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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mackellar, Duncan

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​MACKELLAR. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 11; h-p., 28.)
Duncan Mackellar entered the Navy, 1 June, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Porpoise store-ship at New South Wales, Capts. Wm. Geo. Carlile Kent and John Porteous. On his return to England, at the close of 1810, he became Midshipman, a rating he had previously attained, of the Guadeloupe of 16 guns and 102 men, Capts. Joseph Swabey Tetley and Geo. Rose Sartorius, fitting for the Mediterranean; where he took part, 27 June, 1811, in a close and spirited action of an hour and 35 minutes, fought by that vessel, off the town of Vendre, with the Freuch corvette Tactique of 18 guns and at least 150 men, and armed xebec Guêpe of 8 guns and 65 or 70 men; both of whom were in the end beaten off with great slaughter to themselves, and with a loss to the British (who for some time had been simultaneously opposed by the fire of two heavy batteries) of 1 man killed and 12 or 13 wounded. In Dec. 1811 Mr. Mackellar rejoined Capt. Tetley on board the Perlen 38, in which frigate, on Capt. John Allen succeeding to the command, he returned to England, in April, 1812. Becoming attached, then, to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, he was at first employed in active co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, and next on the West India station, where he removed, in Aug. 1815, to the Salisbury 50, Capt. John Mackellar, and obtained, 10 May, 1816, a Lieutenancy in the Variable 8, Capt. John Sykes. He came home in the following Aug., and has since been on half-pay. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mackenzie, James George

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​MACKENZIE. (Commander, 1847, f-p, 15; h-p., 9.)
James George Mackenzie entered the Navy 23 Dec. 1823; served as Midshipman of the Philomel 10, Capt. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, at the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827; and was promoted, soon after passing his examination, to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 May, 1830. His succeeding appointments wore – 19 July, 1833, to the Caledonia 120, Capt. Thos. Brown, on the Mediterranean station – 5 Feb. 1834, to the command (as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Briggs, Admiral-Superintendent of Malta) of the Ceylon receiving-ship, in which he remained until the summer of 1837 – and, 31 Oct. 1840, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence, after having officiated for two years and a half as First-Lieutenant, he came home and was paid off in 1844. He attained his present rank 29 April, 1847; and has been employed, since 12 of the following May, as Second-Captain of the Caledonia 120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, at Devonport.
Commander Mackenzie married, 24 Sept. 1831, Martha Catherine, third daughter of the late John Kearney, Esq., of co. Kilkenny, Ireland, and sister-in-law of Lieut. Wm. Breedon, R.N., by whom he has issue. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Macdonald, John

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​MACDONALD. (Retired Commander, 1829. f-p., 31; h-p., 37.)
John Macdonald died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1777, as Midshipman, on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Geo. Balfour, and in 1780-1 was present in that ship in several engagements with the French fleet in the West Indies. Removing, in the course of the latter year, to the Bedford 74, Commodore Affleck, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing in Rodney’s action, 12 April, 1782. During the peace he was employed, chiefly in the capacity of Master’s Mate, in the Edgar, Capt. Adam Duncan, Pégase, Capts. Marshall and Rich. Rodney Bligh, Adventure, Capts. Fras. Perry and John Nicholson Inglefield, Fairy, Capt. Thos. Spry, Elephant, Capt. Chas. Thompson, and Barfleur, flag-ship of Admiral John Elliot. On 29 Nov. 1793, a few days after he had joined Lord Hood in the Victory off Toulon, Mr. Macdonald found himself promoted to a Lieutenancy in an armed ship, commanded by Capt. Walter Serocold. His subsequent appointments were – 15 Dec. 1794, to the Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship of Admirals Philip Cosby, Robt. Linzee, and Robt. Mann, under the second-named of whom he shared in Hotham’s actions 14 March and 13 July, 1795 – 23 March and 10 Nov. 1797, to the Defiance 74, Capt. Theophilus Jones, and Monarch 74, flag-ship of Admirals Sir Rich. Onslow and Arch. Dixon, both on the Home station – 19 May, 1800 (after eight months of half-pay), to the Impress service at Exeter, where he remained until Oct. 1801 – in 1804-5, to the successive command of the Chance, Nancy, and Vigilant, in which vessels we find him employed, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, until Jan. 1806 – and, 8 Aug. 1807, to the Transport service, in which he continued upwards of eight years. He became a Retired Commander on the Senior List 14 Feb. 1829.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mackenzie, Alexander

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​MACKENZIE. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p^ 10; h-p., 33.)
Alexander Mackenzie was born 30 June, 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1804, as Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, stationed in the Channel; and on becoming Midshipman of the Neptune 98, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, took part, 21 Oct. 1805, in the battle of Trafalgar. In Nov. 1806 he removed to the Phoebe 36, Capt. Jas. Oswald, in the boats of which frigate, it appears, he was frequently employed in destroying the enemy’s trade and signal-posts along the French shores, and also saw much service on the coast of Portugal. At the expirartion of two years he next, in Nov. 1808, joined the Lavinia 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stewart, under whom, during the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, he assisted in forcing the passage between the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand, and participated in all the boat operations on the East and West Scheldt. After an attachment of 14 months to the Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and Cumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, on the Mediterranean Station, where in the boats of the last-mentioned ship he served for two months in the Faro of Messina, and contributed to the capture and destruction of a large convoy in face of a body of troops in the Bay of St. Eufemia, Mr. Mackenzie was nominated, in Jan. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Warrior 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, and was for some time employed with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz. He was officially promoted 27 April following, and was subsequently appointed – 24 Aug. and 25 Sept. in the same year, to the Dispatch 18 and Colossus 74, Capts. Aberdour and Thos. Alexander, both on the Home station – and 4 March, 1814, as Senior, after an interval of six months, to the Cyane of 32 guns and 171 men, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon. On 20 Feb. 1815 it was his fate to be on board the latter vessel when taken, together with her consort, the Levant of 20 guns and 131 men, by the U.S. frigate Constitution of 54 guns and 469 men, at the end of a fierce conflict in which the Cyane, besides being cut to pieces, sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 13, including himself severely, wounded. We may add, that the captives, after having been plundered of all they possessed, were put on shore at Maranham, on the coast of Brazil, and there left to find their way home as best they could. Lieut. Mackenzie has since been on half-pay.
He married a daughter of J. Worth, Esq., of Worth House, co. Devon, and has issue two children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Macdougall, John

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​MACDOUGALL. (Commander, 1846.)
John Macdougall passed his examination in 1831; obtained his first commission 30 April, 1837; assumed command, 12 Sept. following, of the Dolphin 3, on the coast of Africa; and served from 18 July, 1838, until paid off in the summer of 1846, the last five years as First-Lieutenant., in the Pique 36, Capts. Edw. Boxer, Rich. Augustus Yates, Henry Forbes, and Hon. Montagu Stopford, on the North America and West India, Mediterranean, and again on the North America and West India stations. During the Syrian operations of 1840 he assisted at the capture of the towns of Caiffa and Tsour (at the former of which places he was severely wounded by the discharge of one of the enemy’s guns at the moment he was in the act of striking it), and was also present at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He attained the rank of Commander 28 July, 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Macfarlane, William

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​MACFARLANE. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
William Macfarlane died 14 Feb. 1846. This officer entered the Navy, 9 March, 1805, as A.B., on board the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Cooke, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral Young; and, between the following July and Feb. 1806, was employed in the Channel as Master’s Mate of the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens. He joined, next, the Merlin sloop, Capts. Wm. Standway Parkinson, Buckland Stirling Bluett, and Wm. Fisher, with whom he cruized for some time on the West India and Home stations. In 1807 he returned to the West Indies in the Dragon 74, Capt. Matthew Henry Scott; and he afterwards, from 1803 until the autumn of 1815, served on the Home, North American, and Mediterranean stations, latterly in the capacity of Master, in the Impétueux 74, Capt. John Lawford (part of the Walcheren expeditionary force), Marlborough 74, Capt. M. H. Scott, Chatham of similar force, bearing the flag of the last-named officer, and Zealous and Pompée 74’s, Capts. Jas. Anderson and Sir Jas. Athol Wood. He then took up a commission dated 21 Feb. 1815. His last appointment was, 6 April, 1844, to the post, which he retained until the autumn of 1845, of Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pearson, Charles Henry

Pearson, Charles Henry (1830-1894). -- B. at Islington, ed. at Rugby and King's Coll., London, at the latter he became Prof. of Modern History. Owing to a threatened failure of sight he went to Australia, where he remained for 20 years, and was for a time Minister of Education of Victoria. Returning to England in 1892 page 299he wrote his National Life and Character: a Forecast, in which he gave utterance to very pessimistic views as to the future of the race. He also wrote a History of England during the Early and Middle Ages (1867).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pepys, Samuel

Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703). -- Diarist, s. of John P., a London tailor, but of good family and connected with Sir E. Montague, afterwards Earl of Sandwich, was ed. at St. Paul's School and at Camb. After leaving the Univ. he entered the household of Montagu, who became his life long patron. He held various Government posts, including that of Surveyor-General of the Victualling Office, in which he displayed great administrative ability and reforming zeal, and in 1672 he became Sec. of the Admiralty. After being imprisoned in the Tower on a charge in connection with the Popish plot, and deprived of his office, he was in 1686 again appointed Sec. of the Admiralty, from which, however, he was dismissed at the Revolution. Thereafter he lived in retirement chiefly at Clapham. P. was a man of many interests, combining the characters of the man of business, man of pleasure, and virtuoso, being skilled in page 301music and a collector of books, manuscripts, and pictures, and he was Pres. of the Royal Society for two years. He wrote Memoirs of the Royal Navy (1690), but his great legacy to literature is his unique and inimitable Diary, begun January 1, 1660, and coming down to May 31, 1669, when the failure of his sight prevented its further continuance. As an account by an eye-witness of the manners of the Court and of society it is invaluable, but it is still more interesting as, perhaps, the most singular example extant of unreserved self-revelation -- all the foibles, peccadilloes, and more serious offences against decorum of the author being set forth with the most relentless naïveté and minuteness, it was written in a cypher or shorthand, which was translated into long-hand by John Smith in 1825, and ed. by Lord Braybrooke, with considerable excisions. Later and fuller ed. have followed. P. left his books, MSS., and collections to Magdalene Coll., Camb., where they are preserved in a separate library.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Peele, George

See also George Peele on Wikipedia.
​Peele, George (1558?-1597?).—Dramatist and poet, s. of a salter in London, ed. at Christ's Hospital and Oxf., where he had a reputation as a poet. Coming back to London about 1581 he led a dissipated life. He appears to have been a player as well as a playwright, and to have come into possession of some land through his wife. His works are numerous and consist of plays, pageants, and miscellaneous verse. His best plays are The Arraignment of Paris (1584), and The Battle of Alcazar (1594), and among his poems Polyhymnia (1590), and The Honour of the Garter (1593). Other works are Old Wives' Tale (1595), and David and Fair Bethsabe (1599). P. wrote in melodious and flowing blank verse, with abundance of fancy and brilliant imagery, but his dramas are weak in construction, and he is often bombastic and extravagant.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Penn, William

See also William Penn on Wikipedia.
​Penn, William (1644-1718).—Quaker apologist, s. of Sir William P., a celebrated Admiral, was b. in London, and ed. at Oxf., where he became a Quaker, and was in consequence expelled from the Univ. His change of views and his practice of the extremest social peculiarities imposed by his principles led to a quarrel with his f., who is said to have turned him out of doors. Thereafter he began to write, and one of his books, The Sandy Foundation Shaken (c. 1668), in which he attacked the doctrines of the Trinity, the atonement, and justification by faith, led to his being, in 1668, ​imprisoned in the Tower, where he wrote his most popular work, No Cross, No Crown (1668), and a defence of his own conduct, Innocency with her Open Face (1668), which resulted in his liberation. Shortly after this, in 1670, on the death of his f., who had been reconciled to him, P. succeeded to a fortune, including a claim against the Government amounting to £15,000, which was ultimately in 1681 settled by a grant of the territory now forming the state of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, however, he had again suffered imprisonment for preaching, and employed his enforced leisure in writing four treatises, of which one, The Great Cause of Liberty of Conscience (c. 1671), is an able defence of religious toleration. In 1682, having obtained the grant above referred to, he set sail for America, with the view of founding a community based upon the principles of toleration. Having established a Constitution and set matters in working order there, P. returned to England in 1684 and busied himself in efforts for the relief of those Quakers who had remained at home. The peculiar position of affairs when James II. was endeavouring to use the Dissenters as a means of gaining concessions to the Roman Catholics favoured his views, and he was to some extent successful in his efforts. His connection with the Court at that time has, however, led to his conduct being severely animadverted upon by Macaulay and others. In 1690 and for some time thereafter he was charged with conspiring against the Revolution Government, but after full investigation was completely acquitted. His later years were embittered by troubles in Pennsylvania, and by the dishonesty and ingratitude of an agent by whose defalcations he was nearly ruined, as a consequence of which he was imprisoned for debt. He d. soon after his release in 1718.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pennant, Thomas

See also Thomas Pennant on Wikipedia.
​Pennant, Thomas (1726-1798).—Naturalist and traveller, b. in Flintshire, and ed. at Oxf., was one of the most distinguished naturalists of the 18th century, and pub., among other works on natural history, British Zoology (1768), and History of Quadrupeds (1781). In literature he is, however, best remembered by his Tours in Scotland (1771-75), which did much to make known the beauties of the country to England. He also travelled in Ireland and Wales, and on the Continent, and pub. accounts of his journeys. Dr. Johnson said of him, "he observes more things than any one else does."
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Paulding, James Kirke

Paulding, James Kirke (1779-1860). -- Novelist, etc., b. in the state of New York, was chiefly self-educated. He became a friend of W. Irving, and was part author with him of Salmagundi -- a continuation of which by himself proved a failure. Among his other writings are John Bull and Brother Jonathan (1812), a satire, The Dutchman's Fireside (1831), a romance which attained popularity, a Life of Washington (1835), and some poems.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pecock, Reginald

See also Reginald Pecock on Wikipedia.
​Pecock, Reginald (1395?-1460?).—Theologian, b. in Wales, entered the Church, and rose to be successively Bishop of St. Asaph 1444, and of Chichester 1450. He was a strenuous controversialist, chiefly against the Lollards; but his free style of argument, and especially his denial of the infallibility of the Church, led him into trouble, and on being offered the choice of abjuration or death at the stake, he chose the former, but nevertheless was deprived of his bishopric, had his books burned, and spent his latter days in the Abbey of Thorney, Cambridgeshire. His chief work is The Repressor of overmuch blaming of the Clergy (1455), which, from its clear, pointed style, remains a monument of 15th century English. The Book of Faith (1456) is another of his writings.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Payn, James

Payn, James (1830-1898). -- Novelist, s. of an official in the Thames Commission, ed. at Eton, Woolwich, and Camb. He was a regular contributor to Household Words and to Chambers's Journal, of which he was ed. 1859-74, and in which several of his works first appeared; he also ed. the Cornhill Magazine 1883-96. Among his novels -- upwards of 60 in number -- may be mentioned Lost Sir Massingberd, The Best of Husbands, Walter's Word, By Proxy (1878), A Woman's Vengeance, Carlyon's Year, Thicker than Water, A Trying Patient, etc. He also wrote a book of poems and a volume of literary reminiscences.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Peacock, Thomas Love

Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866). -- Novelist, b. at Weymouth, the only child of a London merchant, was in boyhood at various schools, but from the age of 13 self-educated. Nevertheless, he became a really learned scholar. He was for long in the India Office, where he rose to be Chief Examiner, coming between James Mill and John Stuart Mill. He was the author of several somewhat whimsical, but quite unique novels, full of paradox, prejudice, and curious learning, with witty dialogue and occasional poems interspersed. Among them are Headlong Hall (1816), Nightmare Abbey (1818), Maid Marian (1822), Misfortunes of Elphin (1829), Crotchet Castle (1831), and Gryll Grange (1860). He was the intimate friend of Shelley, memoirs of whom he contributed to Fraser's Magazine.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pearson, John

See also John Pearson (bishop) on Wikipedia.
​Pearson, John (1613-1686).—Theologian, s. of an archdeacon of Suffolk, b. at Great Snoring, Norfolk, ed. at Eton and Camb., took orders, and after holding various preferments, including the archdeaconry of Surrey, the mastership of Jesus Coll., and of Trinity Coll., Camb., was made, in 1673, Bishop of Chester. His Exposition of the Creed (1659) has always been regarded as one of the most finished productions of English theology, remarkable alike for logical argument and arrangement, and lucid style. He was also the author of other learned works, including a defence of the authenticity of the epistles of Ignatius. In his youth P. was a Royalist, and acted in 1645 as a chaplain in the Royal army. He was one of the commissioners in the Savoy Conference.
# Abridgement of Roman History

From: Justin, Cornelius Nepos, and Eutropius. Literally translated ... by the Rev. John Selby WATSON. London: George Bell and Sons (1886). pp. 401-505: Eutropius, Abridgement of Roman History. Digitalized by Roger Pearse Tertullian project
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# Abrams v. Van Schaick

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United States Supreme Court
293 U.S. 188
Abrams v. Van Schaick
No. 186 Argued: and Submitted Nov. 12, 1934. --- Decided: Nov 19, 1934
Messrs. Samuel Untermyer, James M. Beck, and Edward Endelman, all of New York City for appellants.
Mr. Morris L. Ernst, of New York City, for appellee Van Schaick.
Mr. Samuel Kramer, of New York City, for appellee Isidor Silberberg.
PER CURIAM.

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# Abrams v. Van Schaick/Opinion of the Court

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The Court of Appeals of the State of New York reversed an order of the Special Term of the Supreme Court which enjoined the Superintendent of Insurance from making any payments for expenditures incurred in connection with plans of reorganization promulgated under chapter 745 of the Laws of 1933 relating to guaranteed participating certificates sold by the New York Title & Mortgage Company. The motion for injunction, denied by the Court of Appeals, was made in advance of the promulgation of a plan by the Superintendent of Insurance applicable to the interests of the appellants. Whether, if a plan of reorganization is promulgated by the Superintendent of Insurance it will be approved by the Court as required by the statute, or whether, if so approved, it will be opposed by certificate holders, or will receive the assent of the present appellants, or will operate to deprive them of any asserted constitutional right, are matters of conjecture.
The appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia S.S.C.o. v. Commissioners of Emigration, 113 U.S. 33, 39, 5 S.Ct. 352, 28 L.Ed. 899; People of State of California v. San Pablo & Trulare R. Co., 149 U.S. 308, 314, 13 S.Ct. 876, 37 L.Ed. 747; Lieutenant Colonel Daniel C. Stearns v. Brigadier General George H. Wood, 236 U.S. 75, 78, 35 S.Ct. 229, 59 L.Ed. 475; City of Cincinnati v. Vester, 281 U.S. 439, 449, 50 S.Ct. 360, 74 L.Ed. 950.

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# A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 165

EXPRESSION and CHARACTER.
Chap. CLXV.—Of expressive Motions.
Let your figures have actions appropriated to what they are intended to think or say, and these will be well learnt by imitating the deaf, who by the motion of their hands, eyes, eyebrows, and the whole body, endeavour to express the sentiments of their mind. Do not ridicule the thought of a master without a tongue teaching you an art he does not understand; he will do it better by his expressive motions, than all the rest by their words and examples. Let then the painter, of whatever school, attend well to this maxim, and apply it to the different qualities of the figures he represents, and to the nature of the subject in which they are actors.
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# A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 16

Chap. XVI.—The Manner of drawing from Relievos, and rendering Paper fit for it.
When you draw from relievos, tinge your paper of some darkish demi-tint. And after you have made your outline, put in the darkest shadows, and, last of all, the principal lights, but sparingly, especially the smaller ones; because those are easily lost to the eye at a very moderate distance.
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