Dew sufficed itself — And satisfied a Leaf And felt "how vast a destiny" — "How trivial is Life!"
The Sun went out to work — The Day went out to play And not again that Dew be seen By Physiognomy
Whether by Day Abducted Or emptied by the Sun Into the Sea in passing Eternally unknown
Attested to this Day That awful Tragedy By Transport's instability And Doom's celerity.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Syme, George

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George Syme entered the Navy, 14 April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham. After sharing as Midshipman in Sir Robt. Calder’s action he removed, in Sept. 1805, to the Savage 18, Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, on the Cork station. He was subsequently employed – from March, 1806, until Feb. 1810, in the Renown 74, Capt. P. C. Durham, in the Channel and also in the Mediterranean, where he united in the pursuit which led to the self-destruction, 26 Oct. 1809, of the ships of the line Robuste and Lion – from May, 1810, until Dec. 1811, in the Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, and Eurydice 24, Capt. Jas. Bradshaw, on the coast of North America – and, from Aug. 1812 until March, 1814, in the Victory 100, Vigo 74, Defiance 74, and Argo 44, flag-ships of Admirals Sir Jas. Saumarez, Jas. Nicoll Morris, Sir Geo. Hope, and Graham Moore, and Ariel sloop, Capt. Danl. Boss, all in the Baltic. Of the vessel last mentioned he was created a Lieutenant 26 Oct. 1813. His last appointment was to the Araxes 36, Capt. Geo. Miller Bligh, with whom he served in the West Indies from 7 Sept. 1814 until 7 Aug. 1816.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Symonds, Thomas Matthew Charles

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​SYMONDS. (Captain, 1841.)
Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds is son of Capt. Sir Wm. Symonds, R.N., Kt., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1825; passed his examination in 1831; and obtained his first commission 5 Nov. 1832. His succeeding appointments were – 6 May, 1833, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, fitting at Portsmouth – 26 Sept. following and 16 July, 1834, to the Endymion 50 and Britannia 120, Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and Peter Rainier, both in the Mediterranean – and 20 Dec. in the latter year to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Wm. Hobson, equipping for the East Indies. He returned home on the occasion of his promotion ​to the rank of Commander, which took place 21 Oct. 1837; was employed next, from 27 Aug. 1838 until advanced to his present rank 22 Feb. 1841, in the Rover 18 on the Horth America and West India station; and since 30 May, 1846, has been in command of the Spartan 26 in the Mediterranean.
Capt. Symonds married, 25 Sept. 1845, Anna Maria, daughter of the late Capt. Edm. Heywood, R.N. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Symes, Aaron Stark

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Aaron Stark Symes, born 17 Sept. 1792, at Coombe St. Nicholas, in the parish of Chard, Somersetshire, is eldest son of Jonathan Wyatt Symes, Esq., of Chardstock and Posted, co. Somerset. This officer entered the Navy, 7 Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pheasant 18, Capts. John Palmer and Edm. Walker; in which sloop he continued employed on the Channel, West India, and Newfoundland stations, as Midshipman and Acting-Master, until Nov. 1815. He contributed during that period to the capture of three French privateers and several armed American vessels, and was often intrusted with the charge of a prize. Having passed his examination 5 April, 1815, he was nominated, 11 May, 1816, Admiralty-Midshipman of the Hebrus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer; under whom we find him, in the ensuing Aug., assisting at the bombardment of Algiers. On that memorable occasion, and while the battle was at its height, the present Capt. Peter Richards, as will be seen by a reference to his memoir, was sent in the Queen Charlotte’s barge to set fire to an Algerine frigate moored across the Mole. At this moment Mr. Symes, who was in command of rocket-boat No. 8, “although,” to use the words of Lord Exmouth, “forbidden, was led by his ardent spirit to follow in support of the barge.” As his boat, however, being flat-bottomed, could not keep pace with her companion, she became exposed to a fire which, out of 17 persons, killed an officer and 2 men, and severely wounded 11 others. Mr. Symes himself had his lower jaw fractured, and part of his tongue carried away, by a musket-ball; his left side was pierced; and, in addition to several contusions, he received a painful wound in the right hand. In this state he succeeded in getting from under the enemy’s batteries and reaching the Queen Charlotte, the Commander-in-Chiefs ship. As a reward for his conduct he was presented with a Lieutenant’s commission dated 16 Sept. 1816; and on 8 Dec. 1817, a special exception being made by the Admiralty in his favour, he was allotted for his wounds a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum. He obtained also a grant from the Patriotic Fund. He has been employed since 21 May, 1845, in the Packet service at Liverpool, in the Redwing, Urgent, and St. Colombia steamers – the first commanded by Capt. Thos. Bevis, the two last (to which he was appointed 19 June, 1846, and 5 Jam. 1848) by himself.
Lieut. Symes (who appears to have commanded a ship of his own in the Mediterranean, South America, and the North Sea) married, 19 Nov. 1819, Sarah, fourth daughter of Wm. Jefferys, Esq., for many years a merchant in the island of Guernsey, by whom he has issue five sons and three daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Symes, Joseph

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Joseph Symes is nephew of the late Admiral Sir Wm. Domett, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as A.B., on board the Alkmaar 50, Capt. Rich. Poulden, lying at Portsmouth; and from the following April until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 13 March, 1806, was employed, on the Baltic, Home, ​Mediterranean, North American, and West India stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Lynx and Sophie sloops, Capts. Alex. Skene and Philip L. J. Rosenhagen, Dryad 36, Capt. Wm. Domett, Tonnant 80, Capts. Sir Edw. Pellew and Chas. Tyler, Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, and Veteran 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. In the Tonnant he fought at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant were – 30 March, 1808, to the Meleager 36, Capt. Fred. Warren, under whom he was wrecked, 30 July following, on the Barebush Key, near Port Royal – 5 Dec. in the same year, to the Bonne Citoyenne, of 20 guns and 127 men, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, employed on the Halifax and Lisbon stations – and 7 and 27 Feb. 1810 to the Belvidera 36 and Rodney 74, Capts. Henry Baker and Sir Wm. Bolton, lying at Woolwich. In the Bonne Citoyenne he was present, 6 July, 1809, and was mentioned for the able assistance he afforded, at the capture of La Furieuse French frigate of 20 guns (pierced for 48) and 200 men, armée en flûte, which did not surrender until a hard-fought action of nearly seven hours had occasioned the British a loss of 1 man killed and 5 wounded, and herself of 35 killed and 37 wounded. For his conduct on this occasion Mr. Symes, as soon as he had completed his two years’ servitude as Lieutenant, was promoted, 13 March, 1810, to the rank of Commander. His last appointments were, 5 Sept. 1810 and 30 Aug. 1811, to the Portia and Thracian sloops, the former stationed in the North Sea, the latter off Cherbourg, where he destroyed, 18 Dec. 1811, a French lugger privateer, pierced for 18 guns, and full of men. He was posted 21 March, 1812; and advanced to his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Symes married, 13 May, 1815, Miss Sarah Phelps, of Crewkerne, co. Somerset.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Symonds, William Ley

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William Ley Symonds entered the Navy, in 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Robt. Calder; and from 1795 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Oct. 1801, was employed, part of the time as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Lively frigate, Capts. R. Calder and Lord Viscount Garlics, flag-ship at first of Sir John Jervis, Raven sloop, Capt. Wm. Prowse, Mahonesa 40, Capt. John Giffard, Alcmène frigate, Capts. Geo. Hope and Henry Digby, Elephant 74, Capt. Thos. Foley, and Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Sir R. Calder. In the ships above mentioned he served on the Home, Mediterranean, and West India stations. His last appointments were, 13 May, 1805, to the Humber hired armed ship, Capt. John Hill, under whom he was for about two years stationed in the Downs; and, 17 April, 1809, for a short time, to the Diligence sloop, Capt. Rich. Smith, in the Baltic. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List in May, 1832; and, on the Senior, in May, 1847.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Symonds, Thomas Edward (b)

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​SYMONDS. (Commander, 1847.)
Thomas Edward Symonds is eldest son of Rear-Admiral T. E. Symonds.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Nov. 1832; obtained his first commission 17 March, 1841; and was then appointed to the Iris 26, Capts. Hugh Nourse, Wm. Tucker, and Geo. Rodney Mundy, on the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England and was paid off in 1843. He attained the rank he now holds 29 April, 1847.
Commander Symonds married, 22 July, 1848, Anne, only child of the late J. G. Schweitzen, Esq., of Southall, co. Middlesex, and widow of the Rev. N. Tindal.